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Originally Posted by atlanta68
This seems like a major downgrade for UF. Probably a political decision. Bell backtracked on DEI and that may have attracted state leaders in FL. Don't forget they hired Ben Sasse a few years ago. That never made sense to me, unless FL state leaders were looking to make a U turn on "wokeness," which they now equate to opposition to Israel.
I will never understand what people saw in Bell. UA fell dramatically in the academic rankings and the quality of the freshman class declined based on avg standardized scores. The six year grad rate failed to rise much too. He was a lukewarm promoter of UA. He fell in line with DEI when it was popular, and fell out when it was not. Weak leader. SOOO glad he is gone.
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I side with Coach Saban on this one. Other Universities have taken notice of the growth in quality of the University of Alabama through the last decade. It's no surprise that only 31% (and dropping) of Colleges and Universities respond to US News and World Report's annual reputation survey these days. US News and WR is the organization that is dropping in reputation. The Universities know better. And, so do prospective students. RTR
https://www.al.com/news/2026/05/nick-sab...right-choice-with-this-alabama-hire.html
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