It all depends on what you want to study, both are great schools, and obviously Tech has the edge in national rankings academically, but they still don’t offer all that UGA does.

And on the subject of football (which this was intended to be) UGA always has and most likely always will have better recruiting classes than Tech, but I see Tech gaining ground in the next few years if 2008 was any indication. I would say that UGA recruiting will typically be in the top 10 and GT will, hopefully in the future, be somewhere in the top 25.

Either way, I like both schools (parents went to UGA, I go to Tech), except of course on Thanksgiving or any other time we play them.

GO JACKETS

8.

Consecutive.

Recruiting ?

UGA Number 6 and Georgia Tech Number 49.

Georgia Tech is Number 49 every year.

UGA is Number 6 every year.

It never changes.

Attendance, UGA Number 6 and Georgia Tech Number 48.

Noticing any trend here ?

NFL Players, UGA 44 Tech 23.

951 Georgia Tech Football Multiyear APR 2008 for Georgia Tech Academic Progress Rate.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/apr2007/255_2007_apr.pdf

965 UGA Football APR 2008 Multiyear Academic Progress Rate.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/apr2007/257_2007_apr.pdf

The facts are that the University of Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Recruits are BIGGER, FASTER, STRONGER, BETTER, MORE SUCCESSFUL, BETTER LOVED, and A HELL OF LOT SMARTER than Georgia Institute of Technology.

How proud are the TarHeels that they have Anoop representing them on American Idol?

You nerds like numbers, so I went out and actually found some stats before popping off at the mouth. Lets start with the schools!

as ranked by U.S News (the most consistent source I could find)

UGA GT
Overall 58 35
Comp Sci NR 9
Earth Sci 67 55
Biology 58 68
Physics 76 36
Math 55 36
Pub Aff 4 51
Psych 89 77
Business 49 29
Sociology 55 NR
Fine Arts 37 NR
Poly Sci 54 NR
History 51 NR
English 61 NR
Pharmacy 24 NR
Vet Med 12 NR
Law 32 NR

There you go Techies argue all you want but the evidence is there. You’re good at what you do (comp sci, engineering, business) but your compared to only a few schools in the nation (cal poly, MIT, Va tech, Clemson, ect). UGA and Tech are two completely different types of schools and both are excellent institutions, the difference is Techies (for the most part) don’t give UGA the academic credit it deserves.

Now for the UGA argument: FOOTBALL
Here are both schools year ending AP standings since 02 (thats as far back as ESPN goes)

UGA GT
08 13 22
07 2 NR
06 23 NR
05 10 NR
04 7 NR
03 7 NR
02 3 NR

During that time GT compiled a record of 52-37 in the ACC (which has been a joke the entire time) while UGA went 74-18 in the best conference in America. Head to head UGA was 6-1 while GT went 1-6. Yea you got us this year, and I’ll concede the point that right now, for the moment the maggots are on top, but we all know who the big brother is and has been for over 100 years. Just wait til next year and everything will get back to normal, the way it should be.

Now as far as the credentials for incoming freshman. Why don’t you all just shut up because none of you know what your talking about. The academic standards for football players at either school are almost identical. And I hate to say it but every school (yes even you high and mighty nerds) has some majors that are easier than others. All we do is get the guys in school, pick out the dummies, put them in those majors, and tutor the hell out of them. Some make it, some don’t. The way I look at it for those who dont, at least the program gave you a chance.

I do not pretend to know the truth, but the evidence leads me to believe that UGA has a higher basement for getting a kid in school than Tech. That being said I think Tech is a great school, as is UGA.

Best of luck to all the Kids…get your Degree…

Tom – I think you need to go back and re-read my previous post. Maybe you missed something in your translation to Klingon.

A: Yes.

DB Cooper is right.

Each school has had plenty of football players that aren’t representative of the schools in general. Let’s not forget Quincy and Odell. But Tech’s had their share too.

They’re both pretty good schools, it just depends on what you’re majoring in.

So you continue to want to take shots at UGA based on SAT scores? As stated in my original post, Tech football players average 79 points higher than UGA’s. It doesn’t compare like years, but I’ll accept the 79 point spread as being indicative of the current class.

Let me pose a question to you. If you had two children and one scored 79 points higher on their SAT, would you be willing to post on a blog that the child with higher SAT score is “smarter” than you other child? Based on their SAT scores, for crying out loud? Would you publicly insult your other child because of this?

I have 4 children, but I’ll draw a comparison between the two closest in age. They are less than 2 years apart and both are boys. While both are straight A students, one child consistently scores a higher numerical grade (98 average -highest in class- versus 94 average last year) while the other consistently scores higher on standardized tests (ITBS, CRCTs, etc). So in your world, which child is smarter? Is the other one dumb?

These people you seem to disdain and mock are humans first, athletes second. I believe you need to fine tune your focus on life.

Sad little men sit in their Grandmothers basement and blog about their obvious confusion about “Bigtime” college football and academics. If you want to talk school quality or academic issues involving your school of preference? That’s fine. But don’t attempt to include athletic or football programs into the discussion. Each school Tech and Georgia have made the decision to compete in the world of national 1A football. IF either wants to compete nationally they will recruit players that have shown the ability to compete at a that level. Most (not all) of these players may be marginal students. This is not unique to Georgia schools.

If academics was the only pressures on 1A coaches, people like Lloyd Carr would still be coaching at Michigan. He was replaced by a coach from a school that has a much different academic record. So which do you think won out? Hundreds of other examples of the same are out there.

If we want to talk football rivalry that’s one thing. But to confuse college football and academics is crazy. Wise up people.

your math suggests that the UGA average student has a 1188 SAT and the average GT football player is 1028? pretty close!

most of the 15 were aerospace, electrical, or civil engineering. So roughly 20% of the team was not management

Maybe that’s why Tech’s CoM (as well as their MBA program) are rated above Terry?

It’s ridiculous to compare incoming freshman average SAT scores when the argument is about football players. Whether or not you want to admit it, ALL D1 colleges who offer athletic scholarships will bend the rules slightly for incoming athletes. It happens at UGA, GT, UF et al. Don’t even try to convince me that ALL incoming student athletes are within mere points of the average SAT.

I’ll be the first to admit that the average SAT score of all incoming freshman students at GT is higher than UGA. But to think this is representative of incoming athletes is just plain naive. Here’s some interesting info dated December 1008 from the AJC (yes, I know it’s the AJC, but anyway….):

Georgia Tech’s football players average SAT score is 1028 of a possible 1600. But Tech’s football players still scored 315 SAT points lower on average than their classmates.

The University of Georgia’s SAT average for football players was 949, which is 239 points behind the average for an undergraduate student at Georgia — and 79 points behind Tech’s football average.

Nationwide, coaches who would never offer a scholarship to a player who was 6 inches shorter or half a second slower than other prospects routinely recruit players whose standardized test scores suggest they’re at a competitive disadvantage in the classroom.

The data from the University of Georgia are for the freshman classes of 1997, 1998 and 1999. The university does not have more recent information, athletics department spokesman Claude Felton said. The data from Georgia Tech are for the freshman classes of 2003, 2004 and 2005.

We really need to drop the childish charade of “smarter athletes than yours” because the facts just don’t bear it out. I’m not knocking these kids. Rather, I’m somewhat put out with adults who routinely use their “averageness” or “weakness” to bash others and mysteriously make themselves feel better.