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<blockquote data-quote="Heisman's Ghost" data-source="post: 959943" data-attributes="member: 4015"><p>I don't know that I would call it disdain but Dodd was asked point blank by the SEC Commissioner at a Grant Field doubleheader that featured Georgia vs Ole Miss and Tech vs. Kentucky (I think) if he would agree to play at least one of the Mississippi schools. With Johnny Vaught standing right there Dodd said "No offense Johnny, but I can make more money playing Girls High School at Grant Field than going to Mississippi to play." It was, as so often these things were then, about money and attendance. This was in the mid to late 1950s when TV had yet to become a factor and it was all about stadium size and attendance. Tech routinely had 60,000 plus in those days while the Mississippi schools played in very small stadiums of about 20,000 or so. What irked Vaught more than anything though was Dodd's habit of swooping into Mississippi and stealing a couple of the best players in the state nearly every year right out from under his nose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Heisman's Ghost, post: 959943, member: 4015"] I don't know that I would call it disdain but Dodd was asked point blank by the SEC Commissioner at a Grant Field doubleheader that featured Georgia vs Ole Miss and Tech vs. Kentucky (I think) if he would agree to play at least one of the Mississippi schools. With Johnny Vaught standing right there Dodd said "No offense Johnny, but I can make more money playing Girls High School at Grant Field than going to Mississippi to play." It was, as so often these things were then, about money and attendance. This was in the mid to late 1950s when TV had yet to become a factor and it was all about stadium size and attendance. Tech routinely had 60,000 plus in those days while the Mississippi schools played in very small stadiums of about 20,000 or so. What irked Vaught more than anything though was Dodd's habit of swooping into Mississippi and stealing a couple of the best players in the state nearly every year right out from under his nose. [/QUOTE]
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