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It doesn’t take much time being around him to realize Mark Pope is — well, different. He’s goofy and passionate, but clean and calculated. Again, this is the same guy who dropped out of medical school at Columbia to become a glorified towel boy under Mark Fox at Georgia, going skydiving without a parachute. But, hey, that leap of faith ultimately landed him the Kentucky gig, so who are we to judge? The way he operates clearly works. And most importantly, it works with his players. “It’s different. We’re just all adults and he handles it like everybody is an adult. I like that, I respect it,” F…

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