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<blockquote data-quote="Old South Stands" data-source="post: 466574" data-attributes="member: 1036"><p>I rooted for both the Yellow Jackets and the Bulldogs way back when because they both represented the state of Georgia. Our Pop Warner program at Murphey Candler used to bus us out to Athens each season to see the Bulldogs if we sold enough raffle tickets. Leftover Tech tickets were given out to everybody for free or sold for peanuts, almost as an afterthought. But it was still fun to go out to Grant Field and see the games.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't until about '76 that I became a Tech fan exclusively. A friend in my fourth grade class was the son of a very wealthy alum. He invited me out to see the Jackets play UVA from the press box area. It was great seeing Eddie Lee Ivery live! I also saw the Jackets play Tulane that year. After that, I'd finally caught the bug. Plus, the Yellow Jackets sort of had Pittsburgh Steelers colors, so that helped. Geography also played a role. Growing up on the northern edge of Brookhaven, Tech was the true hometown team -- not that other team in Athens. In '77 I attended the Pepper Rodgers Football School and got best defensive lineman award for my age group (I considered it a tryout for my future football career at Tech, which sadly, never happened).</p><p></p><p>The '78 loss to UGA was when the rivalry really became personal to me, though I never really hated UGA until after 1980. When UGA won it all, I was ambivalent about the whole thing. It didn't really matter one way or the other. But then their fans started getting ugly. If you think Tech is in a down trend now, or think Bill Lewis was the worst, Tech in 1980-81 was in a truly sorry state of affairs. And yet, most UGA fans I knew went out of their way to trash Tech and put Tech fans down. What champions with any class do that sort of thing, go out of their way to dump on the nobody? The media and most fans in the state of Georgia all hopped on the Bulldog/Herschel bandwagon and never looked back. That's when I started rooting for anyone who played UGA. If the Soviets had fielded a team, I would have unquestionably rooted for them over the Bulldogs. The 1982 Sugar Bowl was one of the best games (with one of the most exciting endings) I've ever watched. I guess disliking UGA goes hand-in-hand with being a Tech fan...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old South Stands, post: 466574, member: 1036"] I rooted for both the Yellow Jackets and the Bulldogs way back when because they both represented the state of Georgia. Our Pop Warner program at Murphey Candler used to bus us out to Athens each season to see the Bulldogs if we sold enough raffle tickets. Leftover Tech tickets were given out to everybody for free or sold for peanuts, almost as an afterthought. But it was still fun to go out to Grant Field and see the games. It wasn't until about '76 that I became a Tech fan exclusively. A friend in my fourth grade class was the son of a very wealthy alum. He invited me out to see the Jackets play UVA from the press box area. It was great seeing Eddie Lee Ivery live! I also saw the Jackets play Tulane that year. After that, I'd finally caught the bug. Plus, the Yellow Jackets sort of had Pittsburgh Steelers colors, so that helped. Geography also played a role. Growing up on the northern edge of Brookhaven, Tech was the true hometown team -- not that other team in Athens. In '77 I attended the Pepper Rodgers Football School and got best defensive lineman award for my age group (I considered it a tryout for my future football career at Tech, which sadly, never happened). The '78 loss to UGA was when the rivalry really became personal to me, though I never really hated UGA until after 1980. When UGA won it all, I was ambivalent about the whole thing. It didn't really matter one way or the other. But then their fans started getting ugly. If you think Tech is in a down trend now, or think Bill Lewis was the worst, Tech in 1980-81 was in a truly sorry state of affairs. And yet, most UGA fans I knew went out of their way to trash Tech and put Tech fans down. What champions with any class do that sort of thing, go out of their way to dump on the nobody? The media and most fans in the state of Georgia all hopped on the Bulldog/Herschel bandwagon and never looked back. That's when I started rooting for anyone who played UGA. If the Soviets had fielded a team, I would have unquestionably rooted for them over the Bulldogs. The 1982 Sugar Bowl was one of the best games (with one of the most exciting endings) I've ever watched. I guess disliking UGA goes hand-in-hand with being a Tech fan... [/QUOTE]
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