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AJC > Sports > UGA > Blog > Archives > 2007 > May > 18 > Entry
DEL.ICIO.USOliver’s dilemma sad, but self-made
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ve always liked Paul Oliver. In a lot of ways I feel like I watched him grow up.
I remember when he first came to Georgia so highly-touted out of Harrison High. Of course, he had been hurt with a leg injury as a high school senior and that lessened his immediate impact. But that did nothing to temper fans’ expections.
You could tell it bothered Oliver. But, all the while, he remained his quiet self and worked hard while the whack-jobs on the fan forums whined that Oliver hadn’t lived up to the lofty billing they bestowed upon him. I know I took some enjoyment in seeing Oliver blossom these last couple seasons, especially last year when he famously contained Georgia Tech’s Calvin Johnson and had an all-conference caliber season. Oliver was poised enter this, his redshirt senior season, as a preseason All-American and likely defensive captain.
Then, of course, Oliver lost his eligibility.
Here’s where Oliver loses my sympathy. In this day and age, where you have the $7.5 million Rankin Smith Academic Achievement Center — for student-athletes only — 24-hour access to tutors and advisers and unprecendented emphasis on academic progress by the UGA athletic and university administrations, there is simply no excuse for not staying eligible, much less not graduating. You have to work hard to flunk out as a full-scholarship athlete these days.
Paul Oliver will be fine. I still think he’s a good guy and obviously a good player and I think he will get picked up in the NFL’s supplemental draft and make money as a professional. And I’m betting he’ll come back to UGA some day and finish the few hours he needs to earn his degree. I certainly hope he will. But in the meantime, he’s unnecessarily embarassed himself and his university and caused both grief and hardship that they’ll now have to overcome.
Your thoughts?
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By TDone
May 18, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this
I guess the folks at Georgia A&M decided not to give Paul a social promotion like they did before I blew the whistle on them over 20 years ago.
Maybe, they have learned something after all. But if Paul fails to make it in the NFL, there is always work at the Post Office.
Signed…
Jan Kemp
By Pat
May 18, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this
Embarassed the university? Grief and hardship? Come on Chip, that’s a bit much.
By Mad as heck
May 18, 2007 3:11 PM | Link to this
wow, what a completely selfish, idiotic thing to do. It would be one thing to not care about your grades and declare for the draft (which, by the way, Paul, would have landed you a much higher initial salary in the NFL) but to lie to yourself and think that not doing ANY schoolwork, or very little is ridiculous. UGA is a competitive school, don’t get me wrong, but you actually have to try to fail classes. I appreciate Paul has done for UGA in the past, but if I ever get the chance to meet him in a bar, he most certainly will not be getting a shot/beer/handshake from me.
By Marietta Dawg
May 18, 2007 3:12 PM | Link to this
I totally agree. How can a UGA athlete that has so much access to tutors and who knows what else, flunk out of school???? It’s even worse that he decided to remain in school instead of initially opting for the draft. I wish him the best of luck in the NFL and in life. Unfortunaely, he’s a good kid that made a mistake and because he’s a high profile athlete everyone knows about it. I’m starting to wonder if we have problems in the athletic department. There’s been too much negative news out of Athens lately.
By ZutaDawg
May 18, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this
25 years later Jan Kemp strikes again.
By austindog
May 18, 2007 3:25 PM | Link to this
Did the coaches and teachers have any communication in regards to his progress and standing? I’d think someone with the program would know and drill the kid in whatever subject until he got the material down.
Or is it like every other student, where your parents don’t have a clue all semester until they get your grades?
By Marietta Dawg
May 18, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this
One more thing. Chip, do you have any way of finding out what he was taking or his major? Or does anyone else know?
By godawg
May 18, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this
He’s history. Forget about it. Give us Tavarres King’s decision and let’s move forward. WOOF!
By HAHAHA
May 18, 2007 3:50 PM | Link to this
HOLD UP HOLD UP HOLD UP,,,, Since when did UGA start caring if a player could write his own name. This is an outrage. UGA suxed bad enough last year with stupid players. UGA already has some of the lowest standards in the SEC. Lose all the stupid players and there will be no team.
Losers as usual. Chomp Chomp
By JR
May 18, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this
Leisure and recreation.
He failed ping pong and dropped Monopoly.
By Lane4411
May 18, 2007 3:55 PM | Link to this
Does anyone know how many scholarships are available. Georgia signed 23, believe there were 31 available. Now, with the loss of Watts and Oliver, should be about 10, + charles johnson leaving early. This is a mystery every year.
With Oliver, there had to be a breakdown in the system or either he stopped going too class. Who knows!!
By Dawg4life
May 18, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this
I agree, Chip. There is absolutely no excuse for athletes flunking out or not staying academically eligible. There’s the obligation for them to hold themselves personally accountable and to a higher standard as students AND athletes.
I was talking to a friend of mine who worked at the Marietta Daily Journal and was a sports writer and covered many of Oliver’s games when he was a high school senior at Harrison. He told me that even as a senior, Oliver had sort of a cocky attitude and a bit of an ego. I don’t know whether it’s true, but it certainly seems evident now that he was a bit ahead of himself and allowed his aspirations of being an NFL draft pick next year preclude him from taking care of what was an immediate need.
By the way, Marietta Dawg, it seems his major was … get ready for this … HOUSING!!!
By godawg
May 18, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this
Tavarres King just committed to….GEORGIA! WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!
By shane
May 18, 2007 4:19 PM | Link to this
bad news for the d,battle,johnson,moses,and taylor gone,hebron suspended,now oliver gone.martinez has his work cut out for him now,forget the fancy blitz packages i was dreaming about and go to a cover 2 zone.those horses on the d line better mature quickly,our best cover guy is gone.who on the staff keeps up with these guy’s grades anyway?
By mel
May 18, 2007 4:21 PM | Link to this
Maybe I read the article wrong (not the blog piece) but I could have sworn it said he was ineligible but didn’t flunk out of school.
There is only so much all of that access to tutors can do for you. If you don’t participate in class there’s not much a tutor can do. I wonder if this is regret over not leaving early and his passive/aggressive way of going early?
But “grief and embarassment” seems a bit much.
By JB
May 18, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this
This year will be tough….We are a year away.Young lines, inexperienced at DB, light at linebacker. strong running game, decent recievers, maturing QB. 2008, look out. Athletic as we’ve ever been.
By Mike Jamison
May 18, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this
I heard he did not pass an upper level economics course. 4000 or above. How many of you have even enrolled in a class that difficult?
By Marietta Dawg
May 18, 2007 4:46 PM | Link to this
Housing, interesting. I guess it’s better than majoring in PE. You’ve got more options after, hopefully, graduating. You’re correct, mel, he didn’t flunk out. The following is from onlineathens.com in an article written by Marc Weiszer:
“Oliver did not meet NCAA academic eligibility requirements for competition but would be able to remain in school if he desired. He is ineligible to play regardless of any summer school work he would have completed.
Oliver did not meet the NCAA’s progress toward degree requirements. Since he was declared ineligible after the spring semester, he either did not pass 18 credit hours in the academic year toward a degree program (Oliver was a housing major) or did not pass six hours in the semester prior to the season of sports competition, which for football is the spring.
Fifth-year seniors also must have 80 percent of a degree completed prior to the start of the school year and meet the GPA required for graduation (a 2.0 at Georgia), but they would be able to use summer school to meet those requirements.”
By uga_b
May 18, 2007 4:54 PM | Link to this
Well that embarrassed athlete is about to make 7 times what I made after graduating at UGA in 2004. It is a shame and I will miss Paul on the field, but he has to take accountability for his own actions and make the best of it. I think the University needs to focus on the golf coach embarrassment. At least Paul didn’t pull a Reggie Ball and do it in-season.
By Anonymous
May 18, 2007 4:55 PM | Link to this
On lighter news….Tavarres King WR out of Habersham Central, considered either the #1 or #2 WR in Georgia(either him or Brice Butler) just committed to UGA over Clemson, UF, and GT.
By Buck Cochran in the NW
May 18, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this
godawg, I’m glad you posted the fact that T. King has committed to the Dawgs. I like the way he pulled the Reptile hat out 1st then threw it away. If Green makes it boy will we have two incoming WRs who are know for catching and speed!…Goooooooo Dawgs!
By shane
May 18, 2007 5:02 PM | Link to this
he could have been going to classes and passing.i graduated a quater late because i didn’t have enough hours in a certain course,had to make it up,i knew nothing about it until half way of the last quater.i think athletes are required to attain a certain amount of hours toward their degree by their senior year,maybe oliver got some bad advice.
By CapeCodDawg
May 18, 2007 5:03 PM | Link to this
Paul Oliver, obviously made a choice to not go to class. I dont know what the heck he was thinking,but he certainly screwed himself and the Defense. Most importantly he really screwed himself. He now has to work his way into the league and put himself in a tough position as far as the NFL is concerned. Good luck bro
By mikefino777
May 18, 2007 5:17 PM | Link to this
I heard Paul Oliver borrowed cliff notes from Reggie Ball
By godawg
May 18, 2007 5:21 PM | Link to this
Hey NW! Yeah the Florida hat trick was pretty good. You also knew he wouldn’t pick Tech because of the questons at QB. He was probably afraid of the possiblity of a Reggie Ball clone. If Troupe stays (and I think he will) and we get Green and Tavarres, Matt “The Texas Gunslinger” Stafford is going to have a target rich environmentin ‘08 and ‘09.
By mikefino777
May 18, 2007 5:36 PM | Link to this
hey godog,,,you sound like one of these recruiting weenies who gets his underwear tight over some highschool kid that has yet to prove anything..get a life
By Buck Cochran in the NW
May 18, 2007 5:38 PM | Link to this
you are “RIGHT ON” GODAWG! i ALSO THINK THAT IF TROUPE IS INDEED ON CAMPUS WE WON’T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ‘08 TO SEE HIM CATCH THE BALL. HE’S TO GOOD TO RED SHIRT. IT’S REALLY NICE TO SEE THESE WRs COMING TO GA. HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH BOBO BEING THE “OC” AND KNOWING THAT THEY’LL HAVE A QB WHO CAN GET THE BALL TO THEM ANYPLACE ON THE FIELD.
By Literacy_Aint_Everything@UGA.com
May 18, 2007 5:52 PM | Link to this
Datz reely sadd abuot Pawl Oveler, I hopes two due beter. - Kaleb King
By bluemoon
May 18, 2007 6:30 PM | Link to this
FYI - he didn’t flunk out you idiot. God forbid you do something crazy like get all the facts straight. He’s ineligible to play football. He could stay in school if he chooses but he has a professional career waiting now.
And I’m so glad everyone on this forum went to school and played a sport which took up 3-6 hours a day and then had the ability to study and pass everything they took. Not everyone has the same academic “gifts” so to speak. Bunch of freakin’ geniuses downing a kid who wanted to try and make it and stay with his team and make them better. Best decision? No. Honorable? Yes, which beats most posting on this board.
By Lee
May 18, 2007 6:50 PM | Link to this
Let’s see. Oliver was a 5th year senior, had the entire athletic tutorial department at his disposal, the athletic department monitors class attendance and has mandatory study sessions, but he still couldn’t pass muster. Give me a f**kin break!
A “Housing” major. What the crap is that. He should have stuck with “Sports Marketing” like the rest of the team.
UGA signs these d******* with room temperature IQ’s, sends them to Hargrave Military to get their grades up so they can transfer in easier, spoon feed them the academic stuff throughout their football career, and still can’t understand why they flunk out.
They’re supposed to be STUDENT -athletes. How bout trying to sign a few of those.
Funny thing, the girls gymnastics team has 3 consecutive national championships and most of those girls are carrying a 3.5 - 4.0 gpa. Go figure.
In other matters, has Caleb King ever passed the SAT? Just wondering…..
By BT
May 18, 2007 7:01 PM | Link to this
Right on, bluemoon! Listening to most of the clowns on this blog I would think Oliver planned to skip the draft and become ineligible on purpose. Come on! This is a great learning point for him. An NFL salary should dull the pain. Keep in mind dawg fans, this is a kid who up until now was in good standing with all of us. We’ll be alright and so will he. For the few GT and gator goobers out there, get off this blog and quit playing with yourselves!
By godawg
May 18, 2007 7:06 PM | Link to this
And ummm…how many Tech players were declared academically inelgible…but played anyway? hmmmmm………..
By ga dog
May 18, 2007 11:40 PM | Link to this
we will miss oliver sure, i am mad and embarrased this happened, but if he can shut down calvin johnson who is suppose to be the best avail talent in this past draft, oliver should make a very top corner in the nfl, reggie ball beat auburn and miami twice, so down mention crap about it being his fault calvin suxs under good competition. we needed oliver and players like him to win championships.
By ConyersDawg
May 19, 2007 1:11 AM | Link to this
buck, both green and king love eason the receiver coach. i know guys are critical of him and would love a change but he is directly responsible for bringing those 2 in.
I knew King was a dawg the moment I found out Coach eason was the only college coach at his announcement.
What do you guys think about that Mt. Zion coach report?
Here’s my take, you say you had nothing to do with his decommitment and you support the GA. coaches yet you send out tapes and transcripts to a 100 college coaches even though he is committed already to a school.
Basically, he did have something to do with his decommitment because it would have not happened if he hadn’t done that IMO.
By SamoanDawg
May 19, 2007 1:23 AM | Link to this
We’ll still win with or w/o Paul. Too bad he’s not going to suit up in the big G anymore. Good luck to you Paul. We have to move forward and put this behind us. We have to focus on developing the youngsters now. I’m confident we can win with the young talents we have. It’s Asher Allen and Bryan Evans time. I’m sure these youngsters are apt to and looking forward to the challenge lies ahead. Quite frankly, I really like these two as our starting corners… both sophomores. Bryan Evans really came on strong toward the second half of last season. We all know what Asher Allen is capable of. How about Thomas Flowers? He’s a senior now, he was supposed to push for playing time until the injury bug bit him. I’m curious to see what he can do other than return kicks. Ramarcus Brown/Prince Miller need to step it up.
Does anyone know if the rumor is true about Reshad Jones moving to corner?
By Buck Cochran in the NW
May 19, 2007 11:52 AM | Link to this
Conyers Dawg, I think that the King commit along with Green give the fans something to look forward to even though my eyes are focused on ‘07. Does Green have any type of classroom problems? Yes, I’m thinking the way you are about that Mt. Zion coach. Again, don’t hire anymore coaches from the Reptile state unless they’ve been fully vetted. There’s a ton of good H.S. coaches in state or coaches who DON’T favor the Reptiles.
By big johnson
May 19, 2007 2:13 PM | Link to this
DID ANYONE HERE EVER GO TO A BIGTIME FOOTBALL SCHOOL? OR KNOW BALL PLAYERS WHEN THERE WERE IN SCHOOL? RARELY DO THESE GUYS STUDY AT ALL. THEY PARTY AND DO THERE OWN THING IN BETWEEN PRACTICES AND GAMES. ANY TOP 10 FOOTBALL SCHOOL SCRATCHES AND CLAWS TO KEEP THESE GUYS IN SCHOOL. IT IS A FACTORY, PLAIN AND SIMPLE, AND NOT FOR RHODE SCHOLARS.
By 2N4YEARS
May 19, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this
STOP TYPING W/ THE CAPS LOCK ON!! IT GETS REALLY ANNOYING!!!
By Chip Towers
May 19, 2007 5:12 PM | Link to this
Hey guys. For what it’s worth, Georgia’s Claude Felton advised me that my indirect reference to Paul Oliver flunking out was not accurate. Claude didn’t say this but the indications I got before was that he merely didn’t meet the satisfactory progress and.or minimum hours requirement for maintaining ELIGIBILITY.. That’s an entirely different thing and I shouldn’t have inferred that Oliver flunked out. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
By Matt
May 19, 2007 5:59 PM | Link to this
No problem Chip. We’re used to it. You AJC guys bending over backwards to point out all things negative about UGA football is quite routine at this point.
By cooter11
May 19, 2007 6:01 PM | Link to this
He might get PO’d…pun intended…saying he flunked…and indicating he might be…well….
By War Eagle
May 19, 2007 8:01 PM | Link to this
Thanks for the nice comment Dawg buddies. I was laying in my chemo recliner at Piedmont, when I saw the story on Paul Oliver. My first thoughts was the Blog and the reaction. I am sorry to say I can`t read them all, but my comment as all former college students know..YOU HAVE TO ATTEND CLASS TO GRADUATE. if that was one of the problems..Best to him in the supplement draft.
By AltamahaDawg
May 19, 2007 10:13 PM | Link to this
you dont pass the SATs.
By NC Dawg
May 20, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this
He makes it 3 years and can’t make it 4? I think he could have. The Dawgs really needed him this year.
By Reem
May 20, 2007 4:00 PM | Link to this
nobody really knows what happened so we should all just move on
By 94Dawg
May 20, 2007 11:03 PM | Link to this
What the hell is an adviser? Reem is a genius!
By MadMerf
May 21, 2007 12:50 AM | Link to this
I predicted earlier that Paul Oliver would be All-American by the end of his senior (5th) year, if he returned. We were delighted when he did return, but it seems to have back-fired. He was obviously frustrated that he did not fulfill his expectations, but his potential for college stardom was reachable.
This has been one crazy year for UGA football. Career decisions by Quinton Moses (staying), Charles Johnson and Danny Ware (leaving), and now Oliver (staying) haven’t exactly worked out as planned. Paul will ultimately lose money in the supplemental draft, but I believe all of the above (except maybe Ware) will excel at the next level.
Of the nine verbally committed Dawgs for ‘08, five of them, including T. King, are among Rival’s Pre-evaluation National Top 100! Only Oklahoma has as many, and de-commits Brand and Ward (I’m with Conyers and Buck on the coach) aren’t among the 250 to watch list (TE Allen is). Is AJ Harmon a Clemson lean? Scout says yes, Rivals says no.
By SAT
May 21, 2007 8:16 AM | Link to this
King can’t pass me
By Ol Ball Coach
May 21, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this
Looks like things are back to normal in Athens….third place in the SEC East.
By Big Dawg
May 21, 2007 9:13 AM | Link to this
By big johnson
DID ANYONE HERE EVER GO TO A BIGTIME FOOTBALL SCHOOL? OR KNOW BALL PLAYERS WHEN THERE WERE IN SCHOOL? RARELY DO THESE GUYS STUDY AT ALL. THEY PARTY AND DO THERE OWN THING IN BETWEEN PRACTICES AND GAMES. ANY TOP 10 FOOTBALL SCHOOL SCRATCHES AND CLAWS TO KEEP THESE GUYS IN SCHOOL. IT IS A FACTORY, PLAIN AND SIMPLE, AND NOT FOR RHODE SCHOLARS.
Well Big Johnson,
I did go to Georgia on a scholarship but I could have gone anywhere I liked. I graduated 3rd in my class from High School and scored a 1471 on the SAT and 29 on the ACT and I chose GA because I had always been a DAWG fan and wanted to play for Coach Dooley. I can tell you that the majority of football players that I played with and got to know took their academic studies very seriously so your comment-“RARELY DO THESE GUYS STUDY AT ALL. THEY PARTY AND DO THERE OWN THING IN BETWEEN PRACTICES AND GAMES.” is absurd. These things are an individual thing, as the AJC and other news outlets don’t report on the Athletes who go to school and never get into trouble and complete their degrees as this doesn’t sell papers. Most Division 1 programs will have between 110 to 130 football players at any given time in their program, 80- 85 scholarship players and 25 to 50 walk ons so the 3 to 5 that get in trouble only represents a small fraction of the players.
By mcdawg
May 21, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this
my junior year-i sat in the library 4 nights a week with a guy named lars tate-the guy was there all the time studying-as i recall he had some academic issues but he worked his butt off and took care of business and no one was holding his hand-you cannot lay this one on the university
By matt
May 21, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this
I agree- not the university’s fault! This was not an 18 yr. old, wet behind the ears, right out of high school kid. Oliver was a 5th year senior!! He should’ve figured out by then that not going go to class and failing tests or whatever he was doing was going to bite him in the a**. Nothing to do now but move on!
By Cuz
May 21, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this
You should not have to coddle a grown man. Sooner or later, he has to take personal responsibilty for his actions or lack thereof.
How many of you have taken a 400 level, not 4000, Economics class? Me! Quite a few actually. I was a Agriculture Economics major.
Yeah, I will miss watching Paul play and I wish him luck in the Pros. I think we will be okay with all the speed we have in the backfield. Something like this can make the guys overachieve due to so many watching to see if we fall off in the secondary. .
Wareagle, good to hear from you. You take it easy you hear.
By Big Dawg is a liar
May 21, 2007 4:44 PM | Link to this
Funny you could score a 1471 on the SAT when all scores on the SAT are multiples of 10. You would think someone smart enough to get anywhere near a 1470 would know that.
By Big Dawg
May 21, 2007 6:45 PM | Link to this
Calling me a liar over a typo was unnecessay as I took the test back in 1971 or 1972 and memory is sometimes flawed. The score was actually 1470 which still put me at the 98th percentile. BTW they now use both the 1600 scale and 2400 scale as they have three parts to the SAT. In looking on the internet it is now known only as the SAT as it has gone through several name changes since its introduction in 1901. I also didn’t know it went back that far.
By Lee
May 22, 2007 8:59 AM | Link to this
You’re right, you don’t “pass” the SAT. Let me rephrase, has he ever got his SAT up enough so that UGA can wrangle him into Hargrave Military or will he be cooking french fries next year?
By Jeff
May 22, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this
With the importance that Georgia has put on their players to get their degree, I find it hard to believe that our coaches were not aware or involved in getting assistance for Mr. Oliver. “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink”.Good luck to Paul but we have plenty of ” horses” to play.
BIG DAWG….AUGUSTA
By JamesD
May 22, 2007 3:33 PM | Link to this
Jeff, Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water and make him drink.
By A Concerned Tutor
May 26, 2007 8:53 PM | Link to this
Although I was not Paul Oliver’s personal tutor, I have tutored a lot of student athletes from both the “money” and “non-revenue sports.”
Both sides of the argument [the athlete haters and the athlete apologists] have some valid points, but you guys might want to consider a simple fact: the difference in academic treatment between athletes and nonathletes in the classroom is astonishing.
I know this is a football blog, so I am not going to get too preachy, but so-called open-minded professors often discriminate based on a person’s group-associations [in this case, membership on a football team].
In my own recollection, I can remember one student-athlete of mine taking a short answer essay test in an upper level class. He answered six of the ten questions as well as a regular student, while providing valid enough answers to receive partial credit. I am not a mathematics tutor, but if you get 60% of the questions fully right and half of the other questions partly right, that comes to a 75% or C. Yet my athlete failed the test (got less than a 60% grade) and barely passed the class.
I think the most frustrating thing is not the perceived failures of the Athletic Center or the athletes themselves by the media or the public, but the institutional breakdown on the academic side that would condone hypocritical teachers giving unjust scores to hard-studying athletes.
By Lee
May 28, 2007 7:30 AM | Link to this
Tutor, you are assuming, of course, that the athlete in question got full credit for the six questions. You, of all people, should know that professors very rarely give full credit on essay questions.
Funny, I never recall Terry Hoage having that problem. Don’t remember him? He was an outstanding defensive back in the 80’s who carried a 4.0 gpa in Genetics.
I remember years ago, when they introduced the teams on tv, they would give the name, year, major, and gpa. You don’t see that anymore. Wonder why?
I remember this past year, they announced the academic player of the game for each team, UGA’s player only had a 2.7 gpa. 22 starters and not one of them can carry at least a 3.0.
No wonder they need “personal tutors.”