Local press a little [deleted] GT:

[Pony^]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jeff Schultz

There are two reasons for Dan Radakovich to feel good about his search for a new football coach.

One: He is not the athletics director at Arkansas, and therefore hasn’t been rejected by Jimbo Fisher, Tommy Tuberville, Tommy Bowden, Jim Grobe and, I believe, Topo Gigio.

Two: He is not the athletics director at Michigan, and therefore hasn’t been hung out to dry by Les Miles on national television and made to look like the last clown trying to stuff his way into a Volkswagen.

The positives pretty much end there. The best-laid plans of Radakovich were supposed to go like this: Fire Chan Gailey and quickly hire a replacement who would create excitement, buzz and hope. Instead, the Georgia Tech athletics director may have been hit over the head with the realization that the Yellow Jackets coaching job really isn’t all that. Or any of that.

High-profile candidates are not knocking each other over at the Hartsfield-Jackson baggage claim. Randy Edsall, seemingly the most coveted prospect, decided to stay at Connecticut.
Connecticut.

This is where Tech is right now: As of writing, Radakovich was still on hold with the Navy coach.

Nothing against Paul Johnson. But he is just Paul Johnson. He is with Navy and he was at Georgia Southern. That’s it. That’s the resume.
Do you know why Johnson has not yet been introduced as Georgia Tech’s coach? Because he’s also considering jobs at Southern Methodist and Duke.

SMU. Duke. Georgia Tech.

I know. You probably thought: One of those three shouldn’t belong with the other two. Oops.

SMU was the poster child of everything wrong about college athletics when the NCAA slapped its football program with the “death penalty.â€

[BRStang]

A little [deleted] SMU and C-USA, too.

[mr. pony]

A little [deleted] SMU and C-USA, too.

A little? How about he's a frickin' a##hole?

[Eagle01]

A little [deleted] SMU and C-USA, too.

and Georgia Southern (Sorry, still learning about SMU, so not a whole lot else for me to contribute, please be patient.)

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

would georgia tech easily win CUSA every year?

[smupony94]

would georgia tech easily win CUSA every year?

yes

[ThadFilms]

would georgia tech easily win CUSA every year?

yes

hell yes

[RE Tycoon]

Not if they were in CUSA, chicken and egg conundrum...is it the program or the conference? I can assure you it's the conference.

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

So you guys saying "hell yes" Georgia Tech could easily win Cusa
every year means UCF couldn't really compete with Georgia Tech?

Because in the current CBS poll UCF #25 is rated higher than
Georgia Tech at #36 and Tusla #37 is just one place behind Georgia Tech.

But I admit, maybe I am missing something, you guys probably
know more about this stuff than me.

I assume GT played a tougher schedule but doesn't polling
somewhat account for that?


http://sportsline.com/collegefootball/polls/120/index1

[ThadFilms]

So you guys saying "hell yes" Georgia Tech could easily win Cusa
every year means UCF couldn't really compete with Georgia Tech?

Because in thie current CBS poll UCF #25 is rated higher than
Georgia Tech at #36 and Tusla #37 is just one place behind Georgia Tech.

But I admit, maybe I am missing something, you guys probably
know about this stuff than me.


http://sportsline.com/collegefootball/polls/120/index1

I know all. The Purple Hippo tells me everything I need to know... I know not of these rankings you speak of, The Purple Hippo has not spoken to me of such things.

[smupony94]

Ward, don't be so [deleted] the Beaver

[tristatecoog]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt07.htm

At #47, they finished two spots behind UCF. Then again, they fired their coach for essentially finishing in second place in C-USA. However, the chicken/egg thing should definitely be considered. If they didn't have BCS money to throw around for salaries and facilities, they would be very lucky to be in the top handful of C-USA teams. Even with their BCS money, they aren't able to outbid SMU and Duke. Hmm.

[huskerpony]

Um....they are tied for 11th in all time national championships (4)

and tied for 12th all time national championships in the national poll era (2). The latest being in 1990.

All before BCS money existed. I kind of think they have a better program than anyone in C-USA has ever even dreamed about having.

Yes, they should have more money to throw around though, and I'm wondering why they aren't doing it. (But remember that our money is all coming from 15 people trying to buy our way back onto the scene, so the BCS money can't necessarily match that if they are operating in debt like most athletic departments are.)

Seems like PJ could be trying to use us to leverage a better deal at GT, and they may well be aware of that and seeing how low they can come in and still get him. They still have lots of decent options (even though I think what they are doing reeks of Steve Pederson firing Frank Solich to end up with Billy C.)

[Eagle01]

Um....they are tied for 11th in all time national championships (4)

and tied for 12th all time national championships in the national poll era (2). The latest being in 1990.

All before BCS money existed. I kind of think they have a better program than anyone in C-USA has ever even dreamed about having.

Yes, they should have more money to throw around though, and I'm wondering why they aren't doing it. (But remember that our money is all coming from 15 people trying to buy our way back onto the scene, so the BCS money can't necessarily match that if they are operating in debt like most athletic departments are.)

Seems like PJ could be trying to use us to leverage a better deal at GT, and they may well be aware of that and seeing how low they can come in and still get him. They still have lots of decent options (even though I think what they are doing reeks of Steve Pederson firing Frank Solich to end up with Billy C.)

Georgia, in general, and Atlanta, in particular, doesn't support Georgia Tech. The majority of the state are University of Georgia fans. There's not as much support for the program as you would think. Apparently their athletic department wasn't in great financial shape to begin with, and they're having to pay $4 million for the buyout of Gailey. They haven't been relevant in the state, let alone the national scene, in a few years.

[huskerpony]

Um....they are tied for 11th in all time national championships (4)

and tied for 12th all time national championships in the national poll era (2). The latest being in 1990.

All before BCS money existed. I kind of think they have a better program than anyone in C-USA has ever even dreamed about having.

Yes, they should have more money to throw around though, and I'm wondering why they aren't doing it. (But remember that our money is all coming from 15 people trying to buy our way back onto the scene, so the BCS money can't necessarily match that if they are operating in debt like most athletic departments are.)

Seems like PJ could be trying to use us to leverage a better deal at GT, and they may well be aware of that and seeing how low they can come in and still get him. They still have lots of decent options (even though I think what they are doing reeks of Steve Pederson firing Frank Solich to end up with Billy C.)

Georgia, in general, and Atlanta, in particular, doesn't support Georgia Tech. The majority of the state are University of Georgia fans. There's not as much support for the program as you would think. Apparently their athletic department wasn't in great financial shape to begin with, and they're having to pay $4 million for the buyout of Gailey. They haven't been relevant in the state, let alone the national scene, in a few years.

Agreed. Wasn't claiming they aren't in financial trouble. Actually most athletic departments are. 10 years ago there were only 3 or 4 universities with athletic departments that were operating in the black. Don't think it's quite that bleak anymore, and the BCS money may have a lot to do with that.

Don't know how much facility debt, etc. they have at GT either, but if they wanted to, they could outbid us I would think. I'm guessing their breaking point with everyone has to be how much is a candidate worth when they could just promote their defensive coordinator.