Tech would have been in a bowl. If Davidson and their AD weren't idiots. Putting your football program and basketball program in the Top 25 in the same year is a huge deal. Plus, they are going to a new stronger regional conference, with USM, UAB, Rice, etc. While our conference is imploding.
In football, Tech also beat two BCS schools, while taking a very good A&M team to the wire on national television. Our national television games . . . not so impressive. I actually don't worry about Tech that much, but I can look at their accomplishments this year and say their sports year was much much better than ours. I think they've benefited greatly from smart scheduling, but no one will remember the schedules they played. Look at their BCS opponents in football next year, and see who is setting themselves up for more BCS wins next year.