Yep, this is a repost from my older deleted channel. Newer content on the way!

@bigkfromtx9526

4 жыл бұрын

Missed u man

@njdevilku1340

2 жыл бұрын

You know what would make a good follow-up? Why South Carolina left the acc.

@oriolestragic-feelithappen4806

2 жыл бұрын

This was an awesome video! I'd love to see more content like this

I am 72 years old and grew up in Atlanta. I agree with most of what you have said about Ga Tech's withdrawal from the SEC. However, I did not hear you mention revenue sharing. I remember that a big part of Ga Tech's decision to leave the SEC was because they did not think they should have to share their Bowl money. I went to O'keefe High School and every day I had to walk past Ga Tech's stadium on my way to and from school and clearly remember reading the banners hanging there saying "It's Our Money".

@jbj7599

Жыл бұрын

Well that motto def backfired badly.

@davidturk6170

Жыл бұрын

Was at Grady HS around the same time.

Such an excellent synopsis. Biggest blunder in Tech Athletic history. You might have added that Tech has tried on more than one occasion to seek “reentry” into the SEC without any success whatsoever.

I wish Auburn still had the Georgia tech rivalry

Anyone remember when South Carolina was in the ACC? North Carolina was their main rival(basketball) other than Clemson.

You might want to look into the proposed super conference where Ga Tech, Notre Dame, Southern Cal, Stanford and some others may have joined. This was going on in the 60's.

And with that Independent status... GT Football started spiraling down! GT football has NEVER been the same!

@tmcc9867

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone thinks independents is easy. It's anything but easy. Everyone's big OOC game. They are fired up for new blood,and it's just another game for the independent school. And after 1 loss you have nothing for the players to focus on. Like a conference championship...

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

@@tmcc9867 exactly ,you have to be undefeated to even get a decent bowl game due to most of the bowls with conference tie ins

Crazy that Ga tech had a national championship in 1990 and UGA had one in 1980 until yesterday.

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

So what does that prove

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

But Georgia was sti a winning team for the most part but tech won the title and just fell into oblivion afterwards .the Georgia teams were still relevant despite no national chamlionships

This was a great video Thanks! I liked!

Great topic and history. Thanks for posting. Would like to have heard more about the conflict between Ga Tech/Coach Dodd and Alabama/Coach Bryant.

I think ur a really underrated KZreadr good keep up the good work 👌

Please do/redo video on Tulane leaving the SEC.

@voiceofreason2674

2 жыл бұрын

I was there in 2007 when Tulane went into halftime leading future national champion Lsu in the Superdome . It was crazy

Great video, good to see you’re back!

@kylerbosse5705

4 жыл бұрын

Keep doing your thing man

Of Course it was a mistake. Also to add, Georgia Tech has been a contender to rejoin the conference on a few occasions since leaving. I know in the early 90s the SEC wanted either FSU or Ga Tech but neither worked out.

@WeTookThisUsername

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely no on this. Georgia tech left the sec for many reasons, good and bad. But we they never invited nor did the sec ever want gt back

@yellowfalcon-897

2 жыл бұрын

@@WeTookThisUsername not true. They were re-considered in the early 90s but the SEC moved forward with South Carolina. It wasn’t much publicized but this is true. I have internal sources whom I will not mention. SEC wanted FSU and GT. When Bowden decided to join the ACC because it would be easier competition, the idea of GT to SEC was scrapped and USC was taken

I went there in '74 (money ran out) Pepper Rodgers era. Caught up on the history and agree somewhat. What's ignored is how small a school Tech has always been and how hard it's been to get in. In '74 many players had to take Calculus - maybe all. The Industrial Management majors had an easier version, but I wonder how many other schools have similar disadvantages. Vanderbilt maybe. And even the pro teams have difficulty competing with the nightlife. The point is valid - long run scholarships were limited anyway. But hindsight is always 20/20.

@fitzwilliamdarcy5263

2 жыл бұрын

Several SEC schools now have admissions standards as demanding as GT (namely, Vandy, UF, UGA, Texas).

Good video but you also got to consider if the sec goes beyond 16 teams and Florida state and Clemson wanting end as well could Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech complete the 20 team conference in the future?

Imagine how Tulane feels. 🙃

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

Funny how all the teams that left the SEC have become doormats in sports

I know that for some of these new recruits, new fans of college football. The historical side of the sport really has no affect on the direction or intrest of the players and fans. But the historical side of this sport actually means a whole hell of alot, and really does like to repeat from time to time. I appreciate these videos on the history and importance of the SEC. To all the young kats out there who say "Who cares what happened in 1920, or 1950?" You should care. Because the past IS history, and w/o tge past where do we go in the future? And always remember that the past is where we all come from.

@ssgus3682

2 жыл бұрын

Tulane cares. Most likely the dumbest decision in college sports in the last 80 years.

@MetallicAAlabamA

2 жыл бұрын

@@ssgus3682 It's pretty interesting. Alabama along with Tulane and many other schools that are ACC, and SEC were part of a 20 team conference back when they were in the Southern Conf. Other members were Clemson , Duke, Washington and Lee, Va Tech, UNC, Tulane, Ga Tech, Sewanee, Wake Forest, LSU, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, anx Maryland to name a few. But that was in 1921 lol

Was the infamous game where Auburn greased the RR tracks so the GT train missed the station during those years? GT’s players arrived at the game worn out from the ? mile run from where the train finally got stopped.

I've heard multiple stories about GT wanting to rejoin the conference back in the 70's and 80's but I can't find any evidence that there was an actual vote against them or they petitioned to rejoin.Can somebody provide documentation or link? I can only find hearsay.

Funny thing is that if they remained, Alabama might have fewer national championship. Plus 93 would be interesting with South Carolina joining the East. (Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Alabama and Auburn with Kentucky and Vanderbilt being in the west and Arkansas joining the West as 14 members

GaTech leaving is a curious footnote. Tulane, on the other hand, has been regretting the decision for 60 years

UGA has won most of their rivalry games since Tech left the SEC too.

Glad to see your back. Can’t wait for more whether they are old or new. videos. Can you do a video based on “What if Georgia Tech was still part of the SEC?”

@cfblifer

4 жыл бұрын

I can try!

@ninjadanny628

4 жыл бұрын

College Football Chronicle thank you very much!

I did know that Tech was in the SEC, and they won the 1990 National Championship in the pre-BCS era.

@robd1811

Жыл бұрын

half a championship colorado got the other half

I have a realignment that puts Tulane back in the SEC. Thanks for the video.

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

They probably don't have the money to get in now

@k-hustlethesportspreacher5941

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmerck7576 I've changed my thoughts on realignment ideas about 100 times now but you're likely right about the money.

Summarize the whole thing: GA tech: I don’t need to be hold back. This conference isn’t that good and it won’t last long. GA tech left because they thought SEC won’t make it as a power conference as a whole but boy they were wrong.

I’m guessing this is a repost of one of your older videos? (Tbh I’m a huge fan of the channel and I was worried when it disappeared)

@ninjadanny628

4 жыл бұрын

It is an older video before his channel was deleted

@UltimateKamaro

4 жыл бұрын

Ninja Danny yep. Called it.

@cfblifer

4 жыл бұрын

You got it

@isiahpaskins

2 жыл бұрын

I never know who’s channel was deleted. That explains why his “was the BCS really that bad” video only has 143 views today on the channel axon luff. I had not watched that video since 2019 so a lot happened back then

Bobby Dodd was a great football coach, but an arrogant fool as athletic director. What he didn't foresee was UGA spanking that bottom with regularity for the next 60 years with no end in sight.

To make a long story short Bear Bryant beat them out of the SEC. Tech was a 3rd rate program overall. Bryant went 6-1 vs Tech while at Alabama only loss was 7-6 Alabama's failed 2 point late was the difference.

It could be worse for Georgia Tech. They could be Tulane.

for a bunch of smart engineers that sure was stupid

WORST MISTAKE IN GT HISTORY!

Do What if Florida won the 1992 SEC Championship?

Can you do the other two SEC schools leaving the SEC

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

Suwanee and Tulane left because they just couldn't financially stay with the standards of being in the SEC

Auburn and Georgia are the ones that voted not to let them back in the SCC , THATS WHY THEY WENT AND ARE IN ACC !

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

They both recruited in Georgia and having tech back would dilute that base

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

They didn't want to share the same recruiting base with tech

Tech basically went from Sugar to Shit

I wouldn't change a thing because life is bigger than football and Georgia Tech lives the life they preach.

@SportsFan-vq9kk

2 жыл бұрын

WTF are you talking about?

@bobelfsquirrelly3315

2 жыл бұрын

He's saying Tech is more about the academics and graduating kids, than it is about winning football games. Had you listened to the video with how he's talking about Tech's focus on academics and graduating kids, then you'd probably have gotten it.

@fitzwilliamdarcy5263

2 жыл бұрын

Several SEC schools now have admissions standards as demanding as GT (namely, Vandy, UF, UGA, Texas). GT just has very few women, a confined and urban campus, and awful sports. UGA has the women, the college town, the athletics, and an average SAT / ACT / GPA score of 1400 / 32 / 4.0. UGA > GT, all day.

@darthnatas953

Жыл бұрын

If you think the majority of ball players at Tech are actual college students, you aren't any smarter than they are.

Rather than Duke, Wake Forest, Pitt, Syracuse, NC State, Virginia

This decision to leave SEC back then is total nonsense to me. I wish Georgia Tech would rejoin the SEC and play Auburn in football every year once again. To hell with Acc!

@SportsFan-vq9kk

2 жыл бұрын

Maryland should go back to the ACC

@ssgus3682

2 жыл бұрын

How do you think Tulane feels.

@SportsFan-vq9kk

2 жыл бұрын

@@ssgus3682 I would put Tulane in the Sun Belt

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

@@ssgus3682 Tulane left the sec because they didn't have the finances to maintain the facilities that were becoming more demanding as the conference was improving everything they could to become a stronger conference

@ssgus3682

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmerck7576 true and I have the benefit of 20/20 hind sight. There was no way Tulane could have known how big college football would become. That said it is a fact that it is one of the largest mistakes made by a college administration in collegiate sports history.

The nail in the coffin was the revenue sharing.

Do why South Carolina left ACC

There was a vicious hit in a game against Alabama that left a Georgia Tech player in need of medical care. The Tech coaches claimed the hit was deliberate. This was the beginning of the end for their SEC career. They left over claims of a disputed amount of the per diem allowed by the conference. They tried to come back but Bear Bryant refused to let them return to the SEC.

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

The arrogance of Bobby Dodd caused them to leave,he thought Georgia Tech was too good to play over half the conference and absolutely refused to agree to the revenue sharing plan the SEC was planning to implement

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

It was deliberate ,bear Bryant would operate like a Mafia boss if they kill your career when you went somewhere besides Alabama that would make someone think twice about not playing for Alabama

Notre Dame Football on NBC

Acc middle to upper tier? We aspire to be middle tier now.

Money/revenue it always boils down to money!!

Hurt Tech. Hurt Atlanta. Replace Missouri with Tech. Move Auburn to the East and Vandy to the West.

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

That would work you still got a free conference win and almost the same color schemes

@PaladinElliott

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmerck7576 except no one wants to live in Missouri over Atlanta

It was a big mistake for Georgia Tech to leave the SEC and being arrogant plus with Missouri both Texas schools and Oklahoma leaving the big 12 to join the SEC still would've happen

Ironic how Tech has sucked for like 20+ years yet still has more nattys than Georgia

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

We just won the last 2

THEY WENT 5-7-3 😂

@pierresoorden5975

2 жыл бұрын

NCAA changes? July 1.

terrible decision ! was all about the number of scholarships !

It was a move of arrogance more than anything else .it was devastating for the program,I being a Georgia fan simply say good riddance I first listened to Larry Munson in 1968 when our family moved to Athens and discovered college football and the s.e.c..i never have known Georgia tech as a conference foe but I did hear that they once were

Georgia tech is a mess big mistake they are rarely ranked they really dont recruit great it's kind of a afterthought as a football program given recent success

Middle to top tier? Are we sure about that? 😂

No it wasn't a mistake in my opinion. The SEC shows what's more important to them...WINNING and MONEY 💰

@SportsFan-vq9kk

2 жыл бұрын

You just said life is bigger then football and you talk about this WTF

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

And the problem is...............

Several SEC schools now have admissions standards as demanding as GT (namely, Vandy, UF, UGA, Texas). GT just has very few women, a confined and urban campus, and awful sports. UGA has the women, the college town, the athletics, and an average SAT / ACT / GPA score of 1400 / 32 / 4.0. UGA > GT, all day.

@markstone9333

Жыл бұрын

Its not the admissions standards; its the majors offered. Georgia for years has recruited with the correct mantra that if you go to Tech you must take calculus. Except for the school of architecture, that is still true as only Engineering, Business and pure Science are offered. At Georgia (and the others) you have to have the admissions as you note but you can still major in Parks and Recreation, Music, or Basketweaving. While Georgia has great programs in Music, Business, pre-Med and other areas, to try and compare it academically to Georgia Tech is disingenuous.

@PaladinElliott

Жыл бұрын

GT has sucked for forever yet still has more nattys than UGA

@fitzwilliamdarcy5263

Жыл бұрын

@@PaladinElliott And Yale has more national championships than GT. You're a sharp one.

@irvinkiblerjr972

Жыл бұрын

I see you have vandy ( which has had high academic standards for at least 80 plus years and Texas which hasn't even played a conference game yet as some of the schools to boost that some schools have similar standards well let's take those two out as tat tilts your argument in a skewed fashion so that leaves you with UGA and UF. So it only took 60 years for two of the 12 schools to catch up to tech's standards. At that pace you'll have 6 by 2080. Lol

@fitzwilliamdarcy5263

Жыл бұрын

@@irvinkiblerjr972 Difficult to parse your incoherent rambling devoid of any punctuation, but I'll give it my best attempt. You're claiming that UGA's current academic prowess should somehow be discounted because they were less competitive in the past? You're discounting Vanderbilt and Texas as SEC institutions for what reason? Several schools in the SEC have the same academic standards as GT, but also enjoy supremely superior athletics, social scene, campus, etc. That is my point, and I don't see a convincing rebuttal anywhere.

G-Tech sucks anyway

@SportsFan-vq9kk

2 жыл бұрын

And? So what it's the Southern East Conference they deserve to come back to the SEC Georgia Fan