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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Wayne" data-source="post: 76899" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>Spot on post. I think it is hard to really grasp just how significant and traditionally established Tech is as a world-class research Institute. If you grew up around here and went to Tech it in some sense was a "local" or "hometown" "school." If you are a longtime fan of GT athletics then you recognize its significant tradition with multiple championships in football, etc., and it is easier to lump Tech in your thoughts with other colleges that have a history of athletic tradition. But Tech is really <em>spectacularly </em>unique.</p><p></p><p>The only equivalent I can think of is that if you went back 80-90 years and looked at the national significance of the Yale vs. Harvard sports rivalry and academic rivalry, then you might have an analogue to what Tech still tries to accomplish. In both college athletics and worldwide academics Harvard and Yale were at the pinnacle plus they were <em>truly </em>in the national eye for both general public and media attention. Tech is still trying to "play" that game.</p><p></p><p>Btw, I don't mean this as a knock on any other college whether it be Georgia Southern or Stanford. The point is not a conceited "Tech is a better school" one but stressing that it is really <em>unique</em>. It is largely incomparable . . . not because all others "pale in comparison" but because it is just so "different" in what it is up to as an Institute of higher education, <em>plus </em>as a representative of the southern (and American) love of excellence in sport.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Wayne, post: 76899, member: 231"] Spot on post. I think it is hard to really grasp just how significant and traditionally established Tech is as a world-class research Institute. If you grew up around here and went to Tech it in some sense was a "local" or "hometown" "school." If you are a longtime fan of GT athletics then you recognize its significant tradition with multiple championships in football, etc., and it is easier to lump Tech in your thoughts with other colleges that have a history of athletic tradition. But Tech is really [I]spectacularly [/I]unique. The only equivalent I can think of is that if you went back 80-90 years and looked at the national significance of the Yale vs. Harvard sports rivalry and academic rivalry, then you might have an analogue to what Tech still tries to accomplish. In both college athletics and worldwide academics Harvard and Yale were at the pinnacle plus they were [I]truly [/I]in the national eye for both general public and media attention. Tech is still trying to "play" that game. Btw, I don't mean this as a knock on any other college whether it be Georgia Southern or Stanford. The point is not a conceited "Tech is a better school" one but stressing that it is really [I]unique[/I]. It is largely incomparable . . . not because all others "pale in comparison" but because it is just so "different" in what it is up to as an Institute of higher education, [I]plus [/I]as a[I] [/I]representative of the southern (and American) love of excellence in sport. [/QUOTE]
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