re: When someone says “football program in downtown Atlanta” what do y’all think of?

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Georgia Tech is dangerous football program in a P5 in a metro area. It only takes the right coaching staff to figure out

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ehhhhhhhh idk.

The biggest thing everyone will point to is that they have atlanta to recruit from, which obviously is nice. But they are basically just a souped up version of vanderbilt; a lousy program with apatehtic fanbase competing against the big boys that just happen to play in a big city. Furthermore this isn't like the old days, simply being IN atlanta isn't that big a deal considering everyone in the world recruits atlanta. Even if they do recruit BETTER than they have, they are still fighting UGA/AL/AU/CU/etc and will merely get scraps. They play in a tiny antiquated stadium and there are very few hots on campus compared to other schools.

I think the myth of "tech is a sleeping giant" is kind of overblown. They have the city of Atlanta aaaaaand that's about it.