you can always tell things are rotten when people start shifting the topic to academics. If we're talking about football, let's stick with football. As a Tech man, I am of the belief that yes, we provide a good education, albeit to too many foreign exchange students vs. in state, but that aside, we do not have a lock on getting a good education. If the topic is academics, fine, but let's stop the charade of being the nerd kid getting his beat in football and falling back on the degree. If that is truly the case, Tech should reform a conference with Tulane, Vandy, and some other schools and stop pretending we are a sleeping giant in waiting.