Again, you're making false equivalences. EVERY one of those teams has extenuating circumstances and you're choose to ignore them because it doesn't prove your narrative. BTW, Louisville did have a spell they did well under Petrino at Louisville in the ACC...think of the Lamar Jackson years.
GT is never going to consistently beat the likes of UGA/'Bama/Ohio State because they've become monsters at the upper tier of this sport. What GT can do in the B1G is what we've always done before CGC...contiue to win 6-8 games a season, and have a special season every 3-5 years. We certainly are a far better program than 3 wins a year.
Again, more money doesn't automatically make us better, it just gives us more room and better options. What we do with it is up to GT, but being the B1G doesn't mean GT automatically will be worse program. If you think that way, GT should just go ahead and drop down to the FCS level because the future will be the haves and the have nots...and I can assure you that most GT fans want to be part of the "haves".
Louisville has never won 10 games in their 8 years ACC. They did so 3 times in their last 8 years in the Big East/American. They do have 3 losing seasons though. They finished ranked 3 times in their last 8 years in The BE/AAC including as high as 6th, and only done so twice since joining the ACC. With the highest ranking of 21st.
How am I making false equivalences? I’m literally just pointing out the facts. ALL of those teams had extenuating circumstances, but somehow Tech doesn’t? If anything Tech has MORE extenuating circumstances than ANY of those teams. As I’ve said before, going to the B1G now does nothing but line the pockets of already rich coaches and administrators. It does nothing for the program or the fans.
We can compete in the ACC, and we can do it consistently. Paul’s favorite quote at the end was that GT finished 1st or 2nd in the Coastal for like 8 out of 9 years. Good luck doing that in a division with the likes of Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, and Penn State. Or even just Wisconsin and Iowa. Michigan is one of the most valuable, most profitable, most successful, and most storied programs of all time, and they’ve appeared in the B1G CG only once in the 11 years since it’s inception. And they’ve had FIVE 10 win seasons in that span. If they can’t do it, how does GT even stand a chance? Tech played in the ACCCG after finishing 6-6 in 2012. Absolutely no way that’s possible in the B1G.
Until it’s absolutely necessary to make a move, the ACC should be GT’s permanent home. We can compete here. Even the biggest money schools in the ACC can’t break away too far from the pack, because the money isn’t ludicrous like it is in the B1G and SEC. We absolutely are a better program than 3 wins, but going to the B1G at the wrong time can doom us to being a 3 win program forever. If you don’t think it’s possible, look at all the existing examples. You think Nebraska ever thought they’d be a 3 win program?
And since this thread is specifically about attendance:
Maryland is in the DC market, which holds tons of B1G grads, just like Atlanta. In their last year in the ACC Maryland averaged about 38k fans per game. Their first year in the B1G they averaged about 45k. So that’s a pretty big jump. They played Ohio State and Michigan State at home in front of sellout crowds.
In 2018 when Michigan State came to College Park they only sold 32k tickets. And when #9 Ohio State came they only sold 38k. That is the same as their ACC average with one of the top teams with one of the biggest draws in the country came to play.
Last year #6 Michigan played at Maryland in front of 36k. That’s less than our season average last year.
The point is that getting beat up on year after year takes a toll on a fanbase. Look at Vandy, look at Kansas, look at Duke. Hell look at our home games against UGA. BDS is totally red. If we joined the B1G our attendance might surge initially. But after a few years of getting dominated it would probably fall off drastically, just like Maryland.
