Great Article on Georgia Tech

(Thanks to Bryan for the link from ESPN) Well, at least it's an interesting story. It tries to show the geeky, nerd side of the school and tries to portray it as the dominant culture at GT. When you have quotes like this you just have to shake your head:

"If we win, maybe some frat guys get excited and run around," Sreenivas Vedantam said. "But inside this building, nobody will know the difference. Nothing's going to change in here, win or lose. These people have tests tomorrow."

And this from Chris Reis:

"You have to understand," Georgia Tech linebacker Chris Reiss said. "Half the students here don't even know that we have a football team."

As to the importance of athletic success at GT:

So what sort of a role does big-time college football play on a brainiac campus like this? What does Georgia Tech football success mean to the fraction of the student body that cares? It proves that the school is built on more than academic prowess.

"It validates that were not just nerds," Kwon said. "Not only are our degrees much better than yours, but we can whip you on the field, too."