I want to thank all you guys who have posted on this thread. When I created it this morning, I figured I would only get 5 or 6 response, and yet we are now on page 2. I am pleasantly stunned. LOL
I re-read the article, and it turns out I misstated his claim to fame. He has not just attended 200 games, he has attended 200 CONSECUTIVE games, dating back to 2000. That is obviously impressive, but IMO it's also stupid. I can't imagine shelling out all that time and money for anything, no...
I saw some fantastic wins by the Jackets in Athens over the years that I went, but most notably the 1974 game when I took my dad in the bitter wind and rain, and, asking him at halftime if he wanted to leave, he refused saying he was enjoying it too much.
I quit going to Athens after the debacle there in 2002. Prior to then, I had been to Athens every year we played there after I got out of Tech in 1967.
In today's Augusta (GA) paper, whose sports page is almost solely devoted to "news" from Athens, there was a column about a "superfan" who has attended 200 games. I thought well damn, that's not really all that many, so I looked at how many I have attended. Using an average of 6 home games a...
I am not yet convinced that we are moving forward, although I do believe we are trying to. But I totally agree that rehiring Gailey would be moving backwards.