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<blockquote data-quote="dressedcheeseside" data-source="post: 196982" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>I guess it's my fault you don't see my point, I must not be very clear.</p><p></p><p>Forget about what our SA's are majoring in for a moment. Put it aside. I think it is relevant, but put it aside for now.</p><p></p><p>There's a lot more that being a STEM school does to GT other than course selection. Let's list a few, shall we:</p><p></p><p>1. Small fan base derived from a small, select alumni base, many of which have zero interest in football. The ones that do are scattered to the four corners of the globe. This also plays into our small stadium. We don't exactly have SRO in our small stadium, either.</p><p>2. Unintentional, but real just the same, alienation of commonfolk fans. In the the rural south, the commonfolk fan identifies more strongly with the Uga's and Aubarns of the world and many tend to think GT fans and grads are intellectual, condescending snobs. Some of that is actually justifiable, imo.</p><p>3. Goofy, nerdy students and very few girls and the ones we do have are goofy, nerdy and ugly. Now this is not truth, but it is perception and in the world of recruiting, that is all that matters.</p><p>4. Professors who don't give a hang about if your an SA or not. I'm sure SA's at the factories enjoy a good deal of preferential treatment, even in their easy, peasy classes.</p><p>5. Having a small fanbase also means less money. Money means everything in college football. It doesn't guarantee success, but it makes it awful hard to compete with those who have it and spend it wisely.</p><p>6. An administration that does not suffer poor character. Even though I appreciate this angle, it does preclude us from several top quality recruits every year even though they couldn't get in academically anyway.</p><p>7. Narrow scope. Even if NONE of our players took STEM majors, we have way less to choose from that most every school we compete against for players. You can't tell me that doesn't hurt even a little bit. I can recall recruits in the past pass on Tech because we didn't offer what they wanted to study. It may have been a lie, maybe not, who knows? </p><p>8. Last but not least, grades and college preparation of the vast majority of blue chip high school players. Most of these guys are not well prepared for college, much less one of GT's caliber no matter what courses they take.</p><p></p><p>All of these factors/recruiting hurdles, and many more that don't readily jump to mind, are in some way caused, affected or impacted by our academic identity. That's what I'm talking about, not what each kid is majoring in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dressedcheeseside, post: 196982, member: 77"] I guess it's my fault you don't see my point, I must not be very clear. Forget about what our SA's are majoring in for a moment. Put it aside. I think it is relevant, but put it aside for now. There's a lot more that being a STEM school does to GT other than course selection. Let's list a few, shall we: 1. Small fan base derived from a small, select alumni base, many of which have zero interest in football. The ones that do are scattered to the four corners of the globe. This also plays into our small stadium. We don't exactly have SRO in our small stadium, either. 2. Unintentional, but real just the same, alienation of commonfolk fans. In the the rural south, the commonfolk fan identifies more strongly with the Uga's and Aubarns of the world and many tend to think GT fans and grads are intellectual, condescending snobs. Some of that is actually justifiable, imo. 3. Goofy, nerdy students and very few girls and the ones we do have are goofy, nerdy and ugly. Now this is not truth, but it is perception and in the world of recruiting, that is all that matters. 4. Professors who don't give a hang about if your an SA or not. I'm sure SA's at the factories enjoy a good deal of preferential treatment, even in their easy, peasy classes. 5. Having a small fanbase also means less money. Money means everything in college football. It doesn't guarantee success, but it makes it awful hard to compete with those who have it and spend it wisely. 6. An administration that does not suffer poor character. Even though I appreciate this angle, it does preclude us from several top quality recruits every year even though they couldn't get in academically anyway. 7. Narrow scope. Even if NONE of our players took STEM majors, we have way less to choose from that most every school we compete against for players. You can't tell me that doesn't hurt even a little bit. I can recall recruits in the past pass on Tech because we didn't offer what they wanted to study. It may have been a lie, maybe not, who knows? 8. Last but not least, grades and college preparation of the vast majority of blue chip high school players. Most of these guys are not well prepared for college, much less one of GT's caliber no matter what courses they take. All of these factors/recruiting hurdles, and many more that don't readily jump to mind, are in some way caused, affected or impacted by our academic identity. That's what I'm talking about, not what each kid is majoring in. [/QUOTE]
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