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<blockquote data-quote="GTNavyNuke" data-source="post: 155152" data-attributes="member: 322"><p>The Power Ranking takes into account the home/away advantage and strength of other opponents. The key to a really strong Power Ranking is to get to a good bowl game <u>and</u> win. Dodd did that a lot - GT had the best bowl record for a while based on the foundation Dodd built. You can play a few cupcakes but have to win the big games.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I didn't live it but have read a lot of the books. What I found interesting is how bad some of Alexander's teams were. The early 30's teams were atrocious and any coach today would be fired after 3 years of that performance but Alexander had 5 bad years ... and then rebounded nicely. I really liked the yearly chart since it shows how long we had our coaches. </p><p></p><p>Also, you can see how Heisman built the program over the years .... I would think if he took over an established program he would have had a higher Power Rating than Dodd. But then again, Heisman left GT (after getting divorced) and was mediocre after that. I guess it shows how important a happy home life is......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTNavyNuke, post: 155152, member: 322"] The Power Ranking takes into account the home/away advantage and strength of other opponents. The key to a really strong Power Ranking is to get to a good bowl game [U]and[/U] win. Dodd did that a lot - GT had the best bowl record for a while based on the foundation Dodd built. You can play a few cupcakes but have to win the big games. I didn't live it but have read a lot of the books. What I found interesting is how bad some of Alexander's teams were. The early 30's teams were atrocious and any coach today would be fired after 3 years of that performance but Alexander had 5 bad years ... and then rebounded nicely. I really liked the yearly chart since it shows how long we had our coaches. Also, you can see how Heisman built the program over the years .... I would think if he took over an established program he would have had a higher Power Rating than Dodd. But then again, Heisman left GT (after getting divorced) and was mediocre after that. I guess it shows how important a happy home life is...... [/QUOTE]
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