ATHENS, GA - There were moments, plural, all season long when they could have given up. There were moments, plural, on Saturday when they could have caved. Instead, the 2014 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (10-2, 6-2) looked adversity in the eye time and time again and fought their way to an undisputed 30-24 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday in Sanford Stadium.
And there is no denying they earned it.
Saturday's battle between the Yellow Jackets and Bulldogs was the 109th edition of Clean, Old Fashioned Hate and included all the elements of an instant classic. The teams alternated scores throughout regulation, combined for three lost fumbles within two yards of the end zone, and continually delivered seemingly game-ending body blows. Georgia's go-ahead touchdown with 18 seconds remaining in regulation could have been the final nail in Georgia Tech's coffin if not for a 53-yard, game-tying field goal by Harrison Butker as time expired.
