This goes back a few years, but I remember being at the GT-South Carolina game in '89. It was the week of Hugo, and power was still out in much of Columbia. With my business, no power at home, and numerous Hugo related missions (I was in the National Guard), it had been a rough week. The USC fans were practicing acting like Clemson and UGA fans, and were giving the few GT fans there a hard time. We weren't much of a threat to them. We hadn't won many games the year before (1 or 2), and Ross didn't look at all like the coach he had been it Maryland. But the Jackets hung tough against the favored Gamecocks and kept the game close. Then late in the game Shawn threw a perfect pass - a sure TD for the lead and probably the win - to a wide open GT receiver, who dropped it. A groan went up in Williams-Brice. The Gamecock faithfull knew at that instant that they had just been given the game. And the GT team knew, at that instant they had given the game away, that they could have won it - should have won it. You could see it on the field, in their faces. The losers had a team meeting afterward, vowed not to lose again, and like magic, became winners - they only lost one more that year, lost none the next year, won in Orlando on New Years day.
What I saw Saturday night was a team that in losing, learned that it could have won, should have won. They will win that type of game in the future - the very near future. I have been a certified Chan Basher, but I can see the team has completely bought in to what he is doing. We have great on the field leadership in young RB and in our seniors like Key Fox. We are playing better each week. The coaching is beter each week. That's all, as a fan, that I can ask for. The SA's on the field support CG. That's enough for me. I can't say how many more games we will win this year. But how ever many it is, I am not going to worry about coaching, play calling, substitutions, or game palns. I am going to sit back and enjoy the rest of the story as it unfolds. It's going to be a lot of fun. We have a coaching staff who has the team's confidence. Therefore, they have mine as well. That includes CG.
What I saw Saturday night was a team that in losing, learned that it could have won, should have won. They will win that type of game in the future - the very near future. I have been a certified Chan Basher, but I can see the team has completely bought in to what he is doing. We have great on the field leadership in young RB and in our seniors like Key Fox. We are playing better each week. The coaching is beter each week. That's all, as a fan, that I can ask for. The SA's on the field support CG. That's enough for me. I can't say how many more games we will win this year. But how ever many it is, I am not going to worry about coaching, play calling, substitutions, or game palns. I am going to sit back and enjoy the rest of the story as it unfolds. It's going to be a lot of fun. We have a coaching staff who has the team's confidence. Therefore, they have mine as well. That includes CG.
