🏈 53 years ago today GaTech quit the SEC

[planomateo]

Thought this was an interesting tweet. The newspaper article is worth a read, click it in the tweet.

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Weird coincidence that their stud kicker prospect decommitted after we offered him today. Lol.

 

[Bamabww]

Never knew their reason for leaving.

 

[rick4bama]

Didn't Tulane also leave the same year?

 

[alabama mike]

I dont remember this, I was only 2 1/2 years old.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Tech was a power to be reckoned with back in their heyday. Here are 50 years of concrete evidence that it's never good to take your ball and go home just cause you can.

 

[mhardiman]

Didn't Tulane also leave the same year?

Tulane left two years later in 1966; Vanderbilt almost left as well.

 

[252BAMA]

This is for all of those who have to listen to the bull sh!t about Coach Bryant having no scholarship limitations. Coach Bryant NEVER coached at Bama WITHOUT limitations! SEC had the 140 Rule in effect prior to 1958. The NCAA limitations went into effect in 1973.

"Bobby Dodd insisted there was no other reason he left the SEC, other than the 140 Rule. The 140 Rule stated a college program could only have 140 football and basketball players on scholarship at any one time. The teams were allowed to sign up to 45 players a year, but could not exceed the 140 Rule."

GEORGIA TECH LEAVES THE SEC


"1973 brought about the first limitations on football scholarships in order to free up money for women's sports after Title IX was passed by Congress in 1972 as part of the Equal Opportunity in Education Act. This caused the NCAA schools' presidents and athletic directors to push through a limit of 105 football scholarships. Additional reductions were made in 1978 (95) and again in 1992 which brought the limit to its present number of 85 and 63 for Division I-AA."

A brief History of Athletic Scholarships

 

[rick4bama]

Tulane left two years later in 1966; Vanderbilt almost left as well.

I was thinking that both school left the same time. @alabama mike You just a baby, I was almost 9 Bobby Dodd can say what he want, but he left because of the Bear!

 

[252BAMA]

Didn't Tulane also leave the same year?

A good way to remember when Tulane left is that it played a small part in Bama not winning the 1966 NC. Tulane was on the '66 Bama schedule and when they withdrew from the SEC they requested to be removed from the schedule(s). Bama's 13th hour replacement was non-1-A (at the time) La Tech. This played no small part in giving the AP pollsters an excuse to drop Bama to #3 from their Preseason #1 spot before they even opened with La Tech. Bama never recovered and would not be voted higher than #3 during the season. Believe it or not they were voted #4 for four weeks!


September 19, 1966 AP Football Poll
Rank Team (FPV) Conf WLT Points Last Week
1 < 2 Michigan State (12) Big Ten 1-0 338 W 28-10 H NC State
2 < 4 UCLA (13) Pac-10 1-0 328
3 < 1 Alabama (10) SEC 0-0 260 DNP
4 < 3 Nebraska Big 8 1-0 202
5 < 9 USC (2) Pac-10 1-0 193
6 < 5 Arkansas (1) Southwest 1-0 140
7 < 8 Purdue Big Ten 1-0 132
8 < 6 Notre Dame (1) Ind 0-0 120 DNP
9 < NR Michigan (1) Big Ten 1-0 106
10 < NR Baylor (1) Southwest 1-0 94
NR < 7 Syracuse Ind
NR < 10 Tennessee SEC

September 19, 1966 Football Polls - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings

Alabama 1966 AP Football Rankings - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Plus GT said they were tired of sharing bowl money...lol
And didnt want anymore of Bama or AU....both powers...
Nobody missed GT....they were dirty players...asshole coach...and
the AJC and Furman Bisher were hated.....(still are in some circles)