Dante Phillips a VOL!

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Vols JD said:
1. So you feel good about UTK academics?

2. Got you, the research angle, but we are not one of the two, right? I thought it was only Vandy and Florida in the SEC?
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Dude...shut up. Go write a paper or something. Go to the academic recruiting forum....we are enjoying this day! GET SOME!!!
 
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TheDirector said:
I would separate academics based on the football team at big schools and academics related to non football students. Besides this was supposedly a technicality on how the grades are calculeted when retaking a class. From my understanding, Vandy and Florida are the only schools that do it this way and Spurrier wanted UF to change it for years. Not that there aren't exceptions, but there are a lot of football players on SEC teams that aren't exactly tearing it up in the grades department. A lot can barely speak intelligent English when they are interviewed.
I'm okay with them getting in to UT or any other school. We give a lot of these kids a fair chance to get an education that they would otherwise miss out on and a chance to chase their dream of playing in the NFL. A lot of times football is what keeps them at least partially interested in pursuing their degree and trying to keep their grades up. I guarantee every big football school bends the rules a bit to get top players admitted. If we didn't lower out standards like all the other big football schools then we would be like Vandy. Nothing against Vandy and their academic standards, in fact I salute them for that, but they will never win an SEC title in football.
Also on the flip side, look at all the kids that have been denied admission because of that stupid extra Math class requirements in the SEC. A lot of those kids end up going to non SEC schools that have better academic reputations but lack that one requirement. That doesn't make us better than them either, just a different set of requirements for admission.
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Awesome! Thanks. I agree with giving these guys a chance, and see your point on separating football academics and regular academics- plus UTK has an extensive tutoring program that has successes in educating young men who struggle in school. Awesome!
 
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American_PitVol said:
Dude...shut up. Go write a paper or something. Go to the academic recruiting forum....we are enjoying this day! GET SOME!!!
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There's one more thing Urban did better than Muschamp. If Urban wanted a player in, he got him in. Wonder if there could possibly be a coach/AD issue?
 
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Kelley_VFL said:
They were probably afraid he would pass clearing house. He may not clear at UT either. If there were red flags there there should be major concerns here also. Lets see what the NCAA does now. Unfortunately this isn't over yet....
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Stop trying to cloud up and rain.:shakehead::jpshakehead::jpshakehead:
 
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Vols JD said:
And what does this say about our academics? Is Florida that much better than us when it comes to academics? I am a grad student but I always considered UTK to be in the league of Florida, Alabama, Virginia Tech, USC, and Georgia; am I wrong? I did not expect us to be Virginia (UVA) or even Vanderbilt when it comes to academics, but at least Florida... am I the only one that is a little reserved by this news?
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Don't be that guy..

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GmanTN said:
Since you are so concerned with academic standards and the effect this player has on our university. I suggest reading up on this player to better understand why he was declined at Florida. It was up to them to admit him, he had been cleared to attend there but the school declined to accept him.
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That's the point. UT has lower academic standards than Florida.
 
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