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<blockquote data-quote="Old South Stands" data-source="post: 217937" data-attributes="member: 1036"><p>A decent VCR recording of the game in Athens between the Yellow Jackets and the Bulldogs, complete with commercials. The audio is from the Tech radio broadcast and features Al Ciraldo and Kim King. This was still the era of the star running back who carried the ball most of the game -- unlike the platooning RBs we see today, especially in CPJ's system. For those too young to remember or not yet born, this game features Ramblin' Robert Lavette, arguably one of the very best Yellow Jacket RBs of the post-Dodd era and the best since Eddie Lee Ivery. He gets off to a slow start in the beginning of the game, but in the second half you really see his talents. This game also features Ken Whisenhunt and new Tech QB John Dewberry, who had transferred over from UGA! </p><p></p><p>Tech hadn't posted a victory over UGA since 1977, a span of 7 seasons. In many ways it was similar to 2008, when Paul Johnson's Jackets beat the Bulldogs in Athens after a string of 7 straight defeats. Tech was on the verge of Georgia beating them 8 times in a row, which would have tied the streak Dodd posted over the Bullodgs (still referred to as "The Drought" in Athens).</p><p></p><p>What was different about this game was the state of the program... Pepper Rodgers had some success against the Bulldogs during his tenure, but blew a large lead in 1978 (and still could have won the game with a bit better on-field coaching that day). The athletic talent between the two programs was for the most part equal until about that time. When Coach Rodgers was fired at the end of the '79 season, the football program was in shambles and on the verge of being shut down, if some sources are to be believed. Curry inherited a struggling program that managed a pair of incredible victories over Alabama, but lost to pretty much everyone else. Meanwhile over in Athens, the Bulldogs won their championship and Herschel fever was catching on all over the state of Georgia. By the mid '80s no one cared about Tech anymore, least of all the media. The question was, could Tech ever compete with UGA again?</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]-wPEQyJf0QU[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old South Stands, post: 217937, member: 1036"] A decent VCR recording of the game in Athens between the Yellow Jackets and the Bulldogs, complete with commercials. The audio is from the Tech radio broadcast and features Al Ciraldo and Kim King. This was still the era of the star running back who carried the ball most of the game -- unlike the platooning RBs we see today, especially in CPJ's system. For those too young to remember or not yet born, this game features Ramblin' Robert Lavette, arguably one of the very best Yellow Jacket RBs of the post-Dodd era and the best since Eddie Lee Ivery. He gets off to a slow start in the beginning of the game, but in the second half you really see his talents. This game also features Ken Whisenhunt and new Tech QB John Dewberry, who had transferred over from UGA! Tech hadn't posted a victory over UGA since 1977, a span of 7 seasons. In many ways it was similar to 2008, when Paul Johnson's Jackets beat the Bulldogs in Athens after a string of 7 straight defeats. Tech was on the verge of Georgia beating them 8 times in a row, which would have tied the streak Dodd posted over the Bullodgs (still referred to as "The Drought" in Athens). What was different about this game was the state of the program... Pepper Rodgers had some success against the Bulldogs during his tenure, but blew a large lead in 1978 (and still could have won the game with a bit better on-field coaching that day). The athletic talent between the two programs was for the most part equal until about that time. When Coach Rodgers was fired at the end of the '79 season, the football program was in shambles and on the verge of being shut down, if some sources are to be believed. Curry inherited a struggling program that managed a pair of incredible victories over Alabama, but lost to pretty much everyone else. Meanwhile over in Athens, the Bulldogs won their championship and Herschel fever was catching on all over the state of Georgia. By the mid '80s no one cared about Tech anymore, least of all the media. The question was, could Tech ever compete with UGA again? [MEDIA=youtube]-wPEQyJf0QU[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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