You guys are so silly. UF is an ok but not great degree. Please don't act like we're Ivey/Ivie (lol) League. Yeah, I know, your degree pays the bills, so does mine, but the VALUE of the degree isnt in any way related to the football program. It won't go up bc the football team is winning nor would it go down if a player at UF (or many) were caught taking peds or otherwise got in trouble. If it did, you would have been fired when Hernandez was arrested.
The two are completely independent. We can still try to compete in football without it affecting your job, trust me on this one.
I disagree here, but for a different reason than you think.
I went to UF pre-Spurrier (my last year was his first). At the time, there was little "academic separation" between UF and clown college, and frankly it was fairly easy to get in (clearly...I did). The Spurrier years made UF a "fun" destination, especially since it was ranking high in "party school" polls as well. With the high growth of Florida population, combined with the "demand" to go to UF, more kids applying meant the ability to be more selective which led to higher "quality" of education.
My daughter applied to 10 schools, many very selective. She was most concerned about Stanford and Florida. Regardless of what some here say, a degree from UF today is worth more today relatively than when I went.
So I think that the value of the degree IS related to football, but in a different way.
BTW...UF has been very slowly over the last few years becoming LESS selective, it appears. I wonder if that means fewer kids are applying. Do the math (unless you are from FSU - in that case the cash register will do the math for you).