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Saw this on the Clemson Board. I am sure that you will find this just as intertaining as I did...
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=46#s=46&f=3167&t=967681
If there's one color of the rainbow that makes Georgia fans' blood boil, it's orange.
Forget the fact that it takes some Georgia red mixed with some Georgia Tech yellow to create orange. Simply the sight of orange conjures up the incessant sound of "Rocky Top," the sight of War Eagle and that little record of 2-15 the last 17 years in Jacksonville, Fla.
The color orange makes Georgia fans blind to their surroundings. It turns normally law-abiding citizens into law-breaking hooligans. Beer cans become ammunition. Passive behavior turns into profanity-laced commentary. The index finger signifying No. 1 is lowered, and the finger next to it is raised.
This past weekend, Tara Bowman and her family found out what price is paid when one shows up decked out in orange at Sanford Stadium.
The Bowmans were invited to Georgia's season opener against Oklahoma State by the Bulldogs coaching staff as part of an unofficial recruiting visit for their son Michael, who is a high school receiver from Chattanooga, Tenn.
Their other son, Adarius Bowman, just so happened to be Oklahoma State's top receiver. So Tara and her husband Terrance didn't think twice about wearing their bright orange Oklahoma State shirts when they left for the stadium Saturday.
Apparently, Georgia's staff in charge of recruiting thought plenty about it.
"We were getting all kind of looks up and down when we first walked into the recruiting room," Tara Bowman said Tuesday. "One (staff member), she was really, really mean."
It was a unique circumstance, for sure. A high school player and his family were invited to soak in the whole atmosphere of a Georgia game day and a direct extension of their family was on the other sideline hoping to wreck the Bulldogs' opener.
Tara Bowman said the Georgia staff member told her and her husband that they couldn't sit in the recruits' section of the stadium wearing the opponents' primary colors, so the person tried to hand them a couple of Georgia shirts.
The Bowmans didn't budge.
"Another lady came up to our table and said, 'Y'all can't come in here with the opponents' attire on,' " Bowman said. "I said, 'Well, you need to talk to your coaches about that because they were the ones who invited my son for a visit and they knew my other son played for the other team. Why would I come to support Georgia when you're just recruiting?'
"It was really frustrating, and it made me real mad. I just wanted to come down and support both of my sons."
The situation, Bowman said, got worse when she and her husband refused to comply with the staff's request. After conferring with Georgia coach Mark Richt - who Bowman said was refreshingly sympathetic as to what was happening - the only compromise the member of the recruiting staff offered was two tickets somewhere else in the stadium. But there was a catch.
"After she gave us the tickets, she tore off the top of the tickets and sent us around to Gate 7 (from Gate 1)," Tara Bowman said. "By the time we got around to Gate 7, they wouldn't let us in because the top of the tickets were gone."
With the help of one of Georgia's student recruiting hosts back at Gate 1, the Bowmans finally were permitted through the gates minutes before kickoff. They wound up in seats surrounded by Georgia fans, some of which were unruly, Bowman said.
One miserable experience ruined the Bowmans' impression of Georgia, and it all stemmed from the color orange. Chances are, they won't be wearing red and black any time soon.
"It's Michael's choice whether he wants to go to Georgia or not, but he won't get any encouragement from me at all," she said.
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=46#s=46&f=3167&t=967681
If there's one color of the rainbow that makes Georgia fans' blood boil, it's orange.
Forget the fact that it takes some Georgia red mixed with some Georgia Tech yellow to create orange. Simply the sight of orange conjures up the incessant sound of "Rocky Top," the sight of War Eagle and that little record of 2-15 the last 17 years in Jacksonville, Fla.
The color orange makes Georgia fans blind to their surroundings. It turns normally law-abiding citizens into law-breaking hooligans. Beer cans become ammunition. Passive behavior turns into profanity-laced commentary. The index finger signifying No. 1 is lowered, and the finger next to it is raised.
This past weekend, Tara Bowman and her family found out what price is paid when one shows up decked out in orange at Sanford Stadium.
The Bowmans were invited to Georgia's season opener against Oklahoma State by the Bulldogs coaching staff as part of an unofficial recruiting visit for their son Michael, who is a high school receiver from Chattanooga, Tenn.
Their other son, Adarius Bowman, just so happened to be Oklahoma State's top receiver. So Tara and her husband Terrance didn't think twice about wearing their bright orange Oklahoma State shirts when they left for the stadium Saturday.
Apparently, Georgia's staff in charge of recruiting thought plenty about it.
"We were getting all kind of looks up and down when we first walked into the recruiting room," Tara Bowman said Tuesday. "One (staff member), she was really, really mean."
It was a unique circumstance, for sure. A high school player and his family were invited to soak in the whole atmosphere of a Georgia game day and a direct extension of their family was on the other sideline hoping to wreck the Bulldogs' opener.
Tara Bowman said the Georgia staff member told her and her husband that they couldn't sit in the recruits' section of the stadium wearing the opponents' primary colors, so the person tried to hand them a couple of Georgia shirts.
The Bowmans didn't budge.
"Another lady came up to our table and said, 'Y'all can't come in here with the opponents' attire on,' " Bowman said. "I said, 'Well, you need to talk to your coaches about that because they were the ones who invited my son for a visit and they knew my other son played for the other team. Why would I come to support Georgia when you're just recruiting?'
"It was really frustrating, and it made me real mad. I just wanted to come down and support both of my sons."
The situation, Bowman said, got worse when she and her husband refused to comply with the staff's request. After conferring with Georgia coach Mark Richt - who Bowman said was refreshingly sympathetic as to what was happening - the only compromise the member of the recruiting staff offered was two tickets somewhere else in the stadium. But there was a catch.
"After she gave us the tickets, she tore off the top of the tickets and sent us around to Gate 7 (from Gate 1)," Tara Bowman said. "By the time we got around to Gate 7, they wouldn't let us in because the top of the tickets were gone."
With the help of one of Georgia's student recruiting hosts back at Gate 1, the Bowmans finally were permitted through the gates minutes before kickoff. They wound up in seats surrounded by Georgia fans, some of which were unruly, Bowman said.
One miserable experience ruined the Bowmans' impression of Georgia, and it all stemmed from the color orange. Chances are, they won't be wearing red and black any time soon.
"It's Michael's choice whether he wants to go to Georgia or not, but he won't get any encouragement from me at all," she said.
We got to change that! Lets kick some mutt a$$ this year and make them hate that blue and gold!
