GT's Rich Tradition and History in College Football, What say You?

[OldJacketFan]

The Heisman Trophy
The Bobby Dodd Award
The Frank Broyles Award
The Homer Rice Award

No program has deeper and more historic ties to college football.

 

[Vespidae]

The three most important awards in college football after winning an NC are all named after Georgia Tech folks:

• Best player: Heisman Award
• Best Coach: Dodd Award
• Best Atletic Director: Rice Award

Pretty cool.

 

[LongforDodd]

7 - 6 over #1 ranked Alabama 1962 ( I'm in the North stands)
Dinner at Camellia Garden after the games.
John Wayne whistling "Ramblin Wreck" in the movie "The High and the Mighty".

Don't forget Gregory Peck and the Man in the Grey Flannel suit and Richard Nixon and Nikita Kruschchev at a Moscow summit

 

[Vespidae]

The win over #2 Alabama in Birmingham in '81.....the only game we won that year.

I was at that game and I still remember it. Jim Bob Taylor was our QB. Electric. And hot as Hades.

But the most memorable game for me was the 3-3 tie with Notre Dame. Great defensive match with the No. 1 team in the country.

 

[Animal02]

I was at that game and I still remember it. Jim Bob Taylor was our QB. Electric. And hot as Hades.

But the most memorable game for me was the 3-3 tie with Notre Dame. Great defensive match with the No. 1 team in the country.

Almost got arrest at the Alabama game......skipped the ND game

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

It can't compare to the 1962 Bama game in Atlanta, when Bama was undefeated and defending national champion. It was the "remember Darwin Holt" revenge game for what he did to Chick Granning in 1961 in Birmingham. By far the most intense football game I have ever attended. Tech won 7-6. Read about it here --- https://www.si.com/vault/1962/11/26/592367/a-rough-day-for-the-bear

 

[Stony157]

I lived in Cloudman dorm and remember walking directly across Techwood to be first or nearly first in line for the games to sit directly behind the visiting bench. Beat UT 6-3 in 1966. Kim King and Lenny Snow. Freshman football games. Bobby Dodd's last year coaching. Watching away games at the Varsity since there were no TVs in the dorms.

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

I lived in Cloudman dorm and remember walking directly across Techwood to be first or nearly first in line for the games to sit directly behind the visiting bench. Beat UT 6-3 in 1966. Kim King and Lenny Snow. Freshman football games. Bobby Dodd's last year coaching. Watching away games at the Varsity since there were no TVs in the dorms.

In the early 60s, Smith dorm had a TV in the lounge. I don't know if other dorms did or not, but I'm surprised if they didn't

 

[Sideways]

The win over #2 Alabama in Birmingham in '81.....the only game we won that year.

Beating Alabama in 1962 with sophomore Joe Namath. Beating Penn State in 1966 in Joe Paterno's first year. Beating Notre Dame in 1975? without throwing a pass. Watching David Sims, ELI, and Adrian Rucker run over UGA in the rain in Athens. Watching Rock Perdoni, Smylie Gebhardt and Bill Flowers shut down Michigan State 10-0 in 1970? The Black Watch with Ted Roof, Pat Swilling, Cleve Pounds, Ivery Lee, Glenn Spencer, and the guys shut down one opponent after another with ferocious tackling. Watching "Big Play" Willie Clay and All American Ken Swilling do their thing against Clemson in 1990. Watching in utter disbelief as Tenuta's defense absolutely terrorized number 3 Miami. Watching the underdog Jackets beat Auburn not once but twice. Megatron's miracle catch against NC State and another against Clemson. Tevin Washington having the game of his career against undefeated and heavily favored third ranked Clemson in 2011. So many memories even with all the obstacles placed before us by the Board of Regents, without a bag man in sight.