re: Has there ever been a costlier decision in college sports than GT leaving the SEC?

Georgia Teck people have always had a haughty attitude about most everything. They also saw themselves as too big and too superior to rub elbows with the rubes in the SEC any longer. Dodd would not travel to the Mississippi schools at all. I know Clemson had to play in Atlanta most of the time when they played Georgia Teck. I believe Auburn played them in Atlanta a lot more than they played them in Auburn.

In the early sixties they held a rather exalted status in Atlanta, and nationally, and would have to leave the SEC to further seek their destiny as a football power.

Another bad decision was Bowden electing to not join the SEC when he had the chance. At that time no one could have seen the effect TV deals would have on the sport.