metro6775 Wrote:lawrenceterp Wrote:Maryland has a pretty strong football history including a national championship. The fifteen years preceeding these last two were horrible, but it is not indicative of the long term success.
Yeah? So! Ga Tech won a national championship just 13 years ago but now they suck. I could care less about 13 years ago. What embarrasses me is their play today. It's like watching pigs rolling in slop with a QB that thinks bounce and 2 yard passes are all the rage.
Metro, there are a few reasons that GT football stinks to high heaven:
1. Recruiting for the 'Jackets has been very bad. I cannot say that enough. Even though UGa is grabbing a lot of in-state recruits, out-of-state programs still poach the state of Georgia for talent that the 'Jackets could have used themselves. Auburn has been notorious for doing this, and Tennessee used to be bad in this department as well, until we (UGa) shut them down. :devil: Mississippi State, Florida State, and Louisville got a lot of Georgia recruits.
GT could have used those guys. :frown:
2. GT does not market its football program very well at all.
GT's official name is the Georgia Institutute of Technology, is it not? It was not the Atlanta Institute of Technology the last time I checked!!
GT needs to market its program around the entire state. I'd dare say there are more Auburn fans in the state of Georgia than there are GT fans. :eek: GT needs to turn this around and pronto. I'd start about trying to get football games on radio stations in south Georgia and other places. I live in Dothan, which is the hub of the Wiregrass area. From where I live, I can get UGa, Alabama, Auburn, and FSU games on the radio. No GT, and I think that's rather odd, considering I get UGa games from a Donalsonville, Georgia radio station.
If GT starts improving in these areas, GT will turn into a powerhouse once again, IMO, and this is coming from a Dawg!! :eek: I'm not lying or trying to sabotage GT one bit here, because I would love to see "Clean, Old Fashioned Hate" turn back into the national classic it once was. :)