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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Terence Moore
Folks do all sorts of crazy things when that blue and gold monster of a college football program is coming to town. Surely you know that whether Notre Dame has fangs or not during a given stretch, just the thought of a leprechaun doing a jig near goalposts is enough to produce an epidemic of cheering or cringing.
Such is especially true when Notre Dame plays in the vicinity of the Red River or south of the Mason-Dixon line. All you need to know is that the Fighting Irish once were showered at Georgia Tech with a lovely mixture of whiskey bottles and smelly fish.
And guess what? Notre Dame is slated for its first return to the Flats in 26 years this fall to open the season. Courtesy of actions at the ticket office by Tech honchos, the game already is larger than large.
For now, consider this: Not coincidentally, those in charge of such things at the University of Texas stirred up their already wired faithful even more for The Notre Dame Game in 1996. They made that the afternoon in which they dedicated what was Memorial Stadium to former Longhorns coach Darrell Royal.
We’re talking Darrell Royal, as in Texas’ Knute Rockne.
Elsewhere, three of the past four times Notre Dame visited Tennessee it was either a record crowd at Neyland Stadium or No. 2 on the list. Notre Dame’s only trip to Clemson, in 1977, produced the largest gathering ever in Death Valley at the time when Gamecocks weren’t involved. That same year, Notre Dame played Ole Miss in Jackson, drawing the largest crowd to witness a sporting event in Mississippi when the Crimson Tide wasn’t involved.
Earlier this decade, The Notre Dame Game set attendance highs for the legendary stadiums at Nebraska and Texas A&M. Not only that, Florida State has faced more than a few dynamic foes at home through the decades. Still, nothing stuffed the Seminoles’ place more at the time than The Notre Dame Game four years ago.
So if you’re among those Tech honchos, searching for only your sixth sellout since the ridiculous expansion of Bobby Dodd Stadium to 55,000 seats in 2002, I guess this makes sense: You continue a craze that has become rampant in sports called variable pricing, and you make The Notre Dame Game cost $12 more than any other home game on the Yellow Jackets’ schedule. That’s $50 compared to $38 for Miami, Virginia, Maryland and Duke and $28 for Samford and Troy. In fact, the only way you can see The Notre Dame Game is to purchase a Tech season ticket or hope that individual seats remain later this summer. If so, you would have to pay that $50 for The Notre Dame Game and buy tickets to two other games.
You’d think The Notre Dame Game was The Georgia Game or something. No, bigger. Thus a problem for a Tech program trying to end its seven-victory-a-season blahs under coach Chan Gailey.
Let’s just say The Georgia Game always brings out the wildest of feelings for Tech people at the end of the season. Now, with much help from Notre Dame just being Notre Dame, and with the national mania already surrounding Charlie Weis in his second season as the Irish’s miracle worker, and with these jacked-up tickets at Tech to create even more hype for The Notre Dame Game, the Jackets could lose even if they win. Translated: Tech players could become an emotional mess for the rest of the season no matter what.
“Well, I don’t think the prices of the games, for instance, ever filter down to the student-athletes or the coaches,” said Dan Radakovich, Tech’s recently named athletics director. “They’re going to go out there and play as hard against Notre Dame as they would against anybody else on the schedule. So I think that, really, what it boils down to is that some of the administrative and event-specific things will go on associated with the game. Notre Dame, if we charged $1 for everybody to get in, our student-athletes still would go out with the same enthusiasm and commitment to win as if we charged $50.”
That’s true. When tickets everywhere were closer to $1 than $50, Ole Miss had enough of that “enthusiasm and commitment” to shock Notre Dame that day in Jackson to give the Irish their only loss along the way to a national championship.
It’s just that Notre Dame whipped the previously undefeated Longhorns that day in front of their Rockne, and Texas lost six of its last 11 games.
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By Huh?
May 9, 2006 09:01 PM | Link to this
So what was the point of this article? Shouldn’t you be writing your annual article about how the Braves shoulld trade for Griffey?
By War Eagle
May 9, 2006 09:26 PM | Link to this
I admire GT playing Notre Dame,I hope Tech wins big so we want hear all this #1 crap. When I was a senior in high school, Tech was recruiting me and what was their #1 pitch…we will be playing Notre Dame twice while you are at Tech. I remeber Wade Mitchell a true freshman out of North Fulton High School was the starting QB for Tech a couple of years before…pretty impressive, more than Western Kentucky, Lousiana Monroe, UAB, Georgia Southern? Tech plays a tough schedule with ND, Va Tech, UGA, Miami, Boston College and Virginia,
By Charlie's Army
May 9, 2006 09:33 PM | Link to this
HERE COME THE IRISH
By matt
May 9, 2006 10:03 PM | Link to this
NOTRE DAME RULES and they love burritos!!
By Shellie
May 9, 2006 10:08 PM | Link to this
LET THE INVASION BEGIN!
Rally sons of Notre Dame, Sing her glory, and sound her fame Raise her Gold and Blue, And cheer with voices true, Rah! Rah! For Notre Dame.
We will fight in every game Strong of heart and true to her name. We will ne’er forget her And we’ll cheer her ever, Loyal to Notre Dame.
Chorus: Cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame Wake up the echoes cheering her name, Send the volley cheer on high, Shake down the thunder from the sky, What though the odds be great or small Old Notre Dame will win over all, While her loyal sons are marching Onward to Victory.
By MonolithicDawgX
May 9, 2006 10:12 PM | Link to this
Here’s to a 51-7 Irish win at UGA’s second home, Bobby Dodd Stadium. Tech’s knock-off of the Golden Dome helmet will be dull in comparison. ND wants to repay Tech for O”leary’s resume.
On the other hand, I still thank Tech for kissing ND in 1980 3-3 pushing UGA to #1 in the polls. Not that we needed it, because we actually beat ND in the Sugar, but because it had to have been such a sour tasting tie…the number 1 team in the land, and you tie them, only to have your biggest rival get to number 1! Ha ha ha! Oh, and for those techsters that think I am living in the past…um, what are we now, 7 in a row, or 8??? Just a good memory, that’s all.
By George Clements
May 9, 2006 10:14 PM | Link to this
Notre Dame haters don’t like to admit it but the ND game almost always ranks #1 or #2 for all of the Irish opponents. Just think what ranks #1 or #2 for the Irish. It certainly isn’t Tech which probably comes in at about #10 on a 12-game schedule.
Still, we should give credit to the North Avenue boys for willing to be the opening game tuneup for Charlie Weiss.
By the way, the $50 price tag isn’t that bad. The tickets for the South Bend home games go for $59.
By Golden Dome
May 9, 2006 10:15 PM | Link to this
Go Irish! Kill the Nerds!
By Tech Sucks
May 9, 2006 10:25 PM | Link to this
Tech will lose, just like usual…
Maybe Tech should drop football so Georgia State can start a team and move into that joke of a football stadium.
By chainshaw
May 9, 2006 10:44 PM | Link to this
Tech is stepping up to the plate with a decent schedule. Notre Dame was the breaking point. I finally bought season tickets.
For those who think that Bobby Dodd sucks, come on down to a night game. It is easily one of the nicest stadiums in the country.
I am not real sure what the point of this article is, but having Notre Dame in Atlanta is a huge move for GT and it will bring more people to realize what a great,long tradition of football that Georgia Tech has.
By RJ
May 9, 2006 10:46 PM | Link to this
I agree, Tech has a hard road ahead. I’m also tired of the yearly talk of the SEC being the best conference by UGA fans? UGA plays Western Kentucky, Colorado, Mississippi, and Florida on the same weekends that Tech plays Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Miami. Throw in the ‘05 powerhouses of UAB, Vandy, Kentucky, and Tennessee on Georgia’s schedule this year and it starts looking like the pre-2005 ACC schedules.
By mark
May 9, 2006 10:51 PM | Link to this
I really don’t understand all the hype with ND. Sure they are supposed to have a great year in 2006 but so was the second year under Ty Willingham. ND hasn’t won a national title in nearly 20 years. They are without a doubt the most over hyped program in any sport. I want to know why ND is scared to play Miami in a home and home series? They recently turned down an offer for a home and home series with the Canes. They wanted to only play Miami in Jacksonville instead of the friendly confines of the Orange Bowl. What is up with that ND faithful?
By Taco
May 9, 2006 10:56 PM | Link to this
The point of this article is what? Tech is smart for scheduling the Irish? Make the money you fool! I am still waiting on the article on why the Falcons Fan needs to quit hoping for a white quarterback. Mike Vick is the man, Matt Schaub is awesome as well. I don’t care if they are both orange. T Moore is a racist in my opinion. I just hope the Dawgs can find one more directional school from Lousianna to play this year.
When do the normal summer arrests begin in Athens? I need some trash picked up on the highway, how does community service sound for Dawg starters this season?
By GreenJacket
May 9, 2006 11:17 PM | Link to this
I love the ND trash talk. This is just the type of game Tech thrives on. All I can say to ND fans is to talk with the Auburn and Miami fans and find out their thoughts on Tech. By the way, ND did not really beat any great teams last year. Their claim to fame was an “almost” win over Southern Cal.
By Strapper
May 9, 2006 11:21 PM | Link to this
Comparing Ty to Charlie? Give me a break. Sully, treat the GT folks to plenty of “refreshments” at the game, they are going to need it. Wish I could be there.
By Steve
May 9, 2006 11:31 PM | Link to this
I’ll be watching this game just to see Buford’s Darius Walker run roughshod over the Bumbles.
Tech WANTS Notre Dame for an opener??? What were the people in the AD’s office smoking, and can I still buy some from one of their players??
By Coloradojacket
May 9, 2006 11:37 PM | Link to this
If you ND fans think this is a gimme game for you just ask Auburn for their two years of Tech beating them. I expect Tech to win this game and win it going away. Notre Dame does not have the talent it used to.
Look at the schedule for 05 and you will see ND won a lot of cake walk games.
They will get beat just like the last time they faced the Jackets.
By tyler
May 9, 2006 11:40 PM | Link to this
AT LEAST GA TECH, PLAYS TEAMS LIKE NOTRE DAME AT HOME, YOU THINK UGA WOULD EVER PLAY NOTRE DAME AT HOME, I THINK NOT
By I Bleed White and Gold
May 9, 2006 11:48 PM | Link to this
Terence,
Too bad there isn’t a link where I could write you directly. I am by now used to your prejudiced points of view, but like a train wreck, I read your pieces.
I assume your obscure point is about variable pricing, and I accept that you think it’s not a proper thing to do. I also clearly see that you are up to date in the number of sellouts in Georgia Tech’s recent history.
I object to your term “ridiculous expansion” in the midst of your editorial. It’s superflous and only serves to denigrate the decisions of Tech administrators. You, I’m sure, weren’t present during the deliberations nor discussions that brought that particular decision to fruition. Regardless of whether the decision has proved to the benefit or detriment of Georgia Tech, you are outside reasonable limits to call the decision “ridiculous!”
I would respect you more if you confined yourself to rational verbage and stopped battering a defensless opponent. I don’t understand why you consider Georgia Tech an opponent since The Institute’s personnel and graduates eneble you to earn a living. Seems to me that you would find every opportunity to praise all the local groups you could.
p.s. Bet you don’t write me back!
By Ramblin' Wreck
May 10, 2006 12:02 AM | Link to this
That Terence Moore is known as, and more amazingly, still employed as a sports columnist is a mystery for the ages. I’m so thankful to the Internet that I’m still able to read this tripe for amusement when I have nothing else to do. And I don’t even have to pay for it! Terence, if you pull out your college or high school textbooks, you will find that the concept of “variable pricing” is often referred to as supply and demand, free enterprise, and capitalism. You ought to check it out. It seems to work for a lot of us. Note to Georgia fans: I apologize for resorting to complex sentences, but I’m sure you will be able to digest this post with just a few more readings.
By BBatZTL
May 10, 2006 12:06 AM | Link to this
You people just DON”T GET the point of this article do you? Terence Moore was raised near South Bend. He has wriiten FAR TOO MAY ARTICLES about that fact.
He believes STRONGLY in:
a) Notre Dame, b) Cincinnati Reds c) Al Davis (whose PERSONAL phone number he has on his roledex)
d) the roll of the superior black athlete against all odds e) anything that will be against majority interest and with the purpose of stirring up hate and discontent.
I think it would be FASCINATING if the AJC told Terence to cover this game from the GT angle and put a positive spin on it. I bet he can’t do it!!!
Oh, and by the way. I am A UGA guy, I really don’t give a flying F*&&^ about the (what should be Division two school in ATL) ugly guys in yellow and white. This isn’t the year for me to worry about the Yechs, they have to come to OUR place. I don’t have to buy tickets in THEIR trashcan of a stadium
By Ramblin' Wreck
May 10, 2006 12:08 AM | Link to this
That Terence Moore is still employed as a sports columnist is a mystery for the ages. I’m so thankful to the Internet that I’m still able to read this tripe for amusement when I have nothing else to do, and I don’t even have to pay for it! Terence, if you pull out your college or high school textbooks, you will find that the concept of “variable pricing” is often referred to as supply and demand, free enterprise, and capitalism. You ought to check it out - it seems to work for a lot of us. Note to Georgia fans: I apologize for resorting to complex sentences and multi-syllable words, but I’m sure you will be able to digest this post with just a few more readings.
By Pablo
May 10, 2006 12:43 AM | Link to this
Terrence: When you go to L.A. and embarass yourself and Atlanta (Rome is Burning show)… please do us a favor and stay out there. I am sure they will support your liberal movement and your famous “race card” that you love to play.
By Tyrone
May 10, 2006 12:50 AM | Link to this
Terrence- when is the wedding date for you and Cynthia. The two of you make such a cute couple. It was good to see the two of you together. MATCH MADE IN HELL
By Jamal
May 10, 2006 12:52 AM | Link to this
Terrannce keep stickin up for da black man. You make us alful proud
By uga4ever
May 10, 2006 01:18 AM | Link to this
terrence- pardon me while I “white-out” this article.
By Scott
May 10, 2006 02:03 AM | Link to this
The Irish is going to paint the town green this fall!!!!!
By john cunningham
May 10, 2006 02:11 AM | Link to this
Mark—The last time Notre Dame played Miami in the Orange Bowl there were a number of very ugly and vicious incidents where ND fans and administrative officials actually feared for their safety. Following the game Notre Dame officials vowed that ND would never play Miami again in the Orange Bowl.
By Bobby
May 10, 2006 04:22 AM | Link to this
Terence writes his typical bigoted, racist remarks about Tech. Too bad he doesn’t know how to write sports stories.
By Derek
May 10, 2006 05:31 AM | Link to this
Terrence why are you such a loser? You sound like the most liberal sports writer I’ve ever heard.Give the Jackets a break for heaven sake.
By sj
May 10, 2006 05:46 AM | Link to this
Taco, I assume your last name is ‘Bell’ and the overdose of refried beans you cook and eat daily has fermented and preserved your brain in a steady-state of intense jealousy. One question slide-rule boy….Who’s your Daddy?
By Lake Rat
May 10, 2006 06:44 AM | Link to this
Clemson Top Single Game Attendance Figures
Year Opponent Attendance
1999 Florida State 86,092
1994 South Carolina 85,872
2000 South Carolina 85,187
2001 Florida State 85,036
2001 North Carolina 84,869
1988 South Carolina 84,876
1988 Florida State 84,576
1998 South Carolina 84,423
Source - 2006 Clemson Season Ticket Brochure
I don’t see Notre Dame on here anywhere.
By Tracy
May 10, 2006 07:04 AM | Link to this
Terrance.. what was the point of your article.. do you want to attend the game and not have the extra $12?? Heck I will give you $12. I have been reading your articles for a long time now, but I think you need to spend some time with a psychologist… you have alot of “issues” that you should get resolved.. no need in taking them out on Georgia Tech.. or the white race..
By Observer
May 10, 2006 07:37 AM | Link to this
Seriously, does Terrence Moore ever write an article without using the terms “silly”, “ridiculous”, or some other “look down my nose” variant thereof?
If you haven’t yet noticed, start keeping count… it’s utterly amazing.
By Mike
May 10, 2006 07:59 AM | Link to this
I just don’t buy this newspaper anymore. There is little or no respect for the home team Yellow Jackets. Sports are suppose to be fun to read about. I can get all the smack talk I want on the streets. By the way, BDS@HGF is one of the best football stadiums around.
By TylerTiger
May 10, 2006 08:04 AM | Link to this
Good luck to Tech against Notre Dame…Hey LAKE RAT…The 1977 Clemson-ND was the largest crowd AT THAT TIME before major additions to Death Valley in 1978 and 1983. BTW…Georgia Bulldogs suck A$$!!!!
By TylerTiger
May 10, 2006 08:04 AM | Link to this
Good luck to Tech against Notre Dame…Hey LAKE RAT…The 1977 Clemson-ND was the largest crowd AT THAT TIME before major additions to Death Valley in 1978 and 1983. BTW…Georgia Bulldogs suck A$$!!!!
By TylerTiger
May 10, 2006 08:05 AM | Link to this
Good luck to Tech against Notre Dame…Hey LAKE RAT…The 1977 Clemson-ND was the largest crowd AT THAT TIME before major additions to Death Valley in 1978 and 1983. BTW…Georgia Bulldogs suck A$$!!!!
By cs4gt
May 10, 2006 08:12 AM | Link to this
The notre dame game is just another game on the schedule. ND fans are who make a big deal about their team, read their messsage boards. Those messageboard tools have no life.
By UGA Fan
May 10, 2006 08:14 AM | Link to this
Notre Dame is gonna suck this year. That’s the only reason Tech scheduled them. If you wnat to see a tough home opener just look back to last year when we hosted Boise State. That took some guts to schedule that game. You Tech fans need to give me a break.
By God Country and Notre Dame
May 10, 2006 08:19 AM | Link to this
Terrence, you say it like it is! Way to go. This game should be played in the Georgia Dome so it can eclipse any Peach Bowl attendance records and rival Falocons attendance at the Dome. Tech is a credible foe with a strong schedule and they have nothing to be ashamed of.
Can’t wait.
Go Irish!
By brent
May 10, 2006 08:20 AM | Link to this
Why is it that Tech can get the Irish, and UGA’s premier non-conference games are against Arizona State, Colorado, Louisville, and Cinncinatti? Damon Evans needs to get the phone numbers to some people in Norman, Los Angeles, Austin, or College Station and get GEORGIA a premier game on a NATIONAL STAGE. No more UAB, Ga Southern, or Western Kentucky, please!!!
By CV
May 10, 2006 08:22 AM | Link to this
“Translated: Tech players could become an emotional mess for the rest of the season no matter what.” That makes no sense. Why would the players care anything about the ticket prices and why would they be emotional about it??? You’re an idiot Terrance Moore. “”Well, I don’t think the prices of the games, for instance, ever filter down to the student-athletes or the coaches,” said Dan Radakovich”. I would have like to see Dan’s face when he was answering that question. I’m sure he was looking at you the same way I was looking at this acticle when I read it. This quite a stretch even for you Terrance… tickets prices tied to players emotions… gimme a break.
By godawg
May 10, 2006 08:37 AM | Link to this
Too bad there’s not a way they can both lose…sigh…if only we could go back to the days if ties. Even I would pay 50 bucks to see that.
By Who knew
May 10, 2006 09:00 AM | Link to this
Go Irish!!! And when the Irish come to town it’s either “Yes Sir” or “Would you like to super-size that?”
By Lex Williams
May 10, 2006 09:01 AM | Link to this
This article is just another justification for what the people of Atlanta have come to call this rag the “Atlanta Urinal / Constipation”; cynical, negative, skeptical reporting on everything - including sports. Mr. Moore and the other sportswriters (Furman Bisher an exception) are like the proverbial Philadelphia Phillies fans - they would boo their own kids at an Easter egg hunt.
By RED FOREMAN
May 10, 2006 09:10 AM | Link to this
WHAT A DUMBASS YOU ARE!!!!!!!!
By Mike
May 10, 2006 09:16 AM | Link to this
MonolithicDawg…
First of all, the correct spelling for a Mutt is D-O-G, not D-A-W-G, but I digress seeing how you are probably from Winder.
Second, UGA has only won SIX in a row vs. the Jackets (not 7 or 8)…but once again, that Winder-Barrow education of yours doesn’t surprise me either!
ND cowlicks - You are going down just like the last time we met in Jacksonville. Isn’t Jacksonville where UGA plays real well against the Gators? My bad!
Mono - Mutts go down this year! To HELL with Georgia!
By Go Irish
May 10, 2006 09:22 AM | Link to this
I enjoyed your article, it’s always a spectacle when ND decides to head South, and this will be no exception. Insult the Irish all you want, but when they come to town you know it’s something special, and I appreciated your article pointing that out.
By Stan
May 10, 2006 09:22 AM | Link to this
What happened here? No race card. No mention of race? You’re falling down Moore! I’m sure that you will make up for it!
By Bill
May 10, 2006 09:24 AM | Link to this
This article needs to be put into next year’s SAT’s with multiple choices as to what the point of it was.
Terrence:
By Terry
May 10, 2006 09:38 AM | Link to this
I hate both Tech and the Irish. I wish the game could end a tie.
By House
May 10, 2006 09:39 AM | Link to this
UGA Fan….are you seriously comparing Boise State to ND? If so, you UGA fans are more moronic than you appear in person!! What OOC games does UGA have this year of any worth? And please done give us any of this Colorado BS!! Colorado will be a joke this year.
By Stan
May 10, 2006 09:44 AM | Link to this
In everyday life, it’s called the race card. In politics, it’s called the McKinney card. In sports, it’s called the Terrence card.
By Tom Garvey
May 10, 2006 09:44 AM | Link to this
Charlie’s team set 19 ND offensive records…were in the Top 10 offensively a far cry from the lackluster TY/Diedrick offensive performances.Willingham barely played Jeff Samardzija who proved last year he is one of the top receivers in the country. The question is can he do the same on the Defensive side of the ball. ND will go as far as an improved Defense will take them.They cannot continue to give up over 300 yards in the air expect to win…need a pass rush and an improved secondary which I was at the Stanford game it was embarrassing…Shawn Wooden & Mike Richardson are weak corners…Hopefully some freshmen will step up Darrin Walls & Raeshon McNeill.Will find out early @ Ga. Tech, Penn State, Michigan at home first 3 opponents. Either Herbstreit and Holtz will be talking the accolades of the Irish early otherwise the ESPN Irish naysayers Mark May & Lee Corso will have a field day.
By R.E. Sheye Breaux
May 10, 2006 09:50 AM | Link to this
Ahh … Downtown Atlanta….a beautiful fall night….the perfect setting for a great college game!!! Yeah baby!!! Irish…in the house kicking tech tail up and down the flats……..It can’t get any better than this for a true Golden Domer.I love liven in the ATL but Blue and Gold fans will rally around the Real GOLD helmeted warriors from —- South Bend Ind. LEARN TO LOVE IT Y’all Because we’ll get some more ramblin wreck rectum to kick next year too at home next year so get used to it. All of you Hell of an engineers might need to stock up on that “clear liquor”…you’re going to need it. I LOVE this town!!!
By techaholic
May 10, 2006 09:50 AM | Link to this
Charlie Weis vs. Chan Gailey -
ND got themselves a REAL GOLD DOMER and Tech got themselves A REAL WRECK!
By techaholic
May 10, 2006 09:51 AM | Link to this
Charlie Weis vs. Chan Gailey -
ND got themselves a REAL GOLD DOMER and Tech got themselves A REAL WRECK!
By techaholic
May 10, 2006 09:53 AM | Link to this
ND will not have to worry about a Gailey/Nix offense that has been ranked in the 90’s in D1 w/117 teams.
Tech putting up pts and yards is not a factor here.
ND will have the ball all day long … TD, TD, TD.
By brewerfaninATL
May 10, 2006 09:54 AM | Link to this
GA Tech sucks and always WILL suck! OK, yeah, brag about your wins over Auburn and Miami, impressive yes, but how about your losses to Virginia, NC State, and Utah…now that is downright pathetic! ND will mop up the field with your sorry @$$es…but even IF you do win, I guarantee there will be a loss somewhere down the line to a team like Wake Forest or Duke. It happens EVERY year, just like clockwork! Give me a break, when it comes to football ACC flat out sucks and is about the 4th or 5th best conference behind SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, and Big East…I’d even put Pac 10 ahead of ACC!
By techaholic
May 10, 2006 09:54 AM | Link to this
ND will not have to worry about a Gailey/Nix offense that has been ranked in the 90’s in D1 w/117 teams.
Tech putting up pts and yards is not a factor here.
ND will have the ball all day long … TD, TD, TD.
By techaholic
May 10, 2006 09:54 AM | Link to this
ND will not have to worry about a Gailey/Nix offense that has been ranked in the 90’s in D1 w/117 teams.
Tech putting up pts and yards is not a factor here.
ND will have the ball all day long … TD, TD, TD.
By Shock 'em Shockley
May 10, 2006 09:59 AM | Link to this
Mike-I guess you fail to realize how the word vacate applies to the English language. Let me use it for you in a sentence; The institution (GTU) shall vacate the performance of its football team for all contests in which the 11 ineligible student-athletes competed. That includes the 3 game winning streak from 98-00, which was preceded by a 7 game losing streak. Add that to the current winning streak and I think even an English whiz like yourself can do the math.
It would appear to me that GTU is looking less like MIT on the Connector, and more like the love child of Jerry Tarkanian’s UNLV or the Colorado football program.
No wonder your own AD, Braine for those of you Nerds that dont really keep up, conceded that GTU isnt a 9 or 10 win a year school.
By Michael Corbitt
May 10, 2006 10:14 AM | Link to this
I love the way one gentleman tries to compare the UGA and GT schedules. He mentions ND and then a whole lot of GT’s conference games, UVa, VT, and Miami. Then tries to trash the UGa schedule by only mentioning that on the same weekends UGa plays these certain teams. What about the other weekends? Florida, Tennessee (which should be better), Auburn, South Carolina and the Ramblin Wreck. I admit the 2006 schedule is soft but hey yeah can’t get all the games every year. UGA has scheduled games in the near future with Colorado (2007 H 2010 A), Arizona State(2008 A, 2009 H), Louisville (2011 H 2012 A), Clemson(2013 A 2014 H) and soon Oregon. They are still trying to get an opener for 2007. According to an article a while back on onlineathens.com, the 3 year Cincinatti deal was falling through. Back when Colorado and UGA was attempting to schedule a game, there was an article either on the AJC or onlineathens.com and it mentioned that UGA had also recently (at that time) contacted Ohio State and Michigan and neither was interested. UGA wants 7 home games now that the schedule is 12 games. A I-AA or UAB-type team will not ask for a return home game. That gives UGA one opening on the schedule to find a BCS team to play. We have to play Tech every year and we have to play on the road in Jacksonville every year. This makes the goal of 7 home games a season and the job of trying to find a BCS team that can line up with your jigsaw of a schedule difficult. Move the UGa-UF game back to Athens and Gainesville and you’ll see one of the two games against a I-AA or midmajor turn into another game against a BCS school.
As for Tech’s upcoming nonconference schedules…. Louisville H/@, Ole Miss H/@, Alabama H/@, VANDERBILT H/@, Army H/@, Notre Dame H/@, Samford (2006), Troy(2006)…. there are a lot of holes that I am sure ya’ll plug with more Samfords. Notre Dame, ole Miss and Alabama are the only serious BCS schools that GT is playing. Plus outside your trip back to South Bend and West Point, ya’ll will not be traveling anywhere. Whereas UGA will be going on the road to the Rockies, the SW, and the West Coast. (Colorado, Arizona State, and soon Oregon) I don’t see anything exceptional about GT’s nonconference schedule. Seeing that GT is not robbed of one home game every other year you’d think they could REALLY lineup an impressive nonconference schedule. As much as some of their fans talk, you would think that they would want to.
By humblebumble
May 10, 2006 10:14 AM | Link to this
It was a 9pm kickoff and cold as hell and the students had been getting well lubricated for the game all day. Parsegian complained of a liquor bottle being thrown, but it was all fish from the East stands. Tech outscored them 20-8 in the second half with Parsegian calling time out and throwing into the endzone as time expired. Notre Dame was favored by 18 and the final score was 38-20. Parsegian was trying to run up the score to beat the line (in my humble opinion) but Carson’s defense held them to eight second half points. One of my Tech team mates who shall remain anonymous met Parsegian at midfield and dog cussed the Notre Dame coach for trying to run up the score. Parsegian tried to get the player thrown off the Tech team as this story received a lot of ink in the midwest press. The player was given a stern talking to by the Tech coaching staff as they laughed up their sleeves.
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 10:32 AM | Link to this
Mike,
You are also an ignorant fool who does not know how to add. Unfortunately, we have some of those at UGA too. But I would dare to bet they have an education. We have beaten you fools five years straight! 2001-2005. The last time the bugs beat us was in 2000. So the next time you crack on someone about getting their numbers straight, why don’t you get yours NERD!
I actually enjoy coming to BDS every other year. It is so much fun to fill your stadium and beat you guys on your turf. Now, I enjoy Samford too, but BDS has become our turf too! We own you guys!! See you at our place come Thanksgiving! Go DAWGS!!!
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 10:33 AM | Link to this
Mike,
You are also an ignorant fool who does not know how to add. Unfortunately, we have some of those at UGA too. But I would dare to bet they have an education. We have beaten you fools five years straight! 2001-2005. The last time the bugs beat us was in 2000. So the next time you crack on someone about getting their numbers straight, why don’t you get yours NERD!
I actually enjoy coming to BDS every other year. It is so much fun to fill your stadium with red and black and beat you guys on your turf. Now, I enjoy Samford too, but BDS has become our turf too! We own you guys!! See you at our place come Thanksgiving! Go DAWGS!!!
By Tommy Stacy
May 10, 2006 10:46 AM | Link to this
Tech should have charged $100 a ticket. College Football History would be a lot less without Notre Dame. The greatest introduction of a football game by a sportswriter is by Grantland Rice. He penned, “Across a cold grey October sky,The four horsemen of the Apocalypse rode again.” It was the story of the 1924 game between Army and Notre Dame. Both Georgia and Alabama owe their early success to two Rockne players who coached these schools, Harry Mehre and Frank Thomas respectively. I love Georgia Football. I would pay $200 to watch Georgia play Notre Dame.These two schools have only played more than once.
By Stinger 1
May 10, 2006 10:47 AM | Link to this
TECH will most definately put on a good show against the fish eaters. The real question is when will Ugag ever play anyone out of conference (other than TECH) that’s worth 2 cents. The answer is NEVER!! After you’ve played Vandy, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Tenn.(which is really sliding) UAB, Ga Southern, Louisiana directional, it’s just impossible to get up for a real team. Add to the fact that any school outside of the conference or the Ga/Ala/Fla area can’t even find that cess-pool of a stadium in that po-dunk town. Then those silly puppy fans want to act like they dominate TECH in the cess-pool. Ugag got off with a lucky win 2 years ago and if memory serves me right 1998 and 2000 were TECH wins in that cess-pool. If the puppy fans were smart, well that goes without saying about their IQ, they would shut up about TECH football since the highly ranked(?) dogs escaped with wins the last 2 years.
By Roy K
May 10, 2006 10:59 AM | Link to this
nd isnt worth a comment - their fans smell of green beer and they choke at Ohio State
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 11:00 AM | Link to this
Stinger 1,
You people amaze me! Why do you brag about games you almost won? I never for the life of me understand why people do that? If you want to talk about those kind of games, then how about the 1999 debacle at BDS. We all know that if instant replay would have been installed at that point, UGA would have won that game, and possibly the game in 1998. But you don’t hear the UGA nation talking about games we almost won, and the only reason I just did was to prove my point. The bottom line is you guys are loosers! I hear about it from Clemson fans in SC about the Game Cocks too. They also claim “moral victories” in games that are close. When you guys actually start winning some games in the series, then you can talk smack about UGA. But the braggin’ rights are ours, and it looks like the will be for a long, long, time. So, I guess we UGA fans will have to hear about games the bees “almost won.” Can’t wait to see you guys in Athens. Again, we love filling your stadium with Red and Black! GO DAWGS!!
By uga4ever
May 10, 2006 11:11 AM | Link to this
Who cares about who we play and how Tech plays out of conference. The bottom line is UGA has beaten Tech for the past 5 years. How can you cut on Georgia when they keep beating you? I don’t understand that. Oh, and Terrence, do us a favor and stay in L.A. when you head out there in a couple of weeks.
By uga4ever
May 10, 2006 11:11 AM | Link to this
Who cares about who we play and who Tech plays out of conference. The bottom line is UGA has beaten Tech for the past 5 years. How can you cut on Georgia when they keep beating you? I don’t understand that. Oh, and Terrence, do us a favor and stay in L.A. when you head out there in a couple of weeks.
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 11:20 AM | Link to this
UGA 4 Ever and the Rest of the DAWG NATION,
YECKIES do not have much to be proud of, so they revert to bragging over games the almost won. I was at the game this past year at Bobby Dodd, and I never once felt like we were not going to win that game. Tech could not move the ball on us at all in the second half. As for the game in 2004. That game was in the bag. And dare we go back three years to 2003. Yikes 51-7!
To all of you YECH NERDS. Here is the difference between your program and ours. When we have consistent 7 or 8 win season over a period of four or five years, our coaches get fired, but your coaches get contract extensions and incentives to beat us. Your former AD has basically said that the program sucks, b/c it can’t do any better than win 7 games a season, so just be happy with that.
We at UGA expect to contend for championships year in and year out, and we expect to win our share. I guess all you guys can do, is talk about games you almost won? Sounds lame doesn’t it!
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 11:23 AM | Link to this
UGA 4 Ever and the Rest of the DAWG NATION,
YECKIES do not have much to be proud of, so they revert to bragging over games the almost won. I was at the game this past year at Bobby Dodd, and I never once felt like we were not going to win that game. Tech could not move the ball on us at all in the second half. As for the game in 2004. That game was in the bag. And dare we go back three years to 2003. Yikes 51-7!
To all of you YECH NERDS. Here is the difference between your program and ours. When we have consistent 7 or 8 win season over a period of four or five years, our coaches get fired, but your coaches get contract extensions and incentives to beat us. Your former AD has basically said that the program sucks, b/c it can’t do any better than win 7 games a season, so just be happy with that.
We at UGA expect to contend for championships year in and year out, and we expect to win our share. I guess all you guys can do, is talk about games you almost won? Sounds lame doesn’t it!
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 11:25 AM | Link to this
UGA 4 Ever and the Rest of the DAWG NATION,
YECKIES do not have much to be proud of, so they revert to bragging over games the almost won. I was at the game this past year at Bobby Dodd, and I never once felt like we were not going to win that game. Tech could not move the ball on us at all in the second half. As for the game in 2004. That game was in the bag. And dare we go back three years to 2003. Yikes 51-7!
To all of you YECH NERDS. Here is the difference between your program and ours. When we have consistent 7 or 8 win season over a period of four or five years, our coaches get fired, but your coaches get contract extensions and incentives to beat us. Your former AD has basically said that the program sucks, b/c it can’t do any better than win 7 games a season, so just be happy with that.
We at UGA expect to contend for championships year in and year out, and we expect to win our share. I guess all you guys can do, is talk about games you almost won? Sounds lame doesn’t it!
By gtFan
May 10, 2006 11:28 AM | Link to this
I’m surprised Moore isn’t crying about the black man again. I don’t know what to think! It’s crazy, Moore isn’t playing the race card, maybe he grew up OR….I guess he can’t say much about Willingham anymore since Weiss has pretty much shut him up.
By gtFan
May 10, 2006 11:32 AM | Link to this
I’m surprised Moore isn’t crying about the black man again. I don’t know what to think! It’s crazy, Moore isn’t playing the race card, maybe he grew up OR….I guess he can’t say much about Willingham anymore since Weiss has pretty much shut him up.
By Greg
May 10, 2006 11:40 AM | Link to this
The UGA fan above (twin-dog) that was bashing some guy for adding wrong called his own home stadium “Samford Stadium” in practically the same sentence! That’s just precious. This is NOT a story about UGAg!!!!!!! I can’t believe you people! Get a life! You’re all just hijacking a thread because there’s nothing going on over at the “junkyard blawgg” or whatever you call it. That said, I didn’t notice Terrance playing a race card this time(although the point of this article was a bit hazy). I’m just looking forward to a good GT-ND game this fall. I foresee ND looking like GT did in the abyssmal Emerald Bowl showing come September. Go Jackets!!!
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 11:41 AM | Link to this
I guess all the YECKIES out there have nothing to say? I know, it makes you mad that you suck and we are good, and we’ve kicked your a* the past 5 years! IT’s great to be a DAWG!
Oh and the next time you nerds knock our schedule about non-conference opponents, consider your own with Samford and Troy. Also, to the NERD who claimed VA is a tought conference game. Give me a break. When was the last time they entered the top 10 in the rankings? That’s the difference between the SEC and your sorry league. Miami, FSU, and VA Tech are the only teams to do that, and you do not regularly play FSU.
We on the other hand, play more than two teams in our conference who have cracked the top 10 in recent years. Try Tennessee, Florida, and Auburn. And oh yeah, we’re regularly in the top 10 too! When was the last time Tech was in the vicinity? I guess we have to go back to 1990.
By Stinger 1
May 10, 2006 11:44 AM | Link to this
Hey twin dog do you have to post twice b/c you’re a twin? Nobody said anything about games we almost won. The point was you guys say TECH is a sorry team in a sorry program but yet the high and mighty doggies can only beat that sorry team by a total of 11 points combined in back to back years. Maybe ya’ll aren’t the powerhouse that ya’ll think you are!! As a matter of fact, if your d-line tackled as well as your o-line maybe ya’ll could have at least slowed down West Virginia. If having your defense with their backs to their goal line at the end of the game 2 years in a row is having the game in the bag you’re as drunk as the rest of doggie buddies.
By Greg
May 10, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this
Yeah dude, Tennessee is totally awesome… did you see Erik Ainge’s flailing throw out of the endzone against LSU? I’ve never seen a Tech player look so dumb. And the bullfrawgs will get what’s coming to them, you needn’t worry.
By legal eagle
May 10, 2006 11:50 AM | Link to this
Can you say Auburn.
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 11:54 AM | Link to this
Stinger 1,
There you go again. Claiming moral victories. Who cares if we beat you by 11 points or 44? Oh yeah, that was the number we beat you fools by in ‘02. So dating back five years we have beaten the bees by a total of 86 poinnts. divided by five comes out to 17.2 for all the nerds. If that is not dominating you, I do not what is?
By John
May 10, 2006 12:00 PM | Link to this
I was there (as a student) for the game with the whiskey bottles and fish and it even made the next week’s issue of Sports Illustrated. They (ND) deserved it. I would expect no less from the students in September!!!
Had Terence did some actual in depth reporting, he would have also found out the GT is gouging everyone on this game. The sky boxes that usually go for around $3000 are being priced in the $8000-$12,000 range for the ND game. I guess they feel they should get it when they can. Won’t get it for Troy or Samford right!?
And, I hope GT doesn’t think that our desire to go to this game reflects that we all love Gailey - I for one am still not a fan of his.
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 12:02 PM | Link to this
Greg,
What makes you think we that we have something coming to us? The only thing I see headed our way is more 10 win seasons, contending for SEC titles, and beating the bees every year. I don’t know what you are seeing “DUDE?”
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this
GLORY, GLORY, to ‘Ole Georgia! To hell with TECH. I love beating the BEES! I love it that the YECKIES are nick-named “the BEES!” Don’t you guys get tired of being called “the BEES?” Sure sounds like a mascot for a nerd? Yeah, it does!
By luckie7742
May 10, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this
Lets go IRISH!!!
By Ty
May 10, 2006 12:10 PM | Link to this
For the record, that column about Babe Ruth and Barry was pretty sad. Given black participaiton in MLB through the years (especially as pitchers), the effects of integration would have been offset (mostly, if not entirely) by expansion. God forbid Terence use a little common sense, much less actual numbers, in writing a column.
By mark
May 10, 2006 12:14 PM | Link to this
Terrence, if I were a newspaper publisher .. I’d hire you in a New York minute. No one on the AJC staff gets more emails than you. Just like the Notre Dame football team … you’re either hated or loved. But … both generate big bucks for their bosses. Congrats! Keep it coming.
Oh, yeah … the Irish win by 28.
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 12:15 PM | Link to this
I am glad that you guys are playing ND this year. It says that Tech is desperate to sell tickets, the only reason you guys scheduled ND was to try and lure recruits, adn to sell tickets.
By Ty
May 10, 2006 12:16 PM | Link to this
Tech hasn’t beaten Georgia with eligible players in 15 years. Margin of victory doesn’t matter when you keep winning.
By the way, what department at Tech is in charge of administering the brian implants that keep you people complaining about the refs all the time? I know it’s hard to accept that you have a mediocre team who only gets fired up for one game a year (and still manages to lose) but you need to get used to the idea.
By uga4ever
May 10, 2006 12:17 PM | Link to this
I was accepted into both schools (UGA and GT). They both offered the major I wanted. The question then was “where do I want to experience college life” The answer was very easy. After a campus tour of Georgia Tech, I knew I wasn’t going to be surrounded by nerds and ugly women every day for the next four years (1/2 of those didn’t even speak my language). I chose to go where I would be surrounded by 20,000 beautiful women and very amiable people. You gotta love the University of Georgia. Jealousy is a b***, nerds.
By Chad
May 10, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this
You Tech fans are such homers!
If you have a brain in your head that understands sports you can’t seriously think that GT is better then ND this year. Gailey better hope to win this game because these type of wins are the only thing saving his job from the sub par performance he has had inside the ACC. A few big wins outside the conference the past three years does not hide the fact that Tech under performs each year.
NDs defense will not have to worry to much about GT putting up points with Ball under center. Poor Calvin Johnson would already be in the NFL if had anyone to throw him the ball and help him put up numbers. Ball is about as good for GT as Chris Rix was for FSU. Just give him time and he will find a way to lose the game.
ND 31 GT 17
By MIke
May 10, 2006 12:51 PM | Link to this
I don’t want to hear any comments about the 1999 Gator Bowl from Tech fans. You guys “gave up” that game. Cheaters!
By DawgFan
May 10, 2006 01:00 PM | Link to this
I LIK GERGIA. BULLDAWGS IS NUMBUR WON.
GO DAWGS! WE AM THE BEST! WE IS SMARRT AN FUNY!
By uga4ever
May 10, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
That’s funny “dawgfan”- grow some balls and use the name that you usually post under
By uga4ever
May 10, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this
Well, Terrence “the bigot” Moore just wrote a new column bashing Augusta. Imagine that!! I am going to have to go get on his a* about that one now. Does anyone know his e-mail address?
By DawgFan
May 10, 2006 01:20 PM | Link to this
EVRYONE OUTSIDE GERGIA RESPECT THE GERGIA BULLDAWGS!
GERIA BULLDAWGS IS SMART AND HAS WON LOTS AN LOTS OF NATIONUL CHAMPEONSHIPS
LOTS OF PEPLE THINK WE WON JUST ONE WITH HERSHIL WALKER BUT THEY JUST JELLUS BECUZ WE ARE SMART AND FUNNY.
NOTER DAME HAS WON A LOT AND GERGIA TECH HAS WON FOUR BUT GERGIA BULLDAWGS STILL NUMBER ONE!!!
By Terence is a real winner
May 10, 2006 01:36 PM | Link to this
Tech has won 4 National Championships?
The kid with the AOL account’s vote doesnt count.
Here we go again with another misinformed Nerd.
Hey idiot, you are now in your 5th decade of losing to UGA.
Hell, if Ray Goff beat on everyone like he beat you he’d still be running things in Athens. You havent had a winning decade against us in over 50 years. Let it go.
By Ricky Realist
May 10, 2006 01:42 PM | Link to this
UGA Fan
Only a UGA fan would seriously try to portray Boise State as a tougher out of conference opponent than Notre Dame. By the way, how many more seasons are you guys going to give Richt a “pass” for his record against UF (1-4) and Auburn (2-3)? Also, I am sure your defense against Auburn and West Virginia would have made Van Gorder proud, don’t you? The Richt honeymoon ends this year, puppies. Remember you heard it hear first.
By We are Penn State
May 10, 2006 01:58 PM | Link to this
You people sure do a whole lot of complaining. The SEC and ACC want no part of the Big 10.
By RunningDog
May 10, 2006 01:59 PM | Link to this
Seven in a row Mike. Count ‘um: 1 1991 UGA 18 - Tech 15 2 1992 UGA 31 - Tech 17 3 1993 UGA 43 - Tech 10 4 1994 UGA 48 - Tech 10 5 1995 UGA 18 - Tech 17 6 1996 UGA 19 - Tech 10 7 1997 UGA 27 - Tech 24
Even a “Winder-Barrow education” can count that high.
By DawgFan
May 10, 2006 02:24 PM | Link to this
JUST BECAZ TECH WON IT ALL IN 1919, 1928, 1952, AND 1990 DOSNT MAKE THEM BETTER THAN GERGIA BECUZ GERGIA WON ONE IN 1980!!!
TECH THINK THEY ARE SO GUUD BECUZ OF THE HIGH RATINGS AND GREAT NATIONAL REPUTASHUN
BUT WE DAWGS KNOW THAT WE THE BEST EVEN THOGH NO ONE OUTSIDE STATE OF GERGIA CARES ABOUT DAWGS. WE JUST LIK TO GO TO GAME AND BARK LIK A DAWG.
GO DAWGS!!!
By Terence is a real winner
May 10, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this
No, Tech didnt win it all in 1990 you ignorant wretch. They split(*) it with Colorado, who every intelligent person agrees was far superior to GTU that year.
You might just be upset because your team, like Barry Bonds, has to live in the record books with one of these (*) beside their name.
If UGA wanted to count the number of times ANYONE proclaimed them National Champs it would without a doubt exceed GTU’s.
By DawgFan
May 10, 2006 02:42 PM | Link to this
WE AT GERGIA CALL PEPLE NAMES LIKE ‘WRETCH’ WHEN WE GET FRUSTRATID AND CANT GET LOGGIKAL ARGUMENTS TOGETHER.
TECH PEOPLE THINK REEL FAST BUT WE MUCH BETTER BECUZ WE BARK LIKE A DAWG.
EVERYONE ELSE IN COUNTRY THINK WE R COOL AND RELLY SMARY AND FUNNY.
GO DAWGS!
By DawgFan
May 10, 2006 02:45 PM | Link to this
WE AT GERGIA CALL PEPLE NAMES LIKE ‘WRETCH’ WHEN WE GET FRUSTRATID AND CANT GET LOGGIKAL ARGUMENTS TOGETHER.
TECH PEOPLE THINK REEL FAST BUT WE MUCH BETTER BECUZ WE BARK LIKE A DAWG.
EVERYONE ELSE IN COUNTRY THINK WE R COOL AND RELLY SMARY AND FUNNY.
GO DAWGS!
By I'm feeling Jacket!
May 10, 2006 02:48 PM | Link to this
I can’t wait for the fall.
Gameday on North Avenue
You wake up in the top bunk, snug within your Star Trek bedsheets, with that feeling in the pit of your stomach. That pounding feeling, that giddy, nauseous rush that can mean only one thing. You rush to the potty and take care of business. The feeling goes away. But something about tinkling—the colors, the sounds—makes you remember: Yellow Jacket football today!
You put on your best yellow sweater and yellow knee-socks, though you call them “gold,” natch. Then, moving to the dresser, you specially polish your thick glasses, adding one final flourish—fresh tape wrapped around the bridge. Speaking of bridges, your braces are also polished to a fine sheen, new zits are popped, and you’re lookin’ GOOD! You’re lookin’ JACKET.
Heart pounding, you race up the steps from your parents’ basement. Mumsy and Pops are reading mail from the old home country in New Jersey where they hope to retire someday. You slip out the door quietly and pedal your 3-speed through the crisp autumn air, gameday flags a-flying from the handlebars. And there it is, just ahead—the MARTA station. It won’t be long now!
You climb onto a southbound train, your eyes scan the car, and—yes! There, sitting next to the chatty tranvestite—a man wearing YELLOW! You make your way over and wave your pom poms at him and giggle, and he says, “$#%^ off, %$$^&!” And now you feel it more strongly than ever—the essence of being a Tech fan. You giggle again more shrilly, dance away, then slide around safely under the seats until the stop at North Avenue, tee-heeing for all you’re worth as you elude the grasp of your tormentor and his switchblade. It’s sort of like Frodo hiding from the Black Riders, right here on MARTA!
You disembark at North Avenue, snatching quarters from a few homeless men, and take a deep breath of downtown Atlanta air—Tech air! Now you see swarms of other Jackets—two of them, three of them. It’s no wonder the stadium had to be expanded. You pause on the bridge over the Downtown Connector to indulge in a Tech tradition: spitting on cars passing underneath. It’s a massive traffic jam of red vehicles heading north, and you nail an RV with a big loogie from your morning Yoo Hoo Soda. Tee hee! Saliva, the GT calling card!
Then you’re on campus, a block from the stadium. You take in the grand pageantry that is game day. It’s the gray, smoggy sky; the deep blue of the police siren; the giggling of the frat boys enjoying an impromptu tickle pile on the sidewalk. It’s the sound of gunfire. It’s the beautiful women with their thick makeup, standing on the street corners and bantering with the passing cars. It’s the voice of Kim King, talking and talking and talking in his one-note melodic range; Wes Durham screaming about a one-yard gain. It’s the giant rubber bee, George O’Leary’s old bedroom toy, patched all over, making funny farting sounds as the air oozes out yet again. It’s Flag Boy, the aspiration of all Tech males. Tee hee!
Above all, it’s four notes on a trumpet. You hear them now, playing the hallowed music, the sacred music, the Hymn of the Bee. There it is now, and you lift your voice to join in, warm tears fogging your thick glasses. The whole stadium sings solemnly:
“When you say Bud…”
Those four notes on a trumpet, your call to Jackethood, setting your yellow heart aflutter. Deep down you know this is the year—the year you beat Duke AGAIN—you OWN Duke. The year you road-trip to a BRAND SPANKIN’-NEW STARTUP BOWL for the holidays. The year your first pubic hairs break the surface. This sacred moment cannot last. Someday, by the Great Pointed Ears of Leonard Nimoy, you will be in New Jersey. In Michigan. In North Dakota. Someday you will buy your parents a house with a bigger basemment for you to live in. But in your heart, you’ll always be a Tech Guy—a proud drop in the endless river of yellow!
By I'm feeling Jacket!
May 10, 2006 02:52 PM | Link to this
I can’t wait for the fall.
Gameday on North Avenue
You wake up in the top bunk, snug within your Star Trek bedsheets, with that feeling in the pit of your stomach. That pounding feeling, that giddy, nauseous rush that can mean only one thing. You rush to the potty and take care of business. The feeling goes away. But something about tinkling—the colors, the sounds—makes you remember: Yellow Jacket football today!
You put on your best yellow sweater and yellow knee-socks, though you call them “gold,” natch. Then, moving to the dresser, you specially polish your thick glasses, adding one final flourish—fresh tape wrapped around the bridge. Speaking of bridges, your braces are also polished to a fine sheen, new zits are popped, and you’re lookin’ GOOD! You’re lookin’ JACKET.
Heart pounding, you race up the steps from your parents’ basement. Mumsy and Pops are reading mail from the old home country in New Jersey where they hope to retire someday. You slip out the door quietly and pedal your 3-speed through the crisp autumn air, gameday flags a-flying from the handlebars. And there it is, just ahead—the MARTA station. It won’t be long now!
You climb onto a southbound train, your eyes scan the car, and—yes! There, sitting next to the chatty tranvestite—a man wearing YELLOW! You make your way over and wave your pom poms at him and giggle, and he says, “$#%^ off, %$$^&!” And now you feel it more strongly than ever—the essence of being a Tech fan. You giggle again more shrilly, dance away, then slide around safely under the seats until the stop at North Avenue, tee-heeing for all you’re worth as you elude the grasp of your tormentor and his switchblade. It’s sort of like Frodo hiding from the Black Riders, right here on MARTA!
You disembark at North Avenue, snatching quarters from a few homeless men, and take a deep breath of downtown Atlanta air—Tech air! Now you see swarms of other Jackets—two of them, three of them. It’s no wonder the stadium had to be expanded. You pause on the bridge over the Downtown Connector to indulge in a Tech tradition: spitting on cars passing underneath. It’s a massive traffic jam of red vehicles heading north, and you nail an RV with a big loogie from your morning Yoo Hoo Soda. Tee hee! Saliva, the GT calling card!
Then you’re on campus, a block from the stadium. You take in the grand pageantry that is game day. It’s the gray, smoggy sky; the deep blue of the police siren; the giggling of the frat boys enjoying an impromptu tickle pile on the sidewalk. It’s the sound of gunfire. It’s the beautiful women with their thick makeup, standing on the street corners and bantering with the passing cars. It’s the voice of Kim King, talking and talking and talking in his one-note melodic range; Wes Durham screaming about a one-yard gain. It’s the giant rubber bee, George O’Leary’s old bedroom toy, patched all over, making funny farting sounds as the air oozes out yet again. It’s Flag Boy, the aspiration of all Tech males. Tee hee!
Above all, it’s four notes on a trumpet. You hear them now, playing the hallowed music, the sacred music, the Hymn of the Bee. There it is now, and you lift your voice to join in, warm tears fogging your thick glasses. The whole stadium sings solemnly:
“When you say Bud…”
Those four notes on a trumpet, your call to Jackethood, setting your yellow heart aflutter. Deep down you know this is the year—the year you beat Duke AGAIN—you OWN Duke. The year you road-trip to a BRAND SPANKIN’-NEW STARTUP BOWL for the holidays. The year your first pubic hairs break the surface. This sacred moment cannot last. Someday, by the Great Pointed Ears of Leonard Nimoy, you will be in New Jersey. In Michigan. In North Dakota. Someday you will buy your parents a house with a bigger basemment for you to live in. But in your heart, you’ll always be a Tech Guy—a proud drop in the endless river of yellow!
By jackets fan
May 10, 2006 02:55 PM | Link to this
To all the Dawg fans on here making crack comments: At least Tech has the balls to schedule a top 10 team in a home and home series. UGA always plays Southwestern Louisiana Tech Community College (or others like them) and b*** when they aren’t considered a national championship contender. USC was willing to travel to Virginia to play VT in one of their national title seasons, as was Texas willing to travel to Ohio State last season. Meanwhile UGA never travels outside of SEC country to play anyone, and schedules cream puffs to come to Athens.
This is Tech’s chance to shock college football and knock off the Irish. I’ll be there. Will you?
By ND Cat
May 10, 2006 02:57 PM | Link to this
Go Irish!
I bought 8 Georgia Tech season tickets just to have 8 tickets to the ND game. Go Irish!
Does anyone want 8 tickets to the GA Tech vs. Samford game or GA Tech vs. Troy? Are those high schools in Marietta?
By Greg
May 10, 2006 02:59 PM | Link to this
If I were a betting man, I’d bet that none of the above-posting UGAg fans had ever set foot on UGAg’s campus on any day other than a gameday.
By JacketsFan
May 10, 2006 03:02 PM | Link to this
OK, I have to give you credit on a creative post…but really, don’t bring Leonard Nimoy into this….
By ND Cat
May 10, 2006 03:03 PM | Link to this
Go Irish!
I bought 8 Georgia Tech season tickets just to have 8 tickets to the ND game. Go Irish!
Does anyone want 8 tickets to the GA Tech vs. Samford game or GA Tech vs. Troy? Are those high schools in Marietta?
By ND Cat
May 10, 2006 03:03 PM | Link to this
Go Irish!
I bought 8 Georgia Tech season tickets just to have 8 tickets to the ND game. Go Irish!
Does anyone want 8 tickets to the GA Tech vs. Samford game or GA Tech vs. Troy? Are those high schools in Marietta?
By ND Cat
May 10, 2006 03:10 PM | Link to this
Go Irish!
I bought 8 Georgia Tech season tickets just to have 8 tickets to the ND game. Go Irish!
Does anyone want 8 tickets to the GA Tech vs. Samford game or GA Tech vs. Troy? Are those high schools in Marietta?
By Brian
May 10, 2006 03:12 PM | Link to this
Go Irish beat Jackets! Go Irish beat Jackets! I will continue to root for GT in the rest of their games. It is to bad that UGA will not schedule ND. Darius Walker, Toryan Smith, Ashley MCConnel, and Morrice Richardson’s coming home party! Go Irish beat Jackets! Go Irish beat Jackets!
By wes
May 10, 2006 03:19 PM | Link to this
Who has beat UGA the most? Auburn.
Who has beat UGA 2nd most? Georgia Tech.
Who are my favorite teams? GT and Auburn.
Mutts, you can go ahead and add 2 more losses courtesy of my favorite teams this year.
The Jackets will beat you in your cereal bowl of a stadium…boring!!!!
By techman75
May 10, 2006 03:27 PM | Link to this
Terrence, Terrence, Terrence… some of us have a little longer memory than our noses. The GT vs. Notre Dame game has always been big. It was big long before Herschel was born and they could not find enough people in Athens to fill that place. The ridiculous expansion was to a historic stadium that previously seated 70,000 and filled it every week before you were in diapers. The fact is that the stories of our not being afforded hot water and practice facilities in s. Bend are true. The “Rudy” game the “Fish” game, the tie of an undefeated #1 ND team, the win without a pass. Even at ND, the rivalry is legend although they only remember the wins.
We’ve played national level football on the flats for a very long time. go hang with the dawgs cause you’re stuck in the 80’s
1969: In a rare night game appearance, Ara Parseghian’s Irish beat Georgia Tech, 38-20 at Atlanta.
1967: Notre Dame wins game number 500, 36-3 over Georgia Tech.
1978: Vegas Ferguson sets an Irish record, rushing for 255 yards versus Georgia Tech.
1953: Top-ranked Notre Dame ends No.4 Georgia Tech’s thirty-one-game unbeaten streak at Notre Dame Stadium with an impressive 27-14 victory. The Fighting Irish out gain the Yellow Jackets on the ground, 323 yards to 131. At halftime, however, Coach Leahy faints due to a lower-chest muscle spasm. He misses the remainder of the game and is so ill, he is feared near death. Leahy returns to coach for the rest of the season, his last at Notre Dame.
1974: ND opens with a 31-7 pasting of Georgia Tech. I believe this is the game that an unruly Tech crowd taunted the Notre Dame players with racial and anti-catholic insults. They threw fish on the field, and a couple of the players mentioned that they actually feared for their safety as the game ended.
By Paul
May 10, 2006 03:30 PM | Link to this
I’m a Georgia fan, but when it comes to this game, GO TECH. No one outside South Bend can stand the obscenely overrated team that is Notre Dame. ESPN’s love affair with USC last year will switch to ND this year. It’s disgusting.
By John
May 10, 2006 03:55 PM | Link to this
You just worry about West Virginia!
By Second coming of Anna
May 10, 2006 04:01 PM | Link to this
Paul,
You will bow down to the mighty Irish and the Jackets next year. I am a native Atlantan and an ND Grad. I am very excited about this game between two schools that honor tradition and academics. Tech has had it’s issues over the past few years, but far short of the offenses in Athens. I mean, how many of that highly recruited freshman class of UGA last year actually made it to football season without being suspended for assaulting Nutrition professors when they got caught cheating. Boys will be boys, huh Richt (Bowden Jr.) Unfortunately, Brady Quinn, Darius Walker and Jeff Samardija are going to have their way with Tech. But I look for a big game from Calvin Johnson to keep Tech in it till the 4th Quarter. Techman - great walk down memory lane.
By Second coming of Anna
May 10, 2006 04:03 PM | Link to this
Paul,
You will bow down to the mighty Irish and the Jackets next year. I am a native Atlantan and an ND Grad. I am very excited about this game between two schools that honor tradition and academics. Tech has had it’s issues over the past few years, but far short of the offenses in Athens. I mean, how many of that highly recruited freshman class of UGA last year actually made it to football season without being suspended for assaulting Nutrition professors when they got caught cheating. Boys will be boys, huh Richt (Bowden Jr.) Unfortunately, Brady Quinn, Darius Walker and Jeff Samardija are going to have their way with Tech. But I look for a big game from Calvin Johnson to keep Tech in it till the 4th Quarter. Techman - great walk down memory lane.
By HereCometheIRISH
May 10, 2006 04:22 PM | Link to this
You-all are killing me… As if anyone outside of Georgia gives a damn about either GT or the DAWGS. This will be the one nationally televised game for GT, seen in all 50 states and bases overseas - hell ya - they should charge more for the tickets. I only hope Charlie and the IRISH are not looking past GT at PENN STATE, MICHIGAN, @ MICHIGAN STATE, PURDUE, STANFORD, UCLA in its first seven games. Note to the Dawgs - thats called a schedule. I just know the IRISH are back when I hear about the fish and all hate - don’t ya all love it? HERE COME THE IRISH!
By HereCometheIRISH
May 10, 2006 04:22 PM | Link to this
You-all are killing me… As if anyone outside of Georgia gives a damn about either GT or the DAWGS. This will be the one nationally televised game for GT, seen in all 50 states and bases overseas - hell ya - they should charge more for the tickets. I only hope Charlie and the IRISH are not looking past GT at PENN STATE, MICHIGAN, @ MICHIGAN STATE, PURDUE, STANFORD, UCLA in its first seven games. Note to the Dawgs - thats called a schedule. I just know the IRISH are back when I hear about the fish and all hate - don’t ya all love it? HERE COME THE IRISH!
By d
May 10, 2006 04:41 PM | Link to this
Go Irish!
By Rudy
May 10, 2006 04:47 PM | Link to this
Good to see that the Yellow Jackets aren’t afraid to play a team from the North. Too bad that the Poodles down in Athens are afraid to cross the Mason-Dixon line, otherwise, they’d have a home & home with the IRISH as well.
By shady
May 10, 2006 04:53 PM | Link to this
I am sick and tired of everybody talking about ND and what they did in the good ole days. If anybody put a decent team on the field back then they could win a national title. Now competition is much stiff with a wide range of quality teams. ND has not won a national since the 88” season. It has been nearly 20 years. When was the last time they even finished in the top 5? They are the most overhyped and overrated college program in any sport.
By shady
May 10, 2006 05:07 PM | Link to this
I am sick and tired of everybody talking about ND and what they did in the good ole days. If anybody put a decent team on the field back then they could win a national title. Now competition is much stiff with a wide range of quality teams. ND has not won a national since the 88” season. It has been nearly 20 years. When was the last time they even finished in the top 5? They are the most overhyped and overrated college program in any sport.
By Kyle
May 10, 2006 05:39 PM | Link to this
I did not read a lot of these postings, but the one thing I saw that was not noted by the so called Irish or the author of the article is; the Irish colors are Gold and Green. Not Gold and Blue. ?. To not know that would be like saying you are a Georgia fan who’s team colors are Red and Silver.
Funny. Go you fighting platypuses!
By Twin Dawg
May 10, 2006 06:55 PM | Link to this
Listen Nerds, especially you “RICKY REALIST.” Is that your stage name at the gay strip bar?! HA! Anyway, Coach Richt is not under any heat with job security. Two SEC championships in five years, 4 10 or more win seasons, and beating Tech every year is not going to jeopardize his job. The fact is you’re just jealous that we have the better coach, and as long as he is at UGA, we will be a national power! In regards to Florida and Auburn, they will get theirs before long.
See ya, and I am glad I am not a “FUZZY BEE”!
By We is ND
May 10, 2006 07:03 PM | Link to this
Hey to everyone wanting to know the point of the article… The point of the article was to inform the reader that ND always draws record crowds and that GT is going to be packed to the brim come sept. 2. And for everyone hatin on ND’s talent and strength of schedule… ND has a top 5 offense and a relatively decent defense to back it up… and there schedule was pre seasoned ranked most deficult until all the teams ND defeated lost other games as well… plus plays USC, Michigan, UCLA, Penn St., not to mention purdue, and your beloved GT. and to all you bashing there lore and glory in the old days about how if u put a decent football team on the field back then any one could win… that makes no sense… then how come GT couldnt win back then and ND has defeated Miami back in the day when they were number one… ND has beatin more number one teams then any other.
By NDShane
May 10, 2006 07:48 PM | Link to this
Very nice article, Go Irish! Will not say nothing bad about GT since I live in Chattanooga & Children’s Healthcare of Atl Emory at Egleston saved my daughter after she was born with a heart defect. Go Irish! Thanks Atlanta!
By cantstandyou
May 11, 2006 12:13 AM | Link to this
Mr. Moore, You visited Dunwoody High School last year and I wanted to cuss you out right there in the gym. You are probably the worse writer that I have ever read and the fact that you still have a job with the ajc is beyond me. Please leave Tech alone and let them do what they want to do. Thanks!!
By Meghan
May 11, 2006 12:45 AM | Link to this
Notre Dame’s colors are gold and blue Kyle. The alma mater “… proudly in the Heavens gleams thy GOLD and BLUE…”. You GT fans are riduculus. Notre Dame is gonna blow you guys out of the water. What do you people mean by we are overrated?? We had one of the best teams in the country last year and we didn’t really lose anyone and we have improved. How can you not say that we are going to be one of the top teams in the nation? And ESPN won’t have a fascination with us because they hate us and are jealous because they can’t get more than like 2 of our games a year. And I’m pretty sure that its more than just the people in South Bend who have Notre Dame fever for this coming year… have you read any articles at all?? I just suggest that you find some information about the irish before you start say stuff that is completely true.
And as always GO IRISH
By Daddy D
May 11, 2006 02:39 AM | Link to this
In a world governed by Darwin’s concept of survival of the fittest, all Tech players should be shot. A mass execution at halftime would make a marvelous show. GO IRISH!
By Rudy's Back
May 11, 2006 03:06 AM | Link to this
Notre Dame will do whatever the want to against Tech.Dog fans save your energy.It will be,yet,another bridsmaid season for you.Irish win championship #12 this year!!! God Bless Charlie Weis and Tiny Tim!!