Georgia Tech vs Minnesota

[Sarrick]

Just ordered my flight tickets! The only Christmas present I want now is a Yellow Jacket Victory!

 

[BuzzThePlumber]

For 2015 about 30,500 undergrads and 12,600 graduate students...so in the 43-45 thousand range. UM is the same as Tech, UGA, and Ga State all in one school. It's the land grant institution for Minnesota and only D1 school. What's Tech's enrollment?

15,500 undergrad
13,700 grad

 

[684Bee]

15,500 undergrad
13,700 grad

Wow, I didn't realize we had grown the grad number that much. Has grown much more, % wise, than undergrad. Undergrad is where you get your fans from.

 

[Animal02]

The first concert I ever went to was called the Detroit concert. It was in the building near Georgia State where they used to wrestle (Civic Auditorium or something like that). It featured Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes, Bob Seager, and a group called MC5. As a 15 year old I was shocked to see joints passed up and down the rows!

Mine was to see Leon Russell at the Agora Ballroom. Joints were being passed all over too

 

[awbuzz]

15,500 undergrad
13,700 grad

Aren't a lot of the grad students via the online program and basically don't even have to step foot on campus?

 

[slugboy]

Aren't a lot of the grad students via the online program and basically don't even have to step foot on campus?

I think the grad population was one third to half the size of undergrad when I did grad school, long before the online offering. If it’s biasing the number, I don’t think it’s the vast majority.
Grad school life is a lot different than undergrad life.


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[CINCYMETJACKET]

Elaborating more on Detroit area.
EATS
Polish immigrants settled in Hamtramack. It is surrounded by the city of Detroit.
http://www.polonia-restaurant.net/
Greektown has been a go to place for 50 years. There is a casino there as well
Monroe Street downtown
Pegasus is probably the best known and popular
http://pegasustavernas.com/
Also a big Mexican area south of downtown near the bridge to Canada
I like the Mexican Town better than Xochimilco Restauran, they are on the same block
http://mexicantownrestaurant.com/menu/
Dearborn has a sizable Middle Eastern population and lots of restaurants.....too many to list
https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=mideastern&find_loc=Dearborn,+MI
Detroit's version of The Varsity is the Lafayette and American Coney Island.....next door to each other downtown.
http://americanconeyisland.com/home.htm
Upscale dining in an old mansion.........maybe you will confront those donors pushing KW
https://www.thewhitney.com/
The downtown core has seen a sort of rebirth, there are a lot of new restaurant around that I have not been to.

Things to do.
Canada is a tunnel or Bridge to the south......not much to do in Windsor.....a business partner lives there.....he call it the armpit of Ontario.
You can tour the Rouge Assembly plant where Ford make the F-150 (have never done the tour....I lived it spent several years in auto plants designing offices etc)
Also the Museum and Greenfield Village.....Village is closed during the day but they have a Holiday lights thing
http://gatetoadventures.com/henry-ford-museum-rouge-factory-tour-greenfield-village/#respond
There is a pretty decent art museum
https://www.dia.org/
Henry Ford estate.....the house is closed for renovations but you can walk the grounds.
http://www.henryfordfairlane.org/
Edsel Ford Estate
http://www.fordhouse.org/

I live in Cincinnati, so would definitely go to the game except for the small detail that I'll be in North Carolina visiting family. But will definitely keep this list handy for the next time I have the opportunity to visit Detroit. Definitely have a lot of friends from Michigan.

 

[Whiskey_Clear]

Aren't a lot of the grad students via the online program and basically don't even have to step foot on campus?

Toss out the grad students as Tech fans generally if they did undergrad elsewhere. They will retain allegiance with their undergrad schools.

 

[CINCYMETJACKET]

Toss out the grad students as Tech fans generally if they did undergrad elsewhere. They will retain allegiance with their undergrad schools.

I would both agree and disagree with that. It depends on where they went to undergrad. I went to undergrad at a small D3 school in upstate NY, went to grad school at Tech, and now root for Tech sports exclusively on the D1 level. Have been a Tech baseball season ticket holder for a number of years now.

 

[CINCYMETJACKET]

I would both agree and disagree with that. It depends on where they went to undergrad. I went to undergrad at a small D3 school in upstate NY, went to grad school at Tech, and now root for Tech sports exclusively on the D1 level. Have been a Tech baseball season ticket holder for a number of years now.

As a follow up, friends of mine from grad school went to Washington, Michigan, Alabama, Arkansas, etc. for undergrad. Still root for Tech. Some may feel a pull to their undergrad school if they were playing each other, but I have been to Tech games with many of them. Don't discount ALL grad students!

 

[MWBATL]

Aren't a lot of the grad students via the online program and basically don't even have to step foot on campus?

Grad students are heavily foreign and is where GT makes big money for the State of Georgia.

 

[Whiskey_Clear]

As a follow up, friends of mine from grad school went to Washington, Michigan, Alabama, Arkansas, etc. for undergrad. Still root for Tech. Some may feel a pull to their undergrad school if they were playing each other, but I have been to Tech games with many of them. Don't discount ALL grad students!

I think your example is an exception to the typical rule. Maybe my opinion is skewed by limited anecdotal examples which line up with my perceptions. One of the biggest being a long time family friend who grew up a mutt fan, got an undergrad mutt degree, GT MBA for professional reasons...and remains a mutt through and through.

A lot of grad students, foreign or otherwise, never step foot in BDS because they often have busier lives outside of school than typical undergrads.

 

[Deleted member 2897]

I apologize if this has already been posted. Looks like Minnesota may be without several players. Looks like they also have some pretty crazy recurring discipline issues.
http://www.startribune.com/several-...face-possible-bowl-game-suspension/502505901/