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re: Has there ever been a costlier decision in college sports than GT leaving the SEC?
Posted on 6/30/23 at 11:00 am to TigerintheNO
Posted on 6/30/23 at 11:00 am to TigerintheNO
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Yes, Tulane.
Monetarily, maybe. But they were never a football power like GT was at one time.
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Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:31 pm to DawgsLife
quote:one has 5 SEC titles the other has 3. Unless we are talking about 100 year old championships, they were fairly close.
Monetarily, maybe. But they were never a football power like GT was at one time.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 4:05 pm to DawgsLife
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But they were never a football power like GT was at one time.
We have the Sugar Bowl because of Tulane
Alabama is a football power because of Tulane
Minnesota was Saban before Saban because of Tulane
If Tulane did not respect academics over athletics it could have easily been the top SEC school in football.
1929 Bernie had brought 27' Tulane to 9-0
1930 Bernine went 8-1
1931 Bernie went 11-1
Bernie left Tulane for the B1G and the Gophers of Minnesota where winning was more important and till WW II led the Gophers on a Saban like run of college football.
Shaughnessy (before Bernie) was the coach that led Tulane to the Rose Bowl invites in the 1920's but the administration would not allow the players to play in line of their studies. Alabama went in their place, and the rest is history
Like Stagg at Chicago (a B1G founder) a potential great football school was overshadowed by the academic mission of the school. Alabama in the SEC and Ohio State in the B1G owe a great deal of their history to this choice.
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