Heather's write up of our bowl.

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Brief quick writing by HD.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/acc/0-3-328/Chick-fil-A-Bowl--Georgia-Tech--9-3--vs--LSU--7-5-.html
The bowl officials in Atlanta rewarded Georgia Tech for an outstanding season in Paul Johnson's first year as head coach. While they didn't play for the ACC title this season, the Yellow Jackets were arguably the hottest team in the league a week ago after their win over rival Georgia. LSU finished its season with back-to-back losses for the first time since 2002, and doesn't much resemble the 2007 national champs.

It takes a disciplined defense to stop Johnson's triple option offense, and LSU was No. 11 in the SEC in scoring defense. Georgia Tech was one of the more complete teams in the ACC this season, as it was productive on both sides of the ball. The Jackets, led by Jonathan Dwyer, led the ACC with 282.3 rushing yards per game, but also proved capable of throwing the ball if they need to. Safety Morgan Burnett led the nation in interceptions, and the veteran defensive line is comprised of players who are all likely to go onto successful careers in the NFL. The Tigers are 4-0 in this bowl game, but Georgia Tech leads the series 12-6.
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It kinda suprises me that we have only played LSU 18 times, with both teams being in the SEC. Did they join late or did Dodd have something against them like Mississippi?
 
SEC and LSU

When we were in the SEC, GT and Alabama were the best teams back in the day.

GT had the largest stadium in the southeast. Teams could make more money by playing an away game at Tech than they could playing a home game. Dodd refused to play at the Mississippi teams home stadium, which is why we have a very, very low number of games against them (i.e. less than 10, I think). Against LSU, we played them a little more, but not as much as Auburn, Alabama, UT, etc.

Unless it was a really big name team (equal or above Tech), we felt like we could request them to come to Tech or not play them at all at that time. (check the clemson historical record against us, too. They played almost all their games against us in Atlanta until about 1975).
 
WaCoJacket said:
So at one point, GT was like Notre Dame. We were cocky as hell.
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Look at UGA's old seasons. They didn't play those western SEC teams much either. From their beginning to the 1950 season they played MSU 2x and Ole Miss 3x, and LSU only about 4x prior to the 1940's (though they did play Tulane a lot). Travel in the 30's (depression) and 40's (war) wasn't nearly as easy as it is today with interstates and low airfares. The cost and time lost due to travel were large, and it was just not financially feasible to make those trips multiple times per year.

Yeah, maybe a little cocky, but not as bad as it's been made out to be. More pragmatic than anything else, why else would MSU and Ole Miss NOT have come to Atlanta for the big payday once every 3-4 years?
 
theShaft said:
This is a 'Blog' entry?!? Wow, she needs to get laid.
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I think that statement applies more to folks on our boards - we complain about negativity in the press, then we get someone who has been positive all year and all we do is criticize her for her looks (have you seen any of the male sportswriters? There's a reason they're behind a typewriter and not a television screen).

Alot of her stuff hasn't been exactly groundbreaking (for us) but it could be for a non-GT fan reading the blog.
 
When we were in the SEC it had 12 teams, you only played 5 or 6 conference games, and the matchups were totally at the discretion of the teams.

We played Auburn, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida every year and Tennessee and Tulane most years, so that didn't leave much room for the rest of the teams to rotate through the schedule.
 
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