Father WASP
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This mornings Columbia paper has a headline: "Defeating Clemson Top Goal." Holtz : Beating rival more important than bowl berth for USC.
...USC coach and several seniors said this week that knocking off their chief rival would rate better than playing in Shreveport,La. or Nashville, TN, or some other city in a lower tier bowl.
"I think alot of us would rather beat Clemson than go to a bowl. That's pretty much how we feel," said center C.J. Frye.
"This is more important for me than a bowl game. You go to a bowl game, it helps you because you can practice, but we'll have a winter program anyway whether we go or don't go,"Holtz said.
Growing up following Tech, this wasn't even a point of discussion, everything just pointed to the Georgia game. It was understood.
We have the chance of a lifetime here, but maybe due to fear or intimidation I see much like a politicians the tamping down of expectations.
B__t. This is our measuring stick. How often do you get the opportunity to knock of your chief rival, SEC finalist, top ten team, etc. all in one fell swoop?
I'm looking for some signs out of our contingent of non-Georgia coaches and players that this is the big one.
Otherwise, this will continue to slide downward in terms of rivalry which is good for no one. The series had gotten so bad pre-O'Leary that we were left to complain about the score being run up on us. But Ray Goff said, "we could have kicked a field goal or lined up and played football. We decided to line up and play football." Good response Ray. It's up the opponent to stop you.
I dont think we will have too much problem with that this year, we've got a good D, but let's Techsters can the bowl talk, we've got a game yet to play and it deserves all the focus. This is different than Baylor or Ok. State or even UFla. Let's treat it that way.
...USC coach and several seniors said this week that knocking off their chief rival would rate better than playing in Shreveport,La. or Nashville, TN, or some other city in a lower tier bowl.
"I think alot of us would rather beat Clemson than go to a bowl. That's pretty much how we feel," said center C.J. Frye.
"This is more important for me than a bowl game. You go to a bowl game, it helps you because you can practice, but we'll have a winter program anyway whether we go or don't go,"Holtz said.
Growing up following Tech, this wasn't even a point of discussion, everything just pointed to the Georgia game. It was understood.
We have the chance of a lifetime here, but maybe due to fear or intimidation I see much like a politicians the tamping down of expectations.
B__t. This is our measuring stick. How often do you get the opportunity to knock of your chief rival, SEC finalist, top ten team, etc. all in one fell swoop?
I'm looking for some signs out of our contingent of non-Georgia coaches and players that this is the big one.
Otherwise, this will continue to slide downward in terms of rivalry which is good for no one. The series had gotten so bad pre-O'Leary that we were left to complain about the score being run up on us. But Ray Goff said, "we could have kicked a field goal or lined up and played football. We decided to line up and play football." Good response Ray. It's up the opponent to stop you.
I dont think we will have too much problem with that this year, we've got a good D, but let's Techsters can the bowl talk, we've got a game yet to play and it deserves all the focus. This is different than Baylor or Ok. State or even UFla. Let's treat it that way.
