Article - how Atlanta became the CFB capital

Reason that article it’s tough to not say “ öööö Bobby Dodd.”

Edit- should say reading. Stupid autocorrect
 
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Pretty cool. The ATL has been THE ATL for a looooong time. Atlanta has always been the capital of the South. So these dingdongs want to write an article about it like they've just discovered the truth? Talk about short attention span! Atlanta has been here and been the dominant city in the South for 200 years.
 
That's a nice article for Tech. We get more mentions than any other school although we must admit that we lost control of the city at some point. But this is a numbers game and UGay doesn't own Atlanta now anymore than Tech ever did. I wish they had surveyed the metro area and did a distribution of the fanship.
 
savbandjacket said:
Not only ööööed us over, but that comment about Curry leaving makes me want to change the name of the stadium.
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I really hated disliked Curry for his comments when he left (and taking credit for some of the players on the 1990 team during an in-game interview during The Sting), I only warmed back up to him after reading Dodd's book where Dodd explained (in Braine like fashion) why Curry should have taken the job.

It will always be Grant Field to me.

Also, öööö E$PN for not mentioning that the 1928 and 1952 teams are considered MNCs as well.
 
If Dodd’s attitude about Tech was such that he encouraged our coaches (who were also alums) to take jobs elsewhere so they could be “big time,” I see absolutely no reason why his name should be on our stadium. He should get the same recognition as Alexander - a courtyard.
 
I can understand some of the Dodd hate, but he undoubtedly did the right thing morally getting us out of the $EC - timing was what was terrible. Dooley to dwags + NFL/MLB coming to town within 3 years of us leaving the conference is what doomed us.
 
gth874t said:
I can understand some of the Dodd hate, but he undoubtedly did the right thing morally getting us out of the $EC - timing was what was terrible. Dooley to dwags + NFL/MLB coming to town within 3 years of us leaving the conference is what doomed us.
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Regardless of how much time he spent coaching at Tech, you can tell all of his administrative decisions were guided by a University of Tennessee education.
 
savbandjacket said:
If Dodd’s attitude about Tech was such that he encouraged our coaches (who were also alums) to take jobs elsewhere so they could be “big time,” I see absolutely no reason why his name should be on our stadium. He should get the same recognition as Alexander - a courtyard.
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Totally agree. I did not know the extent, if true, that he bad-mouthed the program.
 
savbandjacket said:
Not only ööööed us over, but that comment about Curry leaving makes me want to change the name of the stadium.
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I agree completely. I think we just go back to Grant Field and leave it at that. As much good as Dodd did as a coach he damaged our brand just as bad in his post coaching days.
 
I like to think our stadium is named after Coach Dodd. Certainly not athletic director Dodd.

Despite our tradition and storied history... was there ever a more unlikely national champion than Georgia Tech in 1990? I guess not until UCF in 2017.
 
From the time I've spent reading ST I know there are a lot of guys who have actual real memories of Dodd, but what if his name was stripped off the stadium and replaced with Coca-Cola or something else to bring in advertising dollars to help the program. "X" Stadium at Historic Grant Field. He has a statue. He has a coaching award with is name. Lots of other Dodd stuff. Let the GTAA make some marketing money and fuel the program back to perennial power. Might take some heat initially, but if the money is well spent a few extra wins will make it all forgotten. That how it works, right? Winning cures everything!
 
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