Ga. Southern gets more respect outside the Metro Atlanta area than Tech. Auburn, Tennessee, Clemson, and FSU get better recruits from the state of Georgia than Tech.GSUperTiger said:
I don't know about Joe getting the boot. Unlike Grambling the Penn State administration seems intent on letting Joe go out on his own terms. After all he has done for the program and the millions he has personally contributed to the university Joe Pa deserves that. Without Paterno Penn State would probally been on the same level as Rutgers or Syracuse; a big school on the east coast who would be satisfied with a 7-4 or 8-3 record every year. The man has done too much to leave he program feeling bitter towards the university.Butch Wms. said:
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In Georgia "FOOTBALL IS ALL THAT MATTERS." It's always been that way and will always be that way. Johnson is one of the few in-state recruits that Tech beat Georgia for, but if he had gone to UGa he wouldn't have gotten enough playing time to make the All-SEC team. Tech does a great job in picking up talent that the big schools in others states can't sign.GSUperTiger said:
Albany was too close to Americus.Butch Wms. said:
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How can you claim a national championship when you beat a conference runner-up in the CITRUS BOWL. That's about the same as LSU's claim to last years championship. People may refer to you as the champion but everyone knows there is someone out there that's head and shoulders better than you. You're talking about championships won before FSU joined the conference. Has Tech beaten FSU since they joined the conference. NO! Why did FSU join the ACC instead of the SEC? Because Bobby Bowden knew what he would ALWAYS have a 10 win season in the ACC. Johnson is one of the best recievers in the country but he will never play in a bowl game on New Years Day. There is a good reason Tech's in the ACC. They can't compete in a football conference.GSUperTiger said:
</O</O</O</OAll of this illustrious history is really ancient history which translates to before integration. Hell the Ivy League and Service Academys were powerhouses back then. Humanitarium Bowl:lol:; The SEC wouldn't dream of sending Vanderbuilt of the Mississippi schools to Boise Idaho for Christmas to play Tulsa. When your 2nd and 3rd place team are matched up against another conference's 5th 6th and 7th place team you should have a winning bowl record. Since integration Tech has struggled to stay consistantly above .500. Before 1994 Tom Osborne was better known as the Nebraska coach who could never win both of his last 2 games of the season.(Oklahoma and the bowl game) The 1990 ACC champion did not even garner enough respect to get invited to one of the 5 major bowl games. (Rose, Cotton, Sugar, Orange, or Fiesta)Maybe they did share the conference title with FSU in 98 but the fact remains they lost to FSU and HAVE NOT BEEN TO A MAJOR BOWL IN YOUR LIFETIME. If it were not for the addition of Miami, FSU, and Va Tech The ACC would be in the same boat as Big East in trying to justify that they belong in the BCS.GSUperTiger said:How can you claim a national championship when you beat a conference runner-up in the CITRUS BOWL?<O
Simple. You finish as the nation's only unbeaten team in major college football. Anytime a team beats a Tom Osborne coached Husker team by 24 points (as the Ramblin Wreck did) speaks volumes of the skill level of the team (btw, this margin of victory is almost double the amount Colorado beat Nebraska -- only common opponent between the co-national champions).<O
That's about the same as LSU's claim to last years championship. People may refer to you as the champion but everyone knows there is someone out there that's head and shoulders better than you. <O
Until the end of time, America will revere Ga Tech as the 1990 national champion, just like SC whenl it shared with LSU.</O
You're talking about championships won before FSU joined the conference. Has Tech beaten FSU since they joined the conference. NO! <O
Georgia Tech was crowned co-champions with FSU in 1998.
Why did FSU join the ACC instead of the SEC?<O
Are you serious? The ACC is the best collection of athletic and academic prestige in the country. BTW, the ACC is the nation's winningest bowl conference.
There is a good reason Tech's in the ACC. They can't compete in a football conference.
Ga Tech was a charter member of the SEC; won the SEC five times and a national championship during its 31 years in the SEC. During the same time, UGA won 4 titles and one national championship. When you look deeper in the history, The Georgia Institute of Technology has the more storied program. Even college football's most coveted award is named after a Tech coach (there is a statue of John Heisman outside Boddy Dodd stadium). UGA is the bigger school (in a proud football conference), therefore gets all the pub. This ends with the new ACC.<O
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