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Monday, May 7, 2007
A quarter century of winning
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s another streak that shows how long and how consistently Georgia Tech has produced winners.
Monday’s 15-7 baseball victory at South Florida lifted Tech’s record to 30-17, meaning the Yellow Jackets have won 30 or more games for 25 consecutive seasons. Since Year 2 of the Jim Morris era, when Tech won 30 or more games for the second time in school history, the Jackets have won 30 or more games every season. (The 40-win streak stands at seven seasons, by the way, and there’s no guarantee it will reach eight.)
The consecutive seasons with at least 30 victories is a little bit like the bowl streak in football, which reached 10 consecutive seasons at this year’s Gator Bowl.
I’ve heard fans gripe for two reasons about the bowl streak: 1) Big whoop, a lot of those bowls were lower-tier and didn’t even exist 30 years ago, and when’s the last time the Jackets were in a Bowl Championship Series game? 2) Who cares about getting to piddly bowls every year if you don’t play for the national title?
So, I wonder, are people going to say similar things about the baseball streak? What do you think? Would you trade consistent winning for one national title or more trips to the College World Series?
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