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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 6494" data-source="post: 913403"><p><h3><strong>CHAPTER 7</strong></h3><p>In 1945, Bobby Dodd became head coach at Georgia Tech at a salary of $8,400 a year. The same year he became head coach, the government withdrew the Navy V-12 program, and Tech’s players in the military had not yet returned.</p><p></p><p>This handed Dodd a big blow in his first season, and Tech's record was 4-6. Dodd was disappointed with the record for his first team, but later stated it was pretty good considering the talent at Tech for that year.</p><p></p><p>He immediately hired a high school coach from Madison, Kentucky, who was beating all the other high school teams with the “T” formation. Dodd did not have a quarterback to run the “T”, so he took the starting center, Ed Holtsinger, and made him the “T” quarterback.</p><p></p><p>Some players returned from the war in 1946, and Frank Broyles was one of the returnees. Dodd lightened up practice and tried to make football fun. The team would have competitive races for exercise and played touch football to stay in shape. The coaches also participated in the touch games.</p><p></p><p>Tech was 9-2 and beat St Mary’s in the Oil Bowl 41-19. Tech also experienced their first airline trip, when they flew to LSU and played against the famous quarterback, Y.A. Tittle. It was a huge upset by Tech over LSU. As a Tech halfback ran down the sidelines for another TD in the fourth quarter, an LSU athletic official, disgustedly, threw the main light switch casting the stadium into darkness. Tech won 26-7, and the extra point was never attempted. The game was called because of darkness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 6494, post: 913403"] [HEADING=2][B]CHAPTER 7[/B][/HEADING] In 1945, Bobby Dodd became head coach at Georgia Tech at a salary of $8,400 a year. The same year he became head coach, the government withdrew the Navy V-12 program, and Tech’s players in the military had not yet returned. This handed Dodd a big blow in his first season, and Tech's record was 4-6. Dodd was disappointed with the record for his first team, but later stated it was pretty good considering the talent at Tech for that year. He immediately hired a high school coach from Madison, Kentucky, who was beating all the other high school teams with the “T” formation. Dodd did not have a quarterback to run the “T”, so he took the starting center, Ed Holtsinger, and made him the “T” quarterback. Some players returned from the war in 1946, and Frank Broyles was one of the returnees. Dodd lightened up practice and tried to make football fun. The team would have competitive races for exercise and played touch football to stay in shape. The coaches also participated in the touch games. Tech was 9-2 and beat St Mary’s in the Oil Bowl 41-19. Tech also experienced their first airline trip, when they flew to LSU and played against the famous quarterback, Y.A. Tittle. It was a huge upset by Tech over LSU. As a Tech halfback ran down the sidelines for another TD in the fourth quarter, an LSU athletic official, disgustedly, threw the main light switch casting the stadium into darkness. Tech won 26-7, and the extra point was never attempted. The game was called because of darkness. [/QUOTE]
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