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<blockquote data-quote="91Wreck" data-source="post: 152012" data-attributes="member: 680"><p>I grew up in a small south Georgia town in the 70's and 80's. As a young kid I didn't even know Ga. Tech existed. All I ever heard anybody talk about was ugag. </p><p></p><p>My dad was the head basketball coach at our local high school. I remember being about 9-10 years old and walking into his office in the gym (which he shared with the head football coach) and seeing a football poster with this team with white and gold uniforms. I asked dad why ugag had changed its colors and added the "Tech" at the end. He told me that it was a completely different school. I started reading the poster about the 1929 Rose Bowl and "wrong way Roy Riegels". For some reason that poster stuck with me and GT immediately became my favorite team. It really is strange how the a small twist of fate shaped my love for GT.</p><p></p><p>In the early 80's dad took me to my first college basketball game where I watched freshman Mark Price and John Salley lead GT to a victory in the Cotton States Classic. I was hooked. From that moment on I said I was going to GT, even though I didn't know anything about engineering! I was the only Tech fan at my high school, so life was tough. But Tech came through in 84 and 85 against the mutts and my mutt friends quit kidding me about Tech.</p><p></p><p>I enrolled at Tech in the Fall of '88 and was at the Citrus Bowl when GT won the NC. I graduated in 91 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.</p><p></p><p>Other than my time at GT and a brief two year stint living in Richmond, VA, I have always lived in small Ga. towns surrounded by mutt fans. But I raised my children right. No taking the easy path and cheering for ugag like all of their friends. I always dressed them in GT apparel - especially my oldest daughter. I bought her multiple GT cheerleading uniforms when she was little girl. Now, she is a freshman at GT and IS a cheerleader. I almost cried at the first football game when I saw her cheering on the sideline!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="91Wreck, post: 152012, member: 680"] I grew up in a small south Georgia town in the 70's and 80's. As a young kid I didn't even know Ga. Tech existed. All I ever heard anybody talk about was ugag. My dad was the head basketball coach at our local high school. I remember being about 9-10 years old and walking into his office in the gym (which he shared with the head football coach) and seeing a football poster with this team with white and gold uniforms. I asked dad why ugag had changed its colors and added the "Tech" at the end. He told me that it was a completely different school. I started reading the poster about the 1929 Rose Bowl and "wrong way Roy Riegels". For some reason that poster stuck with me and GT immediately became my favorite team. It really is strange how the a small twist of fate shaped my love for GT. In the early 80's dad took me to my first college basketball game where I watched freshman Mark Price and John Salley lead GT to a victory in the Cotton States Classic. I was hooked. From that moment on I said I was going to GT, even though I didn't know anything about engineering! I was the only Tech fan at my high school, so life was tough. But Tech came through in 84 and 85 against the mutts and my mutt friends quit kidding me about Tech. I enrolled at Tech in the Fall of '88 and was at the Citrus Bowl when GT won the NC. I graduated in 91 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Other than my time at GT and a brief two year stint living in Richmond, VA, I have always lived in small Ga. towns surrounded by mutt fans. But I raised my children right. No taking the easy path and cheering for ugag like all of their friends. I always dressed them in GT apparel - especially my oldest daughter. I bought her multiple GT cheerleading uniforms when she was little girl. Now, she is a freshman at GT and IS a cheerleader. I almost cried at the first football game when I saw her cheering on the sideline! [/QUOTE]
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