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re: When did GT lose it's sports identity?

Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:19 am to
Posted by samson'sseed
Augusta
Member since Aug 2013
2070 posts
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:19 am to
When they left the SEC in 1967 to become the "Notre Dame of the South."

That was a colossal mistake.
Posted by JacketFan77
Tiger, GA
Member since Nov 2012
2554 posts
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:22 am to
Yes and no. I think that Dodd should have tried harder to challenge Bryant on how the SEC would evolve. Unfortunately, most of the SEC schools decided to follow Bryant's example and put academics and ethics second to sports. It's the paradigm that still drives the SEC today.
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