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When my father in law, (God rest his soul) was at Auburn it was still Alabama Polytechnic Institute. That was in the early 1940s.

Yep. A fast track to the NFL or more likely nowhere. All it takes is one misstep or some guy rolling on your knee and then you better start paying attention in math class.

Good gracious! I was not aware there was that large a discrepancy. Tech has about what 35 or so majors? Most schools have 100 or more. No wonder we have recruiting issues.

True our recruiting has gotten better than PJ's early years. It takes longer for a coach at Tech to really get a handle on the unique culture and mindset of the school. The one thing that has always been in our favor is that we are smack dab in the middle of just about the most fertile...

See above. I see the ACC has having much better coaching and more importantly some really good quarterbacks lately that have helped some of these schools. To answer your question: (Others may differ to be sure) I see Wake Forest, Duke, Miami, and possibly Pitt (let's see how they handle the...

Yeah, you are probably right. A bit of overdone hyperbole on my part. Nonetheless, we have to do a better job of recruiting. You will agree with my assertion that many of our competitors have upgraded their programs. Why look at Wake Forest. I don't know about you but I was impressed with...

Not yet but have you noticed the serious upgrade in our competition lately? The ACC is not the old basketball conference we used to know and love. If we do not get serious about upgrading every aspect of our program we could be looking at third tier. Why not? Our recruiting ranking are...

Yep. Dabo has got this machine firing on all cylinders. Clemson has a very good team but probably not as good as the one they had last year but man they have talent just about everywhere.

Lots of teams these days can move the football and put up video game stats but the elite programs almost always have one characteristic not found in the wanna bes of the second tier. A rock solid defense with 300 lbs tackles and huge athletic defensive ends that are about as fast as our A...

Do you want a good football team that can compete with Clemson and Georgia? Something has to be done to level the recruiting field otherwise we are looking at becoming a third tier program in the near future. It is really that simple. This is a matter of the proverbial Jimmys and Joes. We...

I don't think a team coming off a loss to a ranked opponent would have a trap game coming up. Traditionally, a trap game is played when you have a decent team to play BEFORE said top ranked opponent and the speculation is that the team is overlooking the decent team. We are not in a position...

The scheme employed by Coach Venables is quite simple. Recruit guys like number 42 or number 7 and say: "See that little guy with the football? Nail his *** every time especially from the back side" See how simple that scheme is? Of course, guys like those don't grow on trees.

Well, if you get hit by number 42, number 7 or number 11 of Clemson then fumbling would probably be the least of your worries because those guys hit like runaway Mack trucks.

Virginia is almost always trouble just the way it is. That said, if we get T Marshall straightened out this week and get our line back to blocking some people I think we can win. Looking forward to watching Kirvonte and Jerry do their thing. It should be fun.

Good observation. Kirvonte and Jerry will take care of our Bback position for years to come. God forbid that either of them should get injured because boy howdy that position takes hits even when they don't have the ball.

I don't know about an animal but his leg drive is impressive. His arms and legs are not what you normally associate with a Tech football freshman. Looks like a modern day Jim Brown is what he is.

The ACC was a different animal in those days as well. Good teams with good players abounded but there were plenty of cupcakes. Now you have teams like BC just flat wearing out Florida State on national television. What is the world coming to?

Dabo is too smart to leave Clemson. Remember who replaced Bear Bryant? Yeah, well it was Ray Perkins. One of Bear's boys, All American at Alabama, with an NFL pedigree to boot. Didn't last to breakfast. Remember who succeeded Coach Dodd? Poor Bud Carson. Never had a chance. Following...

Coach Dodd himself complained in his biography that calculus was the worst thing that ever happened to a school. He would go to a recruit's house and see a calculus book and groan to himself "Georgia has been here." The Georgia coaches would get a calculus book hand it to a recruit that was...

I don't want to lose to anyone. Ask my wife about my temper tantrums on a tennis court BUT if I have to lose to any of our opponents it would be Clemson. They have good fans, good coaches, and treat our fans with some degree of courtesy and respect. After that, if I had to lose to someone it...