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

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With that said, Geoff Collins is an unbelievable recruiter and a good coach. I can see him being somewhat of a thorn in the side of UGA's side on the back-half of their recruiting class. 

Prior to CPJ, they used to get a lot of really solid talent/classes from the ATL area. I can see that happening again if they show a modicum of progress.

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It isn't going to happen. I have a lot of Tech family and they are convinced good times are on the horizon. UGA will make sure that doesnt happen.

It takes a lot more than silly bro gimmicks to bring football success. In Georgia, UGA is the flagship. We control the Board of Regents which runs the academic side of things. There is a reason Tech isnt allowed to expand its curriculum much. We wont allow it. However, we were able to get engineering majors added at UGA. That, my friends is pure power. We also control the political machine (Governor and Legislature) as well as most of the media in state.

If you look back over the last 40 years Tech's athletic success is fleeting. Why? The moment they re-jigger things to start to make a run, the Red and Black Machine cranks up and shuts it down with the quickness.

The last example was when Ol'Paul Johnson thought he was going to go on a run. We were down and they arguably had the better team. Suddenly they were in trouble with the NCAA and the media turned on Johnson for his personality and recruiting quirks.

They may win a battle or two along the way, but the moment they actually look like they can contend on a yearly basis it will suddenly disappear. That is the way of things.

There is more to football when UGA says "We Run this State!".