1980

Ah yes, the same Notre Dame that lost to the Mutts in the Sugar Bowl, when I think it was Ty Barber and Jeff Stone looked at each other as the kickoff fell between them at the 1 yard line and Georgia recovered. The same Irish team that, after getting its Sugar Bowl bid, promptly got a spanking from Southern Cal. So they were 9-1-1 rolling into New Orleans.
 
Was there. My fraternity brother and I sold a T-shirt around campus that next week and made some nice drinking money.

"#1 Bites the Dust"

Inspired by the currently popular Queen song.
 
be nice if someone had their hands on a replay from the archive. On a related note: I think it was 1970, Notre Dame was #1 in the nation, we almost pulled it off and lost 10-7 at Notre Dame (if anyone traveled up there, I'd love to know what kind of home cooking they had). Carson was a mean, impersonal fellow from what I hear, but no one ever questioned whether or not he could coach. I always wondered what might have been if Tech had beaten Notre Dame that day.
 
coit said:
Not in the student section?
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IIRC, Rats sat in the upper East, upperclassmen down below. I was a Soph but liked the Upper so sat up there.

Or I have it backwards. I never sat in the Rat section so maybe they were down below.

North End, Upper East is where I always sat.
 
ee8384 said:
IIRC, Rats sat in the upper East, upperclassmen down below. I was a Soph but liked the Upper so sat up there.

Or I have it backwards. I never sat in the Rat section so maybe they were down below.

North End, Upper East is where I always sat.
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In 83 rats sat in the lower north corner of lower east I believe. There was even a separate entrance for them. How else are RATS gonna get on the field if they aren't down below?

I don't recall any student seating in upper East. The lower East stands used to go way up under the Upper level, and I remember having a pole in my way a few times before I moved into Flashcards. Those were the seats to have baybee!
 
The Upper East was for Upper Classmen. Rats sat on the bleachers that sat around the concrete wall on the outside of the track. The rest of us filled in the lower East (and some Rats that were allowed in the Lower East).
 
coit said:
In 83 rats sat in the lower north corner of lower east I believe. There was even a separate entrance for them. How else are RATS gonna get on the field if they aren't down below?

I don't recall any student seating in upper East. The lower East stands used to go way up under the Upper level, and I remember having a pole in my way a few times before I moved into Flashcards. Those were the seats to have baybee!
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Correct.
 
I remember being lower, east, and up toward the edge building. I don't remember sitting anywhere else except under the east overhang whenever that Florida monsoon game was.
 
RoanokeJacket said:
I remember being lower, east, and up toward the edge building. I don't remember sitting anywhere else except under the east overhang whenever that Florida monsoon game was.
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I was at that UF monsoon game.
 
midatlantech said:
The Upper East was for Upper Classmen. Rats sat on the bleachers that sat around the concrete wall on the outside of the track. The rest of us filled in the lower East (and some Rats that were allowed in the Lower East).
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Yes. This brought it back for me. Tucked my rat cap in my pocket and hoped the guy checking student ID didn't rat me out Freshman year. I think Frosh had a yellow picture background. Kept sitting up there from then on.
 
I was there. The whole 1979-1981 period was a dark time for Tech football. Maybe even darker than this (I know, right?). The 1981 loss to Memphis at home was the lowest of the low . . . the only game Memphis won all year. And the very next week after we tied the No. 1 ranked Fighting Fisheaters, the official attendance at Grant Field against Navy was . . . less than 18000. Attendance didn't start passing 40K on the regular until 1990.

Hopefully this too will pass.
 
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