by Rex Robinson
Posts tagged Clean Old Fashioned Hate
Tech’s Johnson is a Huge One
Dec 1st
Georgia Bulldogs Fans are the ones buzzing for a change today. Georgia Tech Head Coach Paul Johnson went on local sports radio and issued marching orders for Yellow Jacket fans who didn’t like the backlash of a year of dishing it out. “Develop a thick skin. If a (Georgia)guy is giving you a hard time, punch him in the face”.
Sound like somebody unaffected by getting his ass kicked?
I never liked losing either, but had enough personal fortitude to not lose my cool under pressure. He has repeatedly tried to downplay the significance of the instate rivalry with Georgia. It’s to his benefit to do so because he knows he will always be second fiddle. I don’t mind the idea of Tech not being intimidated by Georgia, but this is over the top B.S. and he should be reprimanded by Tech officials, but I bet he won’t be. Being intelligent does not make you an ass, but in Georgia Tech’s case, it sure does help.
If Only…
Dec 1st
You might think the title of this blog is in reference to the Georgia Bulldog’s season. I will let others offer their opinions on that. A great deal of that is conjecture. I am going to write about what I know. When the Dawgs rose up and won the “State Championship” Saturday night, they relegated Georgia Tech’s season to just another pretty good season.
It matters not whether they win the ACC Championship and a subsequent BCS Bowl Game, 2009 will be remembered the year they could have had it all and blew it against Georgia. I am not trying to poke fun or mock the Yellow Jackets. I am dead serious. Even at 12-2, the “two” will loom large and the Georgia loss will always be a wound that no salve will heal.
Players and teams alike remember their failures just as much as their successes. If the Yellow Jackets don’t win against Clemson and then win a lesser Bowl, they will have a record of 11-3 and nothing tangible to show for a season that had so much promise.
Last week it was our seniors losing on senior night to a Kentucky team we should have beaten. This week, Georgia Tech had no idea what was in store for them. A Georgia Bulldog team that learned lessons from the self inflicted wounds of a year ago, made a conscious decision to play football. It showed from beginning to end. A complete game. If they wanted to play the role of spoiler, they did a great job.
No matter what happens, the GT players will always say…”If only we had beaten Georgia”, the 2009 season would have been great.
Yeah…If only.
Throwback Thursday – Easy to Hate? Damn Straight…
Nov 26th
Georgia Bulldogs fans will remember 1977 as one of the few losing seasons we have had to endure in the Dawg Nation. In fact, In my 50 years on the planet, UGA has had 7 losing seasons. Georgia Tech has had 15, just fyi. I have talked about my freshman year(‘77) a few times. This Tech game could have been called the battle of the bogus. The winner would go 6-5, the loser 5-6. Tech won.
The reason for my post is not about what happened between the lines, but what happened in the stands and on the sidelines. Keep in mind, this was the last game of the year of course, and probably our fourth away game. Nothing we had experienced, prepared me for what happened that day, but some background first.
I think it’s important to say, I did not grow up a huge Georgia fan. My family had no loyalties to speak of. When my recruitment began, Georgia Tech was front and center and actually pursued me more aggressively than Georgia did. Memphis State was also in the mix, but was too far away for my liking. The point is, I went to plenty of Tech games as a recruit. Even so, I had no idea what was in store when one year later, I would return as a Georgia Bulldog.
From the very beginning we knew it was going to be a long day. The Georgia Tech student section was hurling insults and dog biscuits during the game. We had to wear our helmets the entire time or run the risk of getting hit in the face. We had already experienced our fair share of injuries, but the total would increase this day. Things got so bad, fellow freshman Scott Woerner, who at that point was mainly a return man, was taking snaps in case he had to play quarterback.
The seeds of hatred were sown in very fertile soil that day. Taking abuse from the likes of these nerds, who apparently had so much pent up rage from the repeated wedgies of days gone by, they couldn’t help themselves. This was their chance. To throw things from well outside of harm’s way, in the melting pot of humanity, obscure as ever. The fact that no one in authority, i.e. security/police did anything, lets me know that the lack of class went all the way to the top.
My only advice to you is this Tech fan. Enjoy yourself while you can, because your success against Georgia is the exception, not the rule. But then you knew that, didn’t you? If you win this weekend, you will inch closer to having a winning record against UGA at Bobby Dodd Stadium/Grant Field.
Right now it stands at UGA 25…Georgia Tech 20…3 ties.
Go Dawgs!
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