You keep bringing up that you were a "student athlete". You've also brought up the fact that it was 40 years ago. That's like trying to say that a 1986 fox body Mustang GT is the same as a 2026 Mustang GT. While, they both have 2 doors, 4 wheels, and an engine, it is in no way the same thing. Just as your experience back in the 80's is nothing like a college athletes experience today. The only thing that's the same is the term "student athlete". It ends there. Most of these young men rarely walk inside of a classroom. A lot, if not most of their classes are attended online. Yes, some universities limit how many classes can be taken online, but not all, and I can't find any information that says UT limits how many an athlete can take online. That's just the nature of today's college environment for P5 football programs. Your talking point of "being in the know", or "because I have actual experience", is beyond irrelevant. This isn't 1986 and your self adulation of your glory days doesn't apply to todays college athletics. You prove just how much you don't know every single time you type that ridiculous BS.
