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Old 06-11-2010, 11:17 PM   #2133
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by Tigercat View Post
I wonder if the possibility of going into the SEC with Texas A&M and VT would make the move more appealing to GT.

I have a tough time imagining that would have much effect one way or the other. In different divisions they'd rarely see A&M and neither would do much to improve the perception of the conference in terms of academics (not necessarily fair but I believe it's true).

At the end of the day the SEC is a football factory conference. Nothing short of complete insanity by the decision makers would lead GT to join, I've got a better chance of winning the Boston Marathon than Tech does of being competitive in the SEC on a regular basis. The differences in culture & in attitudes about athletics are so vast that it's barely recognizable as the same genre afaic.
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