In 1963 When Tech Lead The GT/UGA Series…

[GoldenIsle]

Below are the the results of the 1963 season. Georgia Tech lead the series against Georgia 27-26-5. If you had told a Tech fan from 1963 that out of the next 57 GT/UGA games, Tech would win 14 and UGA would win 43, I expect they would have thought you were nuts. So what would you tell them caused the lopsided results the next 57 games.?

 

[ricejacket]

Leaving the SEC, the Braves/Falcons coming to Atlanta taking attention away from Tech. UGA having many more alumni in the area than Tech as Tech became more international.

 

[andrew]

What is the point of this thread? Do we really need to talk about how much better U[sic]GA is than us during hate week?

 

[gtfan088]

We never fully recovered from the death of JFK.

 

[GoldenIsle]

We never fully recovered from the death of JFK.

I remember that day, we were sent home from school.

 

[GoldenIsle]

Hard to believe I’ve been alive for more than half of the games. I guess I jinxed Tech, I was born the year of the drought breaker, Theron Sapp, in 1957.

 

[gnats67]

I remember that day, we were sent home from school.

Me, too. Also watched Jack Ruby shoot Oswald to death on live television a couple of days later. Pretty wild öööö for a kid to see.

 

[ETBee]

I'd say that's about the time when college football started to shift toward bringing in players that had no business being in college and offering them majors where they could hide. Tech has been way behind in adopting that formula. Now that we've made a few steps in that direction we find ourselves far behind in the financial race and it looks like that is only going to get worse.