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We will be able to expand our fan base and negotiate a better apparel deal when we become a consistent winner.

I'll say the 1952 Alabama game, which we won 7-3 - IMO the decisive win in our National Championship season. The highlight was perhaps the greatest goal line stand in Tech history, with little 160 pound Jakie Rudolph turning Alabama's Bobby Marlow upside down on his head on 4th and goal at the...

If private schools were included, high odds Stanford would be included due to the breadth of their program, which is supported by a huge athletic endowment. In the 2023-24 academic year, Stanford has 36 varsity sports—20 for women, 16 for men (sailing is a co-ed sport). In addition to its...

IMO Ted was terrific LB and has always been a great Tech man, but he was not a good DC at Tech and several other places, most recently OU. I hope he finds a good fit elsewhere.

Opting out of bowl games is relatively new and feels like it's becoming the new normal for players on teams not in the playoffs - not just for those entering the draft but also those entering the transfer portal. I understand the motivation, but I don't have to like it.

I used to hear quite often that football is a team game. Now, apparently, not so much.

I'm losing interest.....

The cost of a good QB via Transfer Portal ($1-2M) according to Nebraska's Matt Rhule (Sims mentioned): https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39007978/nebraska-matt-rhule-prefers-developing-own-players-portal

Not sure I trust PFF (whoever they are). Our secondary looked more like a bunch of matadors than football players against Louisville. We need big improvement here.

Stanford is in Stanford, CA, adjacent to Palo Alto, which is south of San Francisco about halfway to San Jose. Cal, their biggest rival, is across the Bay in Berkley, adjacent to Oakland.

Both are in the Bay Area.

Great story, Hjacket. I have one too. Following the misery that was our 1987 & 1988 football seasons, we had Bobby Ross as our summer 1989 Triad Alumni Club meeting in Winston-Salem. Prior to dinner you would have thought Coach Ross had come from a leper colony. Very few attendees were...

Chick Graning was a well thought of, friendly guy. Seeing him on the Hill with his face black and blue and his jaw wired shut after what Holt did was sickening. The AJC did an excellent job of fanning the flames. I don't think Bryant or Holt ever apologized to Tech or Graning.

I think this is true. If I recall correctly, the other side of the coin is that the new Alabama President had the radical idea that Alabama could excel both academically and athletically, and he thought Curry would be a great choice to advance this initiative. The Alabama alumni power base...

Clemson also misses their anchor point DC, Brent Venables.

Dodd and Graves both played college football at Tennessee, but Broyles was a Tech man. At Tech he was three-time all-SEC (twice first-team) and second-team All-America on the gridiron, playing for William Alexander and Bobby Dodd. He was also a first-team all-SEC guard on the basketball court...

Tech's 1952 staff wasn't bad. Head Coach Bobby Dodd; Offensive Coordinator Frank Broyles; Defensive Coordinator Ray Graves - all Hall of Famers!! I saw this team as a kid - one of the greatest Tech teams.

I wish the ACC had just gone to a pure rotational system. I don’t care how they did what they did. What we got sucks, feels like the dregs. Clemson will make money but, like UGA, result in an almost certain loss - every year. Louisville is not a rival. Wake doesn’t feel like one either, but...

A Wolverine's view: https://wolverineswire.usatoday.com/lists/big-ten-conference-expansion-what-schools-could-it-add/ As has been pointed out, the BiG attaches a bit more importance to a school's educational credentials than does the SEC.

I don't think most North Carolinians (of which I am one) would confuse UNC with a yankee magnet school.