re: Georgia Tech, Tulane and Sewanee were once members of the SEC.

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No, they were not voted out. They left on their own volition. And they will never be allowed in again.

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The REAL TRUTH is that Bryant ran Bobby Dodd off by kicking Tech in the arse (and teeth ) so often.
The scholarship rule had been in place for YEARS, but Dodd picked that particular time to get so bent over it....plus he wanted Tech in the ACC where he thought they would be top-dog there.

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But the wandered in the wilderness for something like 19 years before Curry brought them to the promised land in the ACC.

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In Dodd's mind Tech was the Notre Dame of the South!

I don’t think the ACC was Dodd’s original intention. In addition to the 140 rule, Dodd and Harrison (the GT president) thought that as an independent, Tech wouldn’t have to share revenue with fellow conference members (Dodd despised at least 3 of the SEC schools). Dodd also wanted intersectional matchups, big name games which could be scheduled as an independent. Dodd & GT brass thought they were too good for the SEC & would be better off without the SEC & leaving, and becoming the Notre Dame of the South as an independent. Of course, things didn’t work out the way he thought :)

After reading these responses it's abundantly clear that, even though Dodd wanted us out because of the abuses of athletes through the scholarship stuff and it was bad for us in the long run in terms of conference affiliations and the associated financial benefits it brings, some of y'all are proving, through your reading comprehension skills, just why the SEC is looked down upon except for a school or two. And those schools don't include ugag in spite of your delusions of "academic" prowess since the georgia lottery started.

And yes, I am a troll. I need to go take a shower after spending these wasted 5 minutes of my life here after signing up to this place just to respond to this foolishness.

The SEC did not hold a vote to kick out GT. GT was not voted out of the conference.

GT made the choice to leave.

GT and Dodd used the scholarship debate as an excuse for withdrawal from the conference. GT and their fans have a big case of ego and always have had. They got too important for these mere mortals in the SEC. They over-valued their place on the national stage, badly.

Dodd and some coaches in the leage had a big case of dislike for each other. John Vaught at ole Miss detested them, from everything I have ever read about it.

Tech made some noise back in the early eighties about wanting back in the SEC. That was met with open hostility by some of the old timers that were still around then.

I talked with an ole timer years ago about how things were in Atlanta and GT back in the '50s and early '60s. Being at Grant field on a Saturday afternoon was the place to see and be seen. It was the hottest ticket in town. Dodd would not travel to all venues. He would not go to the Mississippi schools and I don't think the series with other schools was a strict home and home.

GT should probably consider dropping football and remain a basketball school.

GT and Bobby Dodd thought they were too good for the SEC. They didn’t want to share revenue and thought as an independent they would rise to national prominence and could rake in the money. They were dead wrong in their arrogance. They would crawl over broken glass to get back in the SEC. Thank goodness that won’t ever happen. They have absolutely nothing to add to the SEC. They have a very small fan base, a run down stadium they can’t half fill unless UGA or Clemson are visiting and then the stadium is red or orange since the Tech fans sell their tickets and bargain game packages sometimes sold by GT are bought by UGA who use the UGA tickets and throw away the others. Believe me no one in the SEC would want to go the GT for games. An absolutely horrible experience.

Sewanee was a major, and I do mean major, football power at one time. They have a legit claim to fielding the single greatest football team of all time. But....

They are a small college owned by several dioceses of the Episcopal Church. By all accounts it is a wonderful school for the degrees they offer. They just weren't in position to compete for students/athletes like the rest of the new SEC was.

Tulane is an interesting one. They were a very solid program in the early years of the SEC. Tulane has nothing to be ashamed about as far as their conference record. But...

They knew the writing was the on the wall. Tulane simply was not willing to commit the resources in the SEC and there were very strong rumors afoot about starting a "Southern Ivy" conference. Tulane felt, not unreasonably, that they would have a better future in that conference. Unfortunately that conference never happened.

Georgia Tech is Georgia Tech.

Love seeing FSU fans squirm nowadays about being stuck in the ACC when they could've been in the SEC for 30 years now.

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Huntsville has been asked by Atlanta to have an interstate built to connect the two, and Huntsville refuses

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This is beyond laughable.
Here is the real story LINK

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Nine-term U.S. Rep. Bud Cramer, D-Huntsville, spent his career pushing the superhighway

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