Hats off to Mike Landry -- he won with $12k bid and then doubled it!
https://ramblinwreck.com/collins-georgia-tech-football-all-in-challenge-raises-24k/
CGC was on Andy Staples podcast today. Worth a listen:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-atlanta-w-georgia-techs-geoff-collins/id1477536795?i=1000472283915
https://theathletic.com/1763125/2020/04/21/georgia-tech-athletics-branding-j1s-jeremy-darlow/
It's great to see CGC get national attention for what he's building here.
Love to see Coach doing things like this!
https://www.ajc.com/sports/college/geoff-collins-thanks-essential-workers-with-chick-fil-krispy-kreme/7E0HMrNXaT6tRqePHIYhFO/
I wasn't alive during this era, so I'm attributing this to my father (who graduated in early 70s): Prior to integration, Georgia Tech could be considered one of the "traditional powers" of college football, and the program had a strong foothold with some of the top HS programs in the south. As...
That's fair, and I probably overreached to say Vandy. I think if the curriculum remained narrow (similar to it is now), GT would be closer to the bottom than the top. Had the curriculum and entrance requirements been expanded over the years, Auburn is better comparison. Think in other sports, GT...
ND, Stanford, Florida -- all good academic institutions but they are schools with broad curriculums. This is where the APR crossroads come into play. Schools had to decide whether to be real schools since progress towards a degree is required or create a "landing spot" where athletes could stay...
IMO, there have been three seismic shifts in college football in the last 50 years:
1) Integration in the 60s and 70s
2) APR in 2003
3) TV money over last decade
With history unchanged, all three of these crossroads left Georgia Tech with a lesser ability to compete then the prior era (though...
I ordered 11 items, and 5 ended up cancelled. The others arrived today. The ZNE jacket is by far my favorite, and it has a GT logo that's on the right sleeve that's not visible on the bookstore web site. It's basically got in a built-in face mask, which is timely!
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