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My understanding is that the extension to 2036 was part of the negotiations with ESPN for the ACC network. Raycom was also involved in some way at that time. Sounds like the ACC was desperate and added the extra years for stability in order to placate ESPN concerns. As I recall FSU was...

Great information! It certainly gives me a better feeling about the Jackets amidst all the uncertainty surrounding the current situation with FSU and the conference. Gives hope that we have a good shot at a B1G invitation if the ACC falls apart. I still adhere to the Jim Williams' belief and...

Just made it back to our Hotel room. I can only say what a great effort after getting down 2 scores. I know I will sleep better tonight. I believe our football team is in good hands with Brent Key. The Tech fans really came alive once things picked up in the second quarter. Once Haynes...

As my wife and I start to pack for our 9-hour drive to Tampa, I was encouraged by the previous posts concerning the Academic profiles of GT and the ACC. Then, I was encouraged further by an article from the AJC. This article details the GSR (Graduation Success Rate) of the school in Athens...

I remember a time back when the ACC had added Miami, FSU, and BC, and later ND, Mark was very positive about the ACC. I have always thought that he was pretty objective. His opinions have seemed to move towards a more negative tone over the last 2 or 3 years. I suppose it is somewhat...

I definitely agree with you on the negotiation thoughts, but even 50% reduction leaves FSU with approximately $250M. They can't afford that IMO. Even Texas and OK waited until the final year of their GOR to give up one year of media rights to get out of the Big 12. It cost them about $40M...

I agree that with the comments concerning FSUs lack of a path out of the ACC. The exit fee would be something like 3 x Annual Distribution of $42M= $126M. Plus media rights for 13 years---13 x $32M = $416 M. That is a total of $542M. Assuming that is anywhere close to accurate, why do we...

I believe the major advantage of having ND as a partial football member is the increased TV views for those 5 games. The disadvantage is that the ACC teams (Including GT) have not been very competitive with ND. If AI is correct, ND is 40-10 against ACC teams since making the ACC Deal in 2013...

Just saw on The Spun that the Orange Bowl press conference set for Thursday with Smart and Norvell has been cancelled??

See Jim Phillips comments on selection committee attached. Finally see some anger from Phillips. He basically questioned the Committee's Integrity.

On ABC this morning, Robert Griffin had FSU in his final four for the CFP and reminded the audience that the ACC was 6-4 against the SEC during the regular season. As much as FSU threatened the ACC, it is hard to pull for them, but the ACC needs them in the CFP to help the perception of the...

Robert Griffin had FSU in his four for the CFP and reminded the audience that the ACC was 6-4 against the SEC during the regular season.

Great Win. Reminds me of some of the GT--Duke games of the mid 1980s when it was Coach Cremins vs. Coach K.

Thanks for this post. One of the articles confirms that the vote was taken during this January meeting to reduce the annual scholarship limit from 45 to 40.

Correction, I said Dr. Davidson above. Should be Dr.Harrison!!

Everyone is probably ready for the leftovers from Thanksgiving Dinner. However, let me add a little reading material to the conversation. See the two attachments. First one is from Coach Dodd's book and the second one is from Homer Rice's book. Coach Dodd gives more detail concerning the SEC...

Bisher did say the defeat of GT that day was the Final Step in the change of fortunes for the two schools. However, I don't think he was concluding at that moment in time that the 32-year-old Former Assistant Coach from Auburn was going to be a major factor in the perception of Tech-UGA in the...

Apparently, I lost the attachment referred to in my post above. See Attached.

I certainly agree that Coach Dodd's decision was a principled and ethical move. He did not want to " run off unqualified players to stay below the 140 SEC limit". Plus, he wanted to graduate every player that he could. That would often take more than 4 years at Tech and Coach Dodd liked to...

You would really enjoy the Book. Phil relates how the Alabama recruiting system is based on the Dallas Cowboys system originally set up using an IBM 360 computer in the early 1960s. In short, they tried to establish the ideal stats for a player at each position. Saban was originally exposed...