MNC, TIAR, Orange Bowls, Conference Championships, etc. None of which would have happened in the glorious sec, certainly considering the lack of support at the very top levels of the school. The last time we met one of those sec lower half teams in a bowl, we embarrassed them.
There is no reason to keep going down this road with you. You seem to want to point to one thing and extrapolate how every event would have played out after that. Yeah, I am a Dodd follower. He made mistakes like any one else, but if you will take the time to look at his history and what it did for an academic engineering school, maybe you wouldn’t have such a dim view. Us “old Dodd followers” understand a whole lot more about Southern football history than most
Seriously, how old are you? Do you really understand anything about Tech football in the 50s and 60s? Or are you just looking at the landscape today and imagining how great things could have been?
I agree, you can't help me, because I don't need you to help me. You have a blind spot imo aeromech, and that is: What do you remember happening in the late 60s? Riiiight. There's your friggin logic. So, you think Miss St. is doing swimmingly? We are certainly doing poorly lately, but it has bumpas to do with us not being in the sec, but rather piss poor coaching and equally poor leadership at the very top of the Admin. The sec would in fact help us marketing wise in the southeast, but just the opposite when it comes to winning---see my first post---if you can't win your conference, then you simply don't get the chance to do the things I listed. You just go ahead and dream about what we are missing by not being Vandy, UK, OM, MSU, Arkansas and others, but I'll pass.
So you used a magic ouija board and it told you that had we run Dodd off in the the 60s and hired a savior, Tech would have a half dozen more national titles, the BOR and the eggheads on the hill would have relented and lowered the academics and curriculum, and the best players in the south couldn’t wait to play for Tech? If you really live in “the now”, you may want to look at the impediments Tech has (some self inflicted) in football. I live in the now enough to see those didn’t just arise because of Dodd
Can I borrow your ouija board? Maybe it will tell me what stocks to buy now!
Why do you think the sec recruiting from the late 60s on for the next several decades was better(much better) than most conferences? Why do you think there was, and still is today, a concern about those players coming to Tech compared to going to uga, AU, or Bama? As for convincing those lower tier schools in the sec about leaving, it would depend on what they play the game for, because it sure as hell ain't winning. They are simply whipping boys for 4 or 5 other teams in the sec, but hey, they are well paid for it. It's not about Dodd, but rather about societal realities and lack of commitment at the very top of Tech. You and Paul Finnebaum can just go ahead and continue to worship at the foot of the sec cross.
This is the last statement I will make on this topic. You can keep up calling us what you want. Yes, the SEC is the best league in college football today. And I don’t think anyone on here worships Dodd, they just have appreciation for what he accomplished. You can continue to be boiling mad about Tech leaving the SEC in 1963, that is your right.
aeromech, do yourself a favor and have a trusted friend read your first 2 answers to my post. They will, assuming they have the guts, explain to you how utterly clueless you are to what I posted. Seriously, go for it, and no reply expected. Actually maybe somebody on here will pm you what I was talking about.
I'm a big fan of this take. Ultimately, Dodd was a Tennessee redneck and should generally be treated as such. If Tech football has any hope whatsoever, it has to throw off all shackles and go into full YOLO mode. Some goober who threw us into the wilderness shouldn't necessarily be celebrated.
