about GT leaving SEC. funny
"Jan. 24, 1964: Georgia Tech leaves the SEC to go independent, mostly because of coach Bobby Dodd’s opposition to a rule limiting schools to 140 football and basketball scholarships. Others were complying by running off players that didn’t pan out, which Dodd refused to do.
“Tech stands to make a considerable gain financially by its withdrawal from the conference,” wrote United Press International. “Under SEC regulations, Georgia Tech had to share with other league members its proceeds from its numerous postseason bowl games and television appearances.”
Georgia Tech’s old friends in the SEC will soon be making about $30 million per year more than its current friends in the ACC, which it joined 19 years later."
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I85Hokie
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Atlanta did not have a single major league sports team at the time. Georgia Tech was the only game in town, literally. They probably thought being in Atlanta would be enough to carry them without a conference.
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I'm sure when Maryland and Rutgers....
joined the Big 10 over a decade ago that they had no idea that they'd be sitting comfortably and securely at the "Big Boy" table today while their former conference mates sweat it out. Some folks just get lucky and others don't. It's like picking a spouse. ;)
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2y
They were operating in the red while in the ACC.
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VPI_1998
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middling teams like they have been for the past 4 decades (a couple of good seasons here and there in their old conferences not withstanding)
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Well MD and Rut have crushed VT in the 2 games we played them in B1G
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VPI_1998
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out and a a coach's 15th game coaching a floundering program with a brand new starter on the road. However - I would still say MD and Rutgers move to the B1G hasn't really improved their football programs, and those particular games demonstrated how VT had dimished as a program rather than how MD and Rutgers have elevated their programs.
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Stech
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I think it’s both, but since we can only control the skill side, I suggest we focus our energy on that.
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Vippie1
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to think they could have been as prestigious as all those SEC schools .
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