It's not the nature of athletics, it is the nature of the business of colleges. Idiots have to fuss over who the bigger idiot is.
It just doesn't make sense. Why get all huffy about it? Why be confrontational? It's a legitimate question. You can simply brush it off with very little fanfare and no one would think anything more of it. These guys make their careers out of being good salesmen (and often lying through their teeth to kids/parents faces). Why can't they handle a simple question about a job opening?
Well Georgia has only lost 2 games in the last 3 seasons, so we are better than them until we beat them and we may have to face them 3 times this season to win a national championship.