The vaunted Stetson Bennett makes the draft at #128.

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volfanbill said:
You’re right. Football players not using football for school is absurd. What’s Bennett ever going to do? Destined to be a total failure and never make any money.

oh wait
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LOL.

I get it.

You thought you knew more about the topic than you really did, and you made an assertion which was wrong ... and so it's "Let's change the subject time!"
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
LOL.

I get it.

You thought you knew more about the topic than you really did, and you made an assertion which was wrong ... and so it's "Let's change the subject time!"
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No. you don’t get it. You don’t get anything. That’s your problem. You see Georgia and immediately have to go off the rails because Georgia.
 
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volfanbill said:
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No. you don’t get it. You don’t get anything. That’s your problem. You see Georgia and immediately have to go off the rails because Georgia.
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You have tried to dismiss this as being normal ... but it's not. And it couldn't happen everywhere, I don't know about Tennessee, but a guy playing 6 seasons without earning a degree would never happen at Notre Dame.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
You have tried to dismiss this as being normal ... but it's not. And it couldn't happen everywhere, I don't know about Tennessee, but a guy playing 6 seasons without earning a degree would never happen at Notre Dame.
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NCAA’s GSR rating is based on six years and even those numbers aren’t 100% when accounting for all sports. FBS football rates are climbing, but not everyone graduates. It’s a nothing burger. He met the minimum requirements. Made over a mil before even getting drafted. This doesn’t mean anything. I’m done. Continue losing your mind
 
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volfanbill said:
NCAA’s GSR rating is based on six years and even those numbers aren’t 100% when accounting for all sports. FBS football rates are climbing, but not everyone graduates. It’s a nothing burger. He met the minimum requirements. Made over a mil before even getting drafted. This doesn’t mean anything. I’m done. Continue losing your mind
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Like I said, it's not common ... There may be a legitimate explanation for how this was possible and I would like to read it. This couldn't happen everywhere. Georgia has transitioned back into the pre-Jan Kemp era.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
Like I said, it's not common ... There may be a legitimate explanation for how this was possible and I would like to read it. This couldn't happen everywhere. Georgia has transitioned back into the pre-Jan Kemp era.
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The gsr is 83%. 17% of players don’t graduate in six years. It’s not uncommon. Fwiw, that’s an all time high graduation rate. But again, 17% don’t graduate.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
Like I said, it's not common ... There may be a legitimate explanation for how this was possible and I would like to read it. This couldn't happen everywhere. Georgia has transitioned back into the pre-Jan Kemp era.
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As mentioned before, continually changing majors will do it. Yes, you have to have the total number of hours, but they also have to be distributed to meet departmental requirements.

No idea if he’s just a goofball, or if this was deliberate in order to remain as an undergraduate for as many seasons as he had eligibility, instead of having to enroll in grad school to keep on playing.
 
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volfanbill said:
The gsr is 83%. 17% of players don’t graduate in six years. It’s not uncommon. Fwiw, that’s an all time high graduation rate. But again, 17% don’t graduate.
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It is very uncommon for a player to expend 6 years of eligibility and not graduate. It is very uncommon for a player to expend that much eligibility in the first place.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
It is very uncommon for a player to expend 6 years of eligibility and not graduate. It is very uncommon for a player to expend that much eligibility in the first place.
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It is actually not that uncommon at this point in time for solid contributors not going to the NFL. I've seen articles about how the "covid" classes are causing problems with the 85 scholly limit.
 
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GroverCleveland said:
It is actually not that uncommon at this point in time for solid contributors not going to the NFL. I've seen articles about how the "covid" classes are causing problems with the 85 scholly limit.
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LOL.

Once again ....

It is uncommon for a player to even use 6 years of eligibility ... much less have 6 years of eligibility - and then not graduate. In fact, we will only see this with players who redshirted as freshmen, and then opted-in during the COVID year. You guys aren't following what I'm saying. This is unique to the COVID era, and not a good look for Georgia.
 
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I know it's Georgia but this is a pretty silly, and honestly pathetic thread. Dude was never a superstar recruit and kept a starting job beating off a few 5 start recruits in the process and only got himself 2 National titles. The fact he might spend any time in the NFL is a probably a small miracle.

Also I don't know why this keeps needing to be said, but we really need to quit measuring what someone does in the NFL as whether they were successful or not. The NFL is the best of the best for the most part, it's a different animal.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
I know it's Georgia but this is a pretty silly, and honestly pathetic thread. Dude was never a superstar recruit and kept a starting job beating off a few 5 start recruits in the process and only got himself 2 National titles. The fact he might spend any time in the NFL is a probably a small miracle.

Also I don't know why this keeps needing to be said, but we really need to quit measuring what someone does in the NFL as whether they were successful or not. The NFL is the best of the best for the most part, it's a different animal.
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Lost me at beating off a few 5 stars
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
What are you talking about?

It is uncommon for someone to play 6 seasons of college football. PERIOD.

That was only possible because he had redshirted in 2017, and then "opted-in" the COVID year, which did not cost him a year of eligibility. Playing 6 seasons prior to COVID, required a medical exemption, and they are rare.

To play 6 seasons of college football, remaining eligible the entire time, and then not earning a Bachelor's Degree is uncommon. I would like to read an explanation as to how that was even possible. Even without ever taking a class in the summer, and only taking 12 credit hours per semester, it should not take more than 10 semesters to complete a Bachelor's Degree. Bennett was in enrolled in school for 11.
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You take 12 hours a semester (usually 4 classes worth 3 hours apiece) and you do it in a hodgepodge, lackadaisical kind of way so you don't earn enough hours in any single course of study to actually graduate in anything. Certainly isn't the objective of college, but I totally see how it could happen.

He either continually changed majors, or never majored in anything and took what basically was a random assortment of classes each year.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
I know it's Georgia but this is a pretty silly, and honestly pathetic thread. Dude was never a superstar recruit and kept a starting job beating off a few 5 start recruits in the process and only got himself 2 National titles. The fact he might spend any time in the NFL is a probably a small miracle.

Also I don't know why this keeps needing to be said, but we really need to quit measuring what someone does in the NFL as whether they were successful or not. The NFL is the best of the best for the most part, it's a different animal.
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What is your argument? Most players who begin their careers as walk-ons, do go on to earn a bachelor's degree, with the assumption being that a career in the NFL is a long shot.

In many ways, Stetson Bennett is a great story. He began his career without a scholarship, transferred to something called Jones College .... but then transferred back to UGA and started for 2 National Championship teams. He was great last season - in pretty much every game but Missouri ....

Having said all of those positive things about him ... it is hard to understand why someone in his position, was taking such a casual approach to his classwork.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
What is your argument? Most players who begin their careers as walk-ons, do go on to earn a bachelor's degree, with the assumption being that a career in the NFL is a long shot.

In many ways, Stetson Bennett is a great story. He began his career without a scholarship, transferred to something called Jones College .... but then transferred back to UGA and started for 2 National Championship teams. He was great last season - in pretty much every game but Missouri ....

Having said all of those positive things about him ... it is hard to understand why someone in his position, was taking such a casual approach to his classwork.
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I mean...not really. Kids in far worse positions that him (i.e., guys who aren't famous on campus, guys who don't play football, guys who come from rough family situations, etc.) take casual approaches to their classwork. It's hardly uncommon to find an academically unmotivated college student. He also comes from what appears to come from a pretty comfortable financial background (parents are both pharmacists and own a pharmacy) - they probably don't have ungodly amounts of money, but probably have done quite well for themselves.

It is kind of wild that at some point, especially his last couple of years there, why an academic advisor didn't tap him on the shoulder and say "Hey man, you're X amount of hours away from a degree in X. Just make that your major, take these remaining classes, and you'll graduate with a degree. Otherwise you'll just rack up a bunch of random hours, but not have enough to graduate in anything." Or maybe someone did suggest that and he went "Nah," especially after he won the first national title and became something of a campus legend.
 
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05_never_again said:
I mean...not really. Kids in far worse positions that him (i.e., guys who aren't famous on campus, guys who don't play football, guys who come from rough family situations, etc.) take casual approaches to their classwork. It's hardly uncommon to find an academically unmotivated college student. He also comes from what appears to come from a pretty comfortable financial background (parents are both pharmacists and own a pharmacy) - they probably don't have ungodly amounts of money, but probably have done quite well for themselves.

It is kind of wild that at some point, especially his last couple of years there, why an academic advisor didn't tap him on the shoulder and say "Hey man, you're X amount of hours away from a degree in X. Just make that your major, take these remaining classes, and you'll graduate with a degree. Otherwise you'll just rack up a bunch of random hours, but not have enough to graduate in anything." Or maybe someone did suggest that and he went "Nah," especially after he won the first national title and became something of a campus legend.
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LOL. I don't feel like arguing this. I find it strange that he didn't place any value on his education. We disagree. It happens.
 
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Bachelor degree way over-hyped. There's quite a few kids who just earned their BA-Psycholgy degrees that are far less prepared to navigate the real world than SBIV (or many posters to this thread, for that matter). If you say that UGA is doing sumfin' funny to keep SBIV available, it's happened before at most places.
 
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BAMA-DAWG said:
Bachelor degree way over-hyped. There's quite a few kids who just earned their BA-Psycholgy degrees that are far less prepared to navigate the real world than SBIV (or many posters to this thread, for that matter). If you say that UGA is doing sumfin' funny to keep SBIV available, it's happened before at most places.
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1) Agree about the general uselessness of a psych major at a baccalaureate level.

2) lol at your transparent attempt to deflect the discussion from the question of what on earth do you do all day to somehow avoid getting a 4-year degree in six years.
 
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VolNExile said:
1) Agree about the general uselessness of a psych major at a baccalaureate level.

2) lol at your transparent attempt to deflect the discussion from the question of what on earth do you do all day to somehow avoid getting a 4-year degree in six years.
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😄
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
This is a ridiculous statement. It 100% depends upon the field of study and career goals. Just because some people obtain degrees which are useless afterward, is no reason not to get one.
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BowlBrother85 said:
Apply for medical school without a bachelor's degree.
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I hate to, ugh, judge before all the facts are in but, ugh, these two statements appear to be contradictory. Wouldn't a degree required for admission to medical school, by definition, be useful?
 
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