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<blockquote data-quote="JacketOff" data-source="post: 682919" data-attributes="member: 4572"><p>Okay, and that was before the Civil Rights Act. That basically holds no ground in terms of perception today. Tech hasn’t played Bama in 40 years. Most Bama fans today probably aren’t even aware they even had a rivalry with Tech. They probably don’t even know what the “send the yellow jackets to their watery grave” line in their fight song means. Hell, I didn’t grow up a Tech fan, and had no idea the Alabama-Tech rivalry existed until I dug into Tech’s athletic history once I decided GT was where I wanted to go. Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Army all won multiple national championships before Alabama won their first. Does that mean anything in today’s college football landscape? No. </p><p></p><p>Also, I’m not trying to justify playing GSU over Alabama or Auburn regularly. I’ve been on record saying I wish Tech had another rotating SEC game against a past rival every year. All I’m trying to say is that the GT-GSU series is no different than the situation with COFH right now. Georgia plays Tech because they want to prove how much better they are than us. I asked why Tech can’t do the same? My statement was that if you want to imply playing GSU is legitimizing them, then you could easily say COFH and Alabama are legitimizing Tech.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JacketOff, post: 682919, member: 4572"] Okay, and that was before the Civil Rights Act. That basically holds no ground in terms of perception today. Tech hasn’t played Bama in 40 years. Most Bama fans today probably aren’t even aware they even had a rivalry with Tech. They probably don’t even know what the “send the yellow jackets to their watery grave” line in their fight song means. Hell, I didn’t grow up a Tech fan, and had no idea the Alabama-Tech rivalry existed until I dug into Tech’s athletic history once I decided GT was where I wanted to go. Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Army all won multiple national championships before Alabama won their first. Does that mean anything in today’s college football landscape? No. Also, I’m not trying to justify playing GSU over Alabama or Auburn regularly. I’ve been on record saying I wish Tech had another rotating SEC game against a past rival every year. All I’m trying to say is that the GT-GSU series is no different than the situation with COFH right now. Georgia plays Tech because they want to prove how much better they are than us. I asked why Tech can’t do the same? My statement was that if you want to imply playing GSU is legitimizing them, then you could easily say COFH and Alabama are legitimizing Tech. [/QUOTE]
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