re: Would we welcome GTech back to the conference with open arms?

I was around when Dodd left the conference. He and the teckmites got way too big for their panties. They were under the impression they were much more important than they actually were. Dodd held most of the conference in disdain. He would not travel to the Mississippi schools. John Vaught at Ole Miss had no love for Dodd. If my memory serves me Auburn played them a lot more in Atlanta than at Auburn. They also used to play Clemson and Clemson had to go to Atlanta whenever they played. Haughtiness caused them to leave and they essentially went into the tank within a few years with a few years of success sprinkled in the mix.

They made overtures in the early 1970s to come back in the conference and it was greeted with a blast of apathy by the SEC. Vaught was quoted as saying that as long as he had anything to do with it they were never coming back in the conference.

Their attendance is pitiful. When Georgia plays them in Atlanta there is more red in the stands than gold. A number of coaches have tried to resurrect the ghosts of glories past but have had limited results. Their glory days are but a distant memory with fewer and fewer people around than can remember that far back.