Not sure I get your point.
We should be mocking UGA. I was at the driving range recently, wearing a GT hat, and another guy started razing me. I noticed the "G" immediately and laughed at his lame attempt at a joke. I then looked at him and said, "You should be proud to have played Alabama in the Championship. Honestly, for a girl's school, the team did well. When UGA actually graduates men ... you might have something." He muttered something and sulked away.
As to being elite ... Tech IS elite. One of the Top 50 STEM schools in the world? Playing competitive D1 football? Put more graduates into space than any other school? Four national championships? Home of Heisman, Dodd, etc. I never want to be average.
Banter verses mocking - look it up.
Batner is funny but and mocking is meanspirited, demaning to an individual , and rooted in a lack of confidence of the speaker.
Mocking
The 60 year old gt drunk at clemson game that yelled (mf s omitted) to a close by band member - go back and play on your tractor - you bunch farmers.
The coach that retorted to a uga caller - he just got off work at Walmart .
Average verses "common"
When i belittled people my mom quoted sactcel paige - Aint any man that can avoid being born average , but aint no man got to be common. She said you are way above average so i expect you to be uncommonly good. Then the wipping. Still have to guard my tongue.
Keep up the bantering. You are doing great.
I just say
1. Gt put men on moon and 85 percent of player graduate..
2. Uga - doing anything to win and only 50% of players graduate.
3. Progress at gt verses uga.
I agree we don't want to be a average at gt football, but we will need to be average before we are elite. Look online at" knight commission on athletic spending " and you will see that illinois and Gtaa have the most debt and worst giving/ticket sales. We can't see average from where we are.