Scott Dochterman

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Updated: 13 June 2010 | 8:32 am in Doc's Office by Scott Dochterman, Iowa Hawkeyes

Big Ten expansion candidate: Georgia Tech


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The 13th installment in a series looking at 12 different universities that could potentially join the Big Ten (hey, the Big Ten … err, 11, 12 … can’t count, either)

  • School: Georgia Tech
  • Location: Atlanta, Ga.
  • Enrollment: 19,413
  • Current League: Atlantic Coast Conference
  • Number of sports offered: 15
  • Academic profile: Member of the Association of American Universities; 35th in the U.S. News and World Report National Universities rankings
  • Why it would fit: Georgia Tech goes against unconventional thought, unless the Big Ten figures adding Georgia Tech could strike a knife in the heart of its biggest rival — the SEC. Georgia Tech is based in Atlanta, the South’s king city, and it would open the league’s network to a new city and region. Georgia Tech joined the AAU in 2010. It shared the national football title in 1990 and played for the national basketball title in 2004. It’s located in a growing area and region, something the Big Ten has discussed in its expansion meetings.
  • Why it wouldn’t: Georgia Tech isn’t even Atlanta’s most popular team. It’s tradition and history lie with Southern schools, first with the SEC, now with the ACC. Adding Georgia Tech would be awkward at best for the Big Ten. There’s no guarantee the Atlanta market would immediately gain interest in the Big Ten.
  • Final verdict: It’s an interesting consideration, certainly outside the proverbial box thinking. But with a partner or partners, Georgia Tech by itself  just doesn’t add enough cache to justify the challenges of adding it.
  • YouTube moment:A compilation of highlights from Georgia Tech’s 2009 football season, which culminated in a 24-14 loss to Iowa in the Orange Bowl.

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Big Ten expansion candidate: Georgia Tech
  1. Why would the Big Ten want GTech? It's better without.

  2. With no disrespect to todays_comment, the "Why it would fit" provides some pretty strong reasons. Sure Georgia (UGA) has a larger enrollment and bigger stadium, but why is Nortwestern in the Big Ten? GT could hold its own, I humbly believe. Did you see GT crush Notre Dame in South Bend 33-3 three years ago? I was there with thousands of other Jackets. Yes, we lost to Iowa but GT fits well with huge Big Ten alumni bases in Atlanta. I grew up in Ohio & Illinois and went to GT – my neighbors here in Atlanta on 3 sides of me are from Michigan and Ohio. Heck, my Atlanta neighborhood has a OSU-Michigan watching party! GT fans would love road games in Columbus regardless of the outcome…

  3. OK Doc, now you're seriously thinking outside the box.

    You gave all the reasons it wouldn't work. And even you sound like you can't convince yourself to play along with the idea.

    What's next? University of Chicago? It was one of the original Big 10 schools. Of course they are now just a D-3 school… but got to love that nickname "The Maroons."

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