So what is it like to beat UGA?

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GTKyle

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I was in middle school the last time we won and now I am in my 3rd year at tech. What does it feel like?
 
I went 3-3 against them in school. I have completely forgotten what it felt like. I'm sure there was some elation involved. Maybe some joy, as well.

However, then 7-51 happened. Ever since then, it has been nothing but anguish with a sprinkling of patience and temporary optimism.

So, to answer your question..... I have no idea.
 
It will feel like you're hammered, because you will be for the next week. When you finally sober up and shrug off the epic hangover life will just seem better. The ladies will be more attractive, the grass greener, the sky bluer, and the traffic lesser. You'll walk with an added bounce in your step and you will have an Andruw Jones-esque smirk frozen on your face.
 
During my time on earth --I recall 2000, 1999, 1998, 1990, 1989, 1985, 1984, 1977, 1974, 1970 & 1969 as being very good years. :D

1990 and 1984 were particularly satisfying:

--1990 because you just knew Tech was going to roll over UGA on the way to perhaps bigger things. After the Citrus Bowl and the final UPI poll came out, it was basically euphoria being able to let every UGA fan that I knew know that GT had just trumped UGA's MNC by a decade --which remains true to this day (and as long as Spurrier is around will remain that way :grin:). I spent a couple of hundred bucks on at least a half-dozen t-shirts, a couple of hats, license plates, extra newspapers, etc. proclaiming GT's National Title) --a MNC that did indeed take place during my lifetime. You never forget the feeling.


--1984 because I was 19 --had taken crap from UGA fans since middle school (the last time GT had defeated UGA up to this point was '77 when I was in 7th grade). My best friend (GT fan also) and I sat in the club level at Sanford Stadium along with another friend (UGA fan). I knew Tech was going to win and win big --just had that feeling. It was a great Saturday afternoon whooping-n-hollerin' --again, in UGA's club level-- as the Jackets and John Dewberry just ran all over the Dawgs. Extra-special moment when the score was 35-6 and Vince the Prince caught a chorus of boo's from Dawg Nation when he chose to kick a field goal late in the 3rd. And yes --we stayed for the whole game.
 
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GTKyle said:
I was in middle school the last time we won and now I am in my 3rd year at tech. What does it feel like?
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1-Do you remember the first girl you thought the world was made around?

2-Do you remember the how great it was the first time she looked at you and smiled?

3-Do you remember how great you felt when she agreed to go on a date w/U?

4-Do you remember how you felt like you had finally arrived?

Well, that don't even come close to the feeling of beating that flea biting, crotch licking, butt sniffing, fire hydrant heisting, bunch from over yonder past the other side of Atlanta.

If I may make a suggestion for you. When we beat them this year, take a cordless phone, dial you friends that are dog fans and when they answer, stick the phone down close to the toilet and flush. They'll know who called soon enough.

YESSIR, we here do ENJOY a good win over them over yonder. Another thing to do if you are energetic, is to go to your local vet and take some buckets, offer to clean the dog cages free of charge. Fill you buckets with dog crap and deliver them to your friends door and fertilize their walkway. You'll probably need to hire a good lawyer these days though. Don't attempt the old trick of putting it in a paper bag, setting fire to it and ringing the doorbell for them come out and stomp out the fire. They are probably wise to that by now.

A win over them is a wonderful thing to behold. :laugher::laugher:
 
knoxjacket said:
It will feel like you're hammered, because you will be for the next week. When you finally sober up and shrug off the epic hangover life will just seem better. The ladies will be more attractive, the grass greener, the sky bluer, and the traffic lesser. You'll walk with an added bounce in your step and you will have an Andruw Jones-esque smirk frozen on your face.
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So in essence what you are saying is we will all look like Bob on the viagra commericals.:biggthumpup:
 
Several times I made up Christmas Cards that were about The Victory.

One time was the sports page with Dewberry and Curry holding some hedge. That card went over real well (sic).

Another was a knock off of "Twas the night before
Christmas" poem, Gary Lee scored in the closing minutes, so damn foggy you could hardly see. Ol Vince never did write back that he got his card.

I will need to wait and work on that idea after the Game this year. Just remember to bring bail money this year to the game.
 
Through my high school and on into college, we went 8-0 against the puppies while metro Atlanta passed the one million population mark. Then we went 0-4 and were in dismay as if the world had started turning backwards. Meanwhile, Grant Field was expanded to accommodate 60,000.

I don't think any of us could believe losing to UGA was for real. It was simply a given that we would beat the dawgs and did again when Billy the Kid showed up on the flats. So all was right with the world once more, right?

Not so fast, my friend. Our great football coach retired and became a not-so-great AD. We went through one new head coach after another while St. Vincent held rule at UGA and built a mighty program and stadium.

Again, disbelief. We had only three head coaches through Dodd. Then suddenly, we were going through head coaches like crap through a goose and could no longer fill our 60,000 (then) seat stadium, parts of which began crumbling.

We left the SEC and lost some of our identity. Pro sports came in and took away much of the remaining audience. Dogs would hike their legs and piss on our britches while putting us down by saying such things as, "I really wish Georgia Tech could become more competitive like in the good old days when beating Tech meant something." It was a humbling (to say the least) experience. The administration seriously considered the question, "Should Georgia Tech try to maintain a Division I-A athletic program?"

Tech is finally getting back to the point where Ross and O'Leary (plus the Fridge) brought us before BL entered and all but destroyed our program. IMHO it will remain strong only so long as we maintain quality coaching consistency. I recall when Ross said that he wanted to bring us to consistent seven-win+ seasons. He accomplished that and more, and then left for greener pastures as did Curry and O'Leary after they had built their coaching reputation. That would have been unheard-of during the glory years.

Five or six years and out is no way to build and maintain the coaching and recruiting consistency necessary for a $uccessful program. Coaches have to recruit and train the players that fit their style of play.

We face a two-edged sword. We want to win them all but if we do, we will need very deep pockets to keep the coaching $taff. Further, there is always the threat of retirement (i.e., Dodd) and will need deep pockets to lure a quality replacement unless we get lucky again as with Cremins and Ross.

Guys, we have a lot going for us once again. Tech has a very good athletic program and excellent academic reputation. The campus is compact and beautiful. Atlanta is a great TV market. The metro area is nearing 5 million people who have moved in from all over the country. These folks, with no UGA allegiance, recognize Tech's contribution to the southeast, nation and the world. With a little encouragement, they can join our wonderful sidewalk fans who help Tech support its athletic programs and fill our stadium. We can help them do that just through the example of being excellent fans (i.e., ND) ourselves. Even if we cannot pay Alabama size salaries, many good coaches would like to be at an institution that has the ND type of image and environment. BBuzzoff to the contrary, we don't have far to go to achieve that image and environment.
 
While I was in Elementary School, we went 0-7 against them.

While I was in Middle School, we went 3-0.

While I was in High School, we went 0-4.

When we won in 1998, I still had not quite begun to pay as much attention to college football, but I only remember being happy about it.

In 1999, I remember the first time I fully experienced the euphoria that comes with beating Georgia and being able to fully appreciate it. That emotion doubled in 2000.

If and when we beat them this November, after waiting six long years - I imagine my wife will need to carry me from the stadium.
 
The Jacket...please go back to middle school. The current losing streak started when I was sent to the Middle East. I spent a year in HELL, and it has been that way ever since...for the last Saturday in November.
 
The V said:
Several times I made up Christmas Cards that were about The Victory.

One time was the sports page with Dewberry and Curry holding some hedge. That card went over real well (sic).
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One of my favorite pictures (from 1984).

The rest of the headline reads, "Tech, 35-18".
 
What's it like?


Rivers run gold and white.
Women dance naked in the streets.
There's peace in the middle east.


Actually, what's the most fun about winning vs UGA is reading the AJC. If you think there's bias now, wait until we beat UGA a couple times in a row. They'll start running headlines about tech students suspected in terrorist acts, massive cheating rings, whatever they can get their hands on to divert attention from UGA's losses. They'll make asinine predictions, like this one heard on the radio in 1999:

UGA is going to win this game because they have to.

Huh?

It's really pretty awesome to see the heads of the bulldog nation collectively explode.

Oh, and if we beat them 3 years in a row, they fire Richt. That'll be pretty cool to watch.
 
Still have that picture of Coach Curry, John Dewberry and the hedge in a scrapbook. Amazing that Coach has a rather stoic look --although there is the sign of a slight grin behind those shades.

I kept that photo up in my dorn room --then at my room at home for a couple of years. Classic pic.
 
Let's see, I grew up in Alabama and paid little attention to Tech until my senior year of high school. I enrolled in 2003 and we're 0-4 since then.

So, like the OP, I have no idea.
 
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