The musings of Bobby Dodd in 1963, before his coaching career had even ended, and as Tech was right on the cusp of leaving the Southeastern Conference to become the “Notre Dame of the South” are fascinating to peruse. Though we already know his backstory, his thoughts on the past few teams were just the most noticeable time, of several, that he made a bewildering statement.
“Back in the late thirties, another SEC school approached me about the head coaching job. I had about decided to take it and went to tell Coach Alex of my decision.