MsTechAnalysis
Jolly Good Fellow
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After 29 years of having to cope with Dawg fans, Clemson, Alabama, Auburn, Wake, Duke, etc. We're now having to cope with our own ...., the twists and turns in the life of a GT fan!
The road is long and it maybe I winding road ...
That leads to who knows where.
The Beatles - 'Long and Winding Road' - (sometime in the late 60's)!
This road has been filled with wonderful memories of games gone by, even in defeat. It has been a road that lead me to meet some wonderful friends, alums, players and even coaches. Many, many fun times in spite of some serious losing seasons. Some memorable times with unexpected endings both good and bad - good is BEST!
It took me to places where I cheered as hard for the gold and white as I did at home - sometimes more! The road took me to a doctor or two because of laryngitis and lost my voice for over a week - more then once! The road taught me the songs that I can sing in my sleep AND learned in sign language: Up With The White and Gold and Ramblin Wreck.
The road in '85 was great. We had a 'Beat Georgia Party', invited the entire team the week before - almost 200 people and the house was still standing in the end and the decorations were a site to behold! Every hour the DJ played our 2 favorites songs and everyone stopped talking, drinking their favorite beverages, dancing, eating and stood at attention to sing on those 2 great songs! UNBELIEVABLE TIME and lots of goose bumps when it happened - the players grouped together like a choir!
And Gary Lee said - "I'll make sure we win this game MsTA" - who can forget him coming out of the fog!!!! Ted Roof, Pat Swilling and Ricardo Ingram were the fellas that helped and every player there appreciated being appreciated! Great memories on film and wonderful to look at now!
It took me to places where bottles were thrown at me and vulgarities spewed my way. Where my 5 year old got a taste for the words 'hated rivalries' and the finger at an early age. Where my car was trashed and my GT hat stolen by a Notre Dame fan, but held steadfast in my support - in spite of!
We reveled in the wins and cried with the losses. We made friends with strangers in the stands because they wore the gold and white and you connected. You may not see them all year long but when you meet again after 12 months - you connect like family. Our kids and their kids grew up together - heck we grew up together!
They were couples when you first met, were engaged the next season, married the next and having a family thereafter. You hug and shake hands like you see them every day - because we're GT fans! You talk about what's been going on and reaquaint yourselves after the long vacation from GT football!
You see ... it really doesn't matter what is said and who the coach is ... this is what being a fan is and what matters.
It's that long winding road - that always comes back and in Sept. when we get together again against Auburn every fan who has similar memories, feelings and support will continue the tradition and cheer for the White and Gold!
Isn't that the way it's suppose to be - it is in my household!
The road is long and it maybe I winding road ...
That leads to who knows where.
The Beatles - 'Long and Winding Road' - (sometime in the late 60's)!
This road has been filled with wonderful memories of games gone by, even in defeat. It has been a road that lead me to meet some wonderful friends, alums, players and even coaches. Many, many fun times in spite of some serious losing seasons. Some memorable times with unexpected endings both good and bad - good is BEST!
It took me to places where I cheered as hard for the gold and white as I did at home - sometimes more! The road took me to a doctor or two because of laryngitis and lost my voice for over a week - more then once! The road taught me the songs that I can sing in my sleep AND learned in sign language: Up With The White and Gold and Ramblin Wreck.
The road in '85 was great. We had a 'Beat Georgia Party', invited the entire team the week before - almost 200 people and the house was still standing in the end and the decorations were a site to behold! Every hour the DJ played our 2 favorites songs and everyone stopped talking, drinking their favorite beverages, dancing, eating and stood at attention to sing on those 2 great songs! UNBELIEVABLE TIME and lots of goose bumps when it happened - the players grouped together like a choir!
And Gary Lee said - "I'll make sure we win this game MsTA" - who can forget him coming out of the fog!!!! Ted Roof, Pat Swilling and Ricardo Ingram were the fellas that helped and every player there appreciated being appreciated! Great memories on film and wonderful to look at now!
It took me to places where bottles were thrown at me and vulgarities spewed my way. Where my 5 year old got a taste for the words 'hated rivalries' and the finger at an early age. Where my car was trashed and my GT hat stolen by a Notre Dame fan, but held steadfast in my support - in spite of!
We reveled in the wins and cried with the losses. We made friends with strangers in the stands because they wore the gold and white and you connected. You may not see them all year long but when you meet again after 12 months - you connect like family. Our kids and their kids grew up together - heck we grew up together!
They were couples when you first met, were engaged the next season, married the next and having a family thereafter. You hug and shake hands like you see them every day - because we're GT fans! You talk about what's been going on and reaquaint yourselves after the long vacation from GT football!
You see ... it really doesn't matter what is said and who the coach is ... this is what being a fan is and what matters.
It's that long winding road - that always comes back and in Sept. when we get together again against Auburn every fan who has similar memories, feelings and support will continue the tradition and cheer for the White and Gold!
Isn't that the way it's suppose to be - it is in my household!
