Nice Write Up Regarding Homer Rice

awbuzz

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Worth the read (IMO)
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popped in Football thread due to number of "eyes" the frequent this time of year.

Mods - if you need to move elsewhere, I won't be offended.

For those too young to know - Homer Rice was one of the prominent if not "the" reason athletics at GT was "saved" from going to Division IAA or Diviosn II. (JMO).
 

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As the athletic director, he implemented the Total Person Program at Tech, a personal development curriculum for athletes that has become a model for other universities. This is what our new AD (TD) mentioned during the press conference on Thursday.
 

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For those too young to know - Homer Rice was one of the prominent if not "the" reason athletics at GT was "saved" from going to Division IAA or Diviosn II. (JMO).

Consideration was actually given to either Div III with no scholarships or disbanding football altogether. GT decided to stay the course and Pettit hired Curry, followed by Coach Rice. I hate to think about what would have happened to GTAA without his leadership.
 
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