Thanks for the info, Sam. I asked the question after reading that Southern Miss was Bama's most common non-conference opponent, this being the 37th time the two schools have played. Bama has played Tulane 40 times, but most of those occurred when Tulane was part of the SEC. I knew Tech had left the SEC too, and was wondering the history behind the two school's decision. So, it all boiled down to $$.
RTR! Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Russell > > Ga Tech looked at Notre Dame and thought they too could make it to a bowl > game every year as an indenpendent and get to keep all that bowl money for > themselves without sharing. GT also wanted to drop Alabama from their > schedule as they played the week before bowl invititations went out and as > GT was getting its brains kicked in by Bama...This was when there were > only four major bowls and three lesser bowls but going to a bowl was a > significant deal. When the NFL expanded into Atlanta Ga. Tech began to > flounder. I believe they asked to return to the SEC who told them to go > fly a kite. > > Tulane then thought they could go independant as they were in a great city > and would have no trouble scheduling teams into New Orleans. Obviously > they thought wrong. At least that was their published rationale > at the time. > > At 09:15 PM 11/27/2001 -0600, you wrote: > > What is the history behind Georgia Tech and Tulane leaving the SEC? > When did they leave and what were the reasons? > To unsubscribe from this list just send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a BLANK subject line and the single word "UNSUBSCRIBE" (without the quotes) in the body or visit http://www.RollTideFan.net
