Raise your hand if you thought it was a good game...
I have respect for the "Dawg" Fans that agreed because it was, in fact, a damn good game. I'm sure it was one of the highest rated games in the history of the Georgia & Georgia Tech rivalry series. Any true fan of either team waited until the last minute...nails were bitten to the cuticle...breaths were held.
I have no respect for the "Dawg" Fans that whined about the outcome either blaiming Coach Richt or saying Georgia played lousy. It was a 45-43 game; neither team played lousy. They both gave you something to watch. It seems as if you'll do everything except give Georgia Tech their due credit. Besides a few funky losses (North Carolina and Virgina broke my heart) they have had a great season (Boston College on the Eagles' turf! Come On!). I know you are waiting for me to make my point so here it is: It's been seven years, just give us one!
I'm wondering why there are not more Georgia Tech fans. A huge chunk of the population of Georgia is located in the Metro Atlanta dartboard where Tech just happens to be the bullseye. I consider it to be quite an accolade to be a technical institution renowned for having a great curriculum as well as having an athletic program that is competitive enough with colleges only known for their athletic programs.
But I understand that it is not all about accolades though. The morning show DJs I listen to in the mornings made a damn good point: when you think of UGA you think of...well..Georgia. Home the state you were born in, live in, and probably die in. You think of the sport that the South perfected and damn near made their own.
When you think of Georgia Tech, you don't think of Football. You don't think of the South (they are in the ACC instead of SEC). You probably think of a bunch of Transplant Yuppies with trust funds, calculators, and virginities. You think of Downtown Atlanta where pockets of southern culture are still trying to survive against the constant turnover of tourists and debauchery of out-of-state undergraduate students (ah...the good ol' days).
Maybe that would explain the overwhelming support for UGA over Tech in the State of Georgia. If this were true, which I think it is, it would also explain the overwhelming non-alumni support for UGA over Tech. I'll categorize this as a Chaos Thought issue since I'm not really bitching about anything.
I have respect for the "Dawg" Fans that agreed because it was, in fact, a damn good game. I'm sure it was one of the highest rated games in the history of the Georgia & Georgia Tech rivalry series. Any true fan of either team waited until the last minute...nails were bitten to the cuticle...breaths were held.
I have no respect for the "Dawg" Fans that whined about the outcome either blaiming Coach Richt or saying Georgia played lousy. It was a 45-43 game; neither team played lousy. They both gave you something to watch. It seems as if you'll do everything except give Georgia Tech their due credit. Besides a few funky losses (North Carolina and Virgina broke my heart) they have had a great season (Boston College on the Eagles' turf! Come On!). I know you are waiting for me to make my point so here it is: It's been seven years, just give us one!
I'm wondering why there are not more Georgia Tech fans. A huge chunk of the population of Georgia is located in the Metro Atlanta dartboard where Tech just happens to be the bullseye. I consider it to be quite an accolade to be a technical institution renowned for having a great curriculum as well as having an athletic program that is competitive enough with colleges only known for their athletic programs.
But I understand that it is not all about accolades though. The morning show DJs I listen to in the mornings made a damn good point: when you think of UGA you think of...well..Georgia. Home the state you were born in, live in, and probably die in. You think of the sport that the South perfected and damn near made their own.
When you think of Georgia Tech, you don't think of Football. You don't think of the South (they are in the ACC instead of SEC). You probably think of a bunch of Transplant Yuppies with trust funds, calculators, and virginities. You think of Downtown Atlanta where pockets of southern culture are still trying to survive against the constant turnover of tourists and debauchery of out-of-state undergraduate students (ah...the good ol' days).
Maybe that would explain the overwhelming support for UGA over Tech in the State of Georgia. If this were true, which I think it is, it would also explain the overwhelming non-alumni support for UGA over Tech. I'll categorize this as a Chaos Thought issue since I'm not really bitching about anything.
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