Meanwhile 150 miles west of GT.....

[GoBees]

While we have been sucked in by all this "Greatest rebuild in the history of CFB", a mere 150 miles to the west of us
a mid-tier college in the lowly freaking 205 has come back from a self-imposed death penalty to resurrect itself to a level we can only dream of at this point.

2014 -- Shut down the football program totally. Lost 55 of 85 scholarship players!!!!
2015 -- DEAD
2016 -- DEAD
2017 -- Starting from scratch (with the same HC from before) 7-6 and went to a Bowl
2018 -- 11-3 winning the Conference USA championship and their Bowl game
2019 -- 9-5 Lost Conference Championship and their Bowl game
2020 -- 6-3 during COVID year and won Conference Championship beating Marshall
2021 -- 9-4 winning their Bowl game over #13 BYU

 

[JoeCakeEater]

Maybe you should change to become a UAB fan. Or you could always grow a pair.

 

[gt2690b]

I thought the same thing yesterday

It's ridiculous

 

[JJacket]

So?

UAB shut down the program because it was expensive and they wanted to focus on academics and UAB medical. In the grand scheme of things, nobody gives a flying frogs ass about UAB football

 

[GoBees]

Maybe you should change to become a UAB fan. Or you could always grow a pair.

Been a die-hard season ticket holder for probably longer than you've been ööööting your diaper, and will stay a fan.
Unfortunately, facts are facts.

 

[JJacket]

Been a die-hard season ticket holder for probably longer than you've been ööööting your diaper, and will stay a fan.
Unfortunately, facts are facts.

You probably so old you are ööööting in your diaper anyway.

This thread is stupid. It is nothing but a troll thread.

 

[Olgoldandwhie]

I thought the same thing yesterday

It's ridiculous

Yep, but did they come back from an elite and high level of the football graveyard?

 

[BainbridgeJacket]

They were bowl eligible in 2014 and the football program shutdown for entirely unrelated reasons. Be careful what you wish for, though, because one day Tech might just be in a situation where the finances show that football is a net loss to the GTAA.

 

[Chattanooga Jacket]

Maybe you should change to become a UAB fan. Or you could always grow a pair.

Or maybe GT should take note of how to run their football program properly.

 

[Milledgeville]

I live in Birmingham. Players from my kid’s high school go on to play at UAB (Southern Miss, Clemson, Liberty, etc). Due mostly to academics, those kids don’t get offers from GT.

So, UAB is doing what they do with kids that GT doesn’t offer.

I’ve lost the point of my message…four hour layover. Bourbon.

 

[georgytech]

So?

UAB shut down the program because it was expensive and they wanted to focus on academics and UAB medical. In the grand scheme of things, nobody gives a flying frogs ass about UAB football

I'd bet BYU does.

 

[CiraldoForever]

They were bowl eligible in 2014 and the football program shutdown for entirely unrelated reasons. Be careful what you wish for, though, because one day Tech might just be in a situation where the finances show that football is a net loss to the GTAA.

Tech will definitely go broke if our AD doesn't have the brains or the guts to realize our head coach is killing our football program and driving away contributors and fans.

 

[JJacket]

Tech will definitely go broke if our AD doesn't have the brains or the guts to realize our head coach is killing our football program and driving away contributors and fans.

 

[WreckJunkie]

While we have been sucked in by all this "Greatest rebuild in the history of CFB", a mere 150 miles to the west of us
a mid-tier college in the lowly freaking 205 has come back from a self-imposed death penalty to resurrect itself to a level we can only dream of at this point.

2014 -- Shut down the football program totally. Lost 55 of 85 scholarship players!!!!
2015 -- DEAD
2016 -- DEAD
2017 -- Starting from scratch (with the same HC from before) 7-6 and went to a Bowl
2018 -- 11-3 winning the Conference USA championship and their Bowl game
2019 -- 9-5 Lost Conference Championship and their Bowl game
2020 -- 6-3 during COVID year and won Conference Championship beating Marshall
2021 -- 9-4 winning their Bowl game over #13 BYU

And just think, they will have a "developed" OL next season.

 

[RoanokeJacket]

So?
nobody gives a flying frogs ass about UAB football

Nobody particularly gives a öööö about ours either outside of a ring about 50 miles around Atlanta

 

[Uncle Mike]

Your mom was an easy bang, gave her a UAB sweater and 5 bucks...

 

[JJacket]

Nobody particularly gives a öööö about ours either outside of a ring about 50 miles around Atlanta

And yet, this is a GT board, not a UAB board. Nobody gives a single öööö about UAB. If you happen to give a single öööö about UAB, and if you are proud of UAB accomplishments, then mosey on over to the UAB board and get your attaboys from them. You can öööö on GT while you are there.

 

[smokey_wasp]

Did you guys know there are teams that are winning and ours isn't? Let's make sure every thread is about that and only that.

 

[00Burdell]

Did you guys know there are teams that are winning and ours isn't? Let's make sure every thread is about that and only that.

I hear you but I thought the original post was relevant. I know we aren't UAB but for them to come back from the dead to beating BYU is a sobering point of comparison.

 

[BrentwoodJacket]

They were bowl eligible in 2014 and the football program shutdown for entirely unrelated reasons. Be careful what you wish for, though, because one day Tech might just be in a situation where the finances show that football is a net loss to the GTAA.

If that happens for an extended period we can drop to Division III and begin competing with Sewanee like we we did before 1932? In the end the AD's job is to ensure the Football and Basketball programs succeed because they fund the other sports at a Division I level.

I guess the other option is to join the Ivy league. I am sure there are leaders on the Hill who would like that idea.