Gee, another “If we had stayed in the SEC, Tech would have become a football factory like Bama” thread. Even with an ACC schedule, Tech routinely played UGA, Auburn, Tennessee,etc. There are a number of people who post on here that want to blame all of Tech’s shortcomings on the decision to leave the SEC. Truth is they are more on Tech’s Administration, the Athens dominated BOR, and other things.
In his book IIRC, Dodd said that the Mississippi schools did not travel well. Since his paycheck was directly impacted by butts in the seats, he did not want to play teams that did not bring ticket buying fans with them. It was one of the reasons that Clempson became part of our history even though they weren't in the $EC; they brought the fans to Grant Field (and we never went there until the late '70s).
The Athens dominated BOR has been ööööing Tech up the ass for decades: athletically and academically.
This is total bullcrap … with the phenomenal growth of Atlanta in the heart of SEC country, GT could have truly parlayed that into being the ND of the South. The administration would have fought it all the way but we would have had the money to attract top coaches. I do agree it is a shame that the school has become International Tech instead of Georgia Tech but being in the SEC would have attracted a ton of sidewalk fans … and winning would have helped also. If we have any chance to get back in the SEC we would be fools not to jump all over it.
Completely delusional. The fact that GT people actually believe these sorts of narratives explains why we're wandering in the desert the way we are.
Chin up my dude. öööö the SEC and öööö whatever they could or could not exploit us for. öööö these rednecks an
The same with Auburn. It was a long time in the series that they always played at Grant Field. Later on, Tech would play them every other year in Birmingham. It wasn’t until the 70s that Tech would travel to Auburn.
Just take a look at the attendance the last time we played Auburn and Tennessee in Atlanta. I realize many of the fans were from the visiting team but GT fans also turned out for those games and the bottom line is fannies in the seats and revenue in the bank. I’ve been going to GT games since 1963 and even those years in the 60’s the games against Auburn and Tennessee outdrew Duke, Tulane, and Clemson. Wake up people …. Atlanta is not ACC territory and never, never, never will be!
Just be another Vandy
Atlanta is a TV market and ESPN would find a way to charge folks extra.
This always bothers me. I've watched GT long enough to know that all it takes is a coaching staff that can recruit or coach to be middle of the pack. Most SEC schools prove that without trying hard. When you have a staff that can do both, you're at the top. We were above the middle of the pack (not at the top) with the prior staff, because they could coach. And that's all we could afford. A(n?) hypothetical move to the SEC solves that problem. Of course, it's still up to the AD to find that special coach. Tennessee and Florida have been struggling with that. The last few national champions have nailed it. Arkansas and TAMU may have done the same. There's nothing saying GT couldn't do it too. And even if we didn't, we are still not another Vandy.
"the bottom line is fannies in the seats and revenue in the bank????????????????"
Yep, and neither would we after the CRA. As for that $50Mil that he claims we lost, how much good did that do Vandy, UK, Ark, and the 2 Miss schools? Anyone that thinks the '90 MNC would have happened had we stayed is dreaming. Imagine a HC (you know, the one the stadium is named after), who cares about where the alumni/supporters want to travel to games!? Madness, huh? What this guy talks about as "silly", is reality. What kind of fit is an elite academic school in the sec? Answer, Vandy. What kind of big arsed stadium would we have like the rest of the sec has, with a .400-.500 record? Answer, empty.