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"...required while taking domicile under my roof to support the Jackets" I got that beat. My father required his children to stand up for the "national anthem" which at our house was "Ramblin Wreck" when he would play it on our stereo. It was part of a collection of best known college fight...

I don't question that they have a "chip on their shoulder" one would hope so after the two beatdowns to end last season. What are they going to do when Clemson or Ole Miss or UCF slaps that chip off their shoulder? It is imperative that this team play way above expectations the first three...

True, but it has been done before. Bill Curry's 1983 team went 3-8 and everyone thought that Tech was finished as a football team. First game of 1984, Tech was playing Alabama under first year coach Ray Perkins who had the misfortune of following the Bear. Alabama won the toss and elected to...

My father said that post World War II the steam whistle sounded every hour to signal a change in classes. Keep in mind that the Institute in the early 1950s was much smaller than today. It used to sound off whenever Tech won a game. When I was a college student in the 1970s and went to all...

I knew there was a "Hornet" around here somewhere.

Just curious. Is Michigan State a red haired stepchild in the Great Lakes State?

A person with "no affiliation with the school whatsoever..." pretty much fits the definition of a sidewalk fan. Those who are the offspring of alumni, grew up going to Tech games, alumni (obviously), are not true sidewalk fans. UGA is has tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, maybe...

Your positive optimism does you credit. We have not been "playing the same hands as Clemson, Bama, UGA or other top flight programs" for quite some time. Neither has most of the bottom two thirds or so of the Power 5 conference teams.

The other night I was watching a replay of the 1985 game with NC State. Granted the Wolfpack struggled that year but what I could not help but notice was that when they would throw a pass to a back out in the flats, it looked like a huge piece of meat dropped into a pool with a school of...

OK, I just wanted affirmation and a hug.

Coach Collins needs to take over all aspects of that defense and get those men to play with their hair on fire. He did it before and he can do it again but relying on Coach Thacker is not going to get it done. God knows we simply cannot get into shootouts with the offense we have.

Talent it turns out was among the least of Coach Collins' worries. I don't think it was talent that caused us to suffer losses to The Citadel and Northern Illinois. Nor was it talent that resulted in a historic beat down at Clemson and talent was not the only reason for failing to score any...

Is 4 wins now considered a "breakout season"?

If you are going to wear blue jerseys, that is the way it should be done. IMHO. Of course, Calvin looked good in blue, white, gold, and anything else.

Dodd refused to play Ole Miss or Mississippi State (because of money) so I guess he had to play LSU. At least he made some money going to Tiger Stadium. By not playing Mississippi State, he ended up with playing Tennessee, Alabama, and UGA all in a row. The SEC was a tough neighborhood even...

I don't have to "prove" anything. The photo was in my late father's yearbook circa 1948 or thereabouts and it clearly showed the Tech co-captains wearing blue uniforms with gold pants. Don't know what color the helmets were. It was startling to see a color photograph in a yearbook from that...

I knew the "Black Watch" these guys are nowhere close to the "Black Watch" except in the wearing of similar uniforms.

Well, Dodd swore in his autobiography that changing the uniforms from the "drab" his words, mustard jerseys to the bright dark blue and gold uniforms was worth a touchdown. Don't know but Tech won a lot of games in both of them with one national championship apiece with the blue alternating...

OK, that is black with a different shade of gold. Sand? If they say so. Helmet? Pretty good look actually.

Well, to be honest, I have always been partial to the Chan era gold jerseys with the gold helmets and black trim. Seems there was a small lettering "YELLOW JACKETS" on the front. The white pants had a gold stripe with black trim. Classic look but understandably people would complain about...