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DEL.ICIO.USMore answers for Dickey than Clinch
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tech’s off today, and I’m working on a story for Monday’s paper so I don’t have much to add. I do think Tech is better equipped to deal with the loss of C Ra’Sean Dickey for the fall semester, than Paul Hewitt’s team was set up to deal with the loss of G Lewis Clinch last spring.
Onto another sport, some folks told me the Great Yellow Jacket Encounter was not well organized yesterday, lines were long, and people were generally not respectful. I heard that some players stuck around longer than expected, though.
If you went, what was your experience like?
Matt
Comments
By K-Dogg
August 19, 2007 4:41 PM | Link to this
I had a great time and got plenty of time with players…while a queue probably would have helped keep things flowing better (and prevent cutting by ignorant fans who just didn’t know better), I think the heat made it feel worse than in past years. Again, I had a great time!
By TigerPaw
August 19, 2007 6:06 PM | Link to this
Couldn’t have been that much of a line with only three to four hundred fans.
By Knute
August 19, 2007 7:37 PM | Link to this
Matt,
Do you know if admission to a Tickle Pile and entrance to the Girlyman Competition come with the pizza and Season Football Tickets.
By TDone
August 19, 2007 8:00 PM | Link to this
TigerPaw,
You were not there. I was and the place was packed.
By gtpi
August 19, 2007 8:10 PM | Link to this
tiger paw …. obviously you were there in order to lend you opinion as to the attendance count. did you get an autograph from a real fb player btw?
how would you know what 300 people even looks like. we all know that tiger fans have to take their shoes off to count to 20…let alone count past 50. lmao. your too easy bra.
next….
By knute
August 19, 2007 8:23 PM | Link to this
i must confess that i am an ex gt baseball wannabee attending emory. i didnt make the gt baseball team because they caught my eyes straying in the shower. i guess i am more suited for the university of georgia life style….. sigh.
all these posts i post under diff names re tickle piles really applies to the ga bulldawgs. they have nothing to do whats so ever with the yellow jackets and my hidden desires.
go bullfrawgs
By Dude
August 19, 2007 9:00 PM | Link to this
Tigerpaw….lol. Griiiiiime. Cullen Harper? Roflcoptor.
By GT70
August 19, 2007 9:03 PM | Link to this
Knute, You must be the same Knute caught in that Dateline sting a few months ago. Shame on you.
By CRB
August 19, 2007 11:28 PM | Link to this
So…our beat writer didn’t make it to the event? I was kind of hoping for some first hand details from an AJC resource…
By GTFan
August 20, 2007 4:42 AM | Link to this
Matt, can we not block these tickle pile posters? That is what they are doing on AJC’s UGA blog, it is only fair to block these people here as well. Thanks for the great coverage!
By The Editor
August 20, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this
Sorry, we are unable to block posts that contain true facts. Since Georgia Tech has the ongoing Tickle Pile investigation it would be irresponsible to block posts that relate to Tickle Piles.
By jdb
August 20, 2007 1:09 PM | Link to this
The lines were long Saturday. It was not very organized. But some players really stepped up and made it a great day for some of the fans.
At about 5:00, one of the young lady’s from the sports dept was going to cut off the still long line about 15 feet in front of where my kids and I were standing.
Choice said he was not going anywhere he was there for the fans and signed autographs and did pictures for another hour. So did Taylor Bennett (when we left he was the only player left, still smiling and getting pictures made - only about 5 fans still there)… Some of the other guys who stayed until all fans were taken care of …. J Dwyer, P Wheeler, M Johnson, DJ Johnson, J Lewis, AJ Smith, G Guyton, M Burnett and some others … Tashard, Taylor and these guys showed some real character
I think seeing that character and attitude was my favorite part of the day….
By scott
August 20, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this
The lines were long on Saturday, but the players seemed very happy with the turnout. Each time I told a player how much we appreciated them signing autographs in the hottest part of the day after practicing for two hours, the players responded by telling me how grateful they were we came.
Many said bring more with you next time! These young men deserve our support.
By GT45
August 20, 2007 4:41 PM | Link to this
I had a previous ‘family’ affair I had to attend, but would have absolutely been there otherwise, with my kids. We attended the GT night at the Braves game Friday night and really had a good time. There seemed to be a good Tech crowd there that night, but no football players. We had a great time meeting members of the baseball and women’s tennis, volley ball, and basketball teams. All were genuinely nice and posed for many pictures with my son and daughter. The band was great and the glee club performed extremely well. The night was nicely done.
By GTNC
August 20, 2007 9:42 PM | Link to this
Tiger fans……go blog about the little team that couldn’t. Big bad Clemson…always a day late and a dollar short. And by next year….a coach. I respect UGA fans b/c they win. But Tiger fans???? Give me a break. Go pick on Duke and stay off our blog. Until you win your division and more than 7 games then you may talk smack in the state of Georgia!!!!