UGA can become academically relevant by aligning w/ Georgia Tech

I believe Georgia Tech leaving the SEC was a huge mistake. Decades ago Tech presidents clearly downgraded football importance and shifted their attention to research money.

So, UGA Athens Revenue is like $800 million and GT is like $2.2B?? A recent article came out with GT responsible for 20% of the $20B economic impact to the state of Georgia.

GT is now the #1 research institute without a medical program. Top DoD research institution.
Atlanta is about to explode. I'm talking insane amounts of money and influence is moving in and it really is ALL due to Georgia Tech.
Microsoft is building a 90 acre campus ONE mile west of GT Campus. It will rival everything but Bellevue/Seattle area. Google is moving their AI hub here. 19 floors and 500,000 sq ft of office in downtown. Cisco is expanding here. SK Innovations is building a semiconductor plant in GA because of the materials technology from a GT professor. That's in addition to their battery plant.

Vince Dooley should have let us return in 1980? How bout now?

Another yes vote would have been enough.

Tech is a tremendous asset for the state of Georgia. I’m not sure I understand what you’re referencing in the 20% of economic impact figure. There’s no way Tech is responsible for 20% of the states GDP or 2% for that matter. Are you suggesting 20% if the new economic development?, help me understand that. I’m pro GT. I’m just not sure what value GT brings the B1G when college football is on the eve of outright professional status, and Tech has next to no appetite for their athletic department. Also UGA and Tech are part of the same Board of regents and University system. What benefits one benefits the other. UGA has long been academically relevant and they’ve never needed a huge endowment because of the liberties in the state constitution to levy tax. They have an unbridled tax hammer and the overwhelming political influence to raise billions if they needed it.

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We have started an engineering program and medical, at some point we will dominate tech in that field as well as most professors and students would prefer Athens to the most ghetto part of atlanta.

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lmao. listen man, I'm a UGA fan too, but this makes no sense.

UGA's engineering program is not even close to Tech and will not be for the foreseeable future. Also - have you been to Midtown? It's from from ghetto.

Have you seen how far UGA has come in 30 years? Many if not most professors would want to live in college towns with fun atmospheres to be apart of....

We have plenty of money and can build amazing facilities. To your point, maybe LGbTQ+ professors would prefer Midtown.

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The accusations that downtown/midtown are a dump are terribly false. Atlanta has one if the cleanest/greenest downtowns of any of the top ten US Cities.

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Have you ever heard of Techwood? Do you know what happens in Techwood? Do you know why it is called Techwood?

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Have you seen how far UGA has come in 30 years? Many if not most professors would want to live in college towns with fun atmospheres to be apart of.... We have plenty of money and can build amazing facilities. To your point, maybe LGbTQ+ professors would prefer Midtown.

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lol, you keep thinking that bud.

Yawn. Hell the several tech grads in my family are all UGA supporters.

Tech is a great school just shite for culture.

Athens is a far better place for the many who dont want to live in a commuter downtown.

Both can be true L&H. Yes UGA has had a meteoric rise academically the last 25 years and is a top 50 school.

And yes Tech is a world class research university that places very little importance on their athletic department. I don’t think that Tech is a coup for the B1G nor does it move the needle for GT.

If I’m GT I’d just forget it and go full MIT Cal Poly mode and don’t worry about the athletic department. They don’t really need it.