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<blockquote data-quote="gtpi" data-source="post: 374370" data-attributes="member: 869"><p>i grew up in ohio and was an ohio state fan while watching jerry lucas... john havlacek etc. not sure exactly what year it was but i can remember listening to the bucks on the radio playing some team i never heard of named the yellow jackets. i think kaiser was on that team.</p><p></p><p>yes he was and the year was 1960. osu creamed us by almost 20 points.</p><p><a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1960-03-12-georgia-tech.html" target="_blank">https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1960-03-12-georgia-tech.html</a></p><p></p><p>i went to tosu as a freshman and met jimmie cleamons (former coach of the celtics) and used to play pick ball with him and a teammate of coack k's from army named pete. jimmie prob still remembers the tiny kid he called 'scraggs' heh. i was something else. tried out for the osu team with fred taylor as coach. made the first cut and ended up zigging when i should have zagged and ended up with 14 stitches above my eyebrow. an that was all she wrote for me.</p><p></p><p>when i moved to atlanta i realized i was smarter than the clemson civil engineers i worked with. decided to go to back to school and was down to auburn...clemson and ga tech. i chose tech and it wasnt even close. i graduated in 1982 where i met bobby cremins while he was walking in front of the library. we talked for a good 20 minutes and i told him how much i enjoyed his building of the jackets.</p><p></p><p>by that time i was hooked and hooked big time.</p><p></p><p>moved to jacksonville where i served on the gator bowl committee as a volunteer. met bobby 2 more times. once while on the bench during a tourney game with jacksonville. was in the locker room at half time. even mark price was not off limits to bobby's more than salty half time talk. heh</p><p></p><p>i met john salley mark price and the rest of the team. anthony sherrod was on that team. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> still have a picture of me mark and bobby after the game. also had the pleasure of meeting the late great al ciraldo. john salley was an ahole even back then which should be of no surprise. mark doesnt look stout enough to ever have played in the nba let alone be an all star.</p><p></p><p>been a fan since the late 70's and still a fan today.</p><p></p><p>i also met bill curry but thats another story all by itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gtpi, post: 374370, member: 869"] i grew up in ohio and was an ohio state fan while watching jerry lucas... john havlacek etc. not sure exactly what year it was but i can remember listening to the bucks on the radio playing some team i never heard of named the yellow jackets. i think kaiser was on that team. yes he was and the year was 1960. osu creamed us by almost 20 points. [URL]https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1960-03-12-georgia-tech.html[/URL] i went to tosu as a freshman and met jimmie cleamons (former coach of the celtics) and used to play pick ball with him and a teammate of coack k's from army named pete. jimmie prob still remembers the tiny kid he called 'scraggs' heh. i was something else. tried out for the osu team with fred taylor as coach. made the first cut and ended up zigging when i should have zagged and ended up with 14 stitches above my eyebrow. an that was all she wrote for me. when i moved to atlanta i realized i was smarter than the clemson civil engineers i worked with. decided to go to back to school and was down to auburn...clemson and ga tech. i chose tech and it wasnt even close. i graduated in 1982 where i met bobby cremins while he was walking in front of the library. we talked for a good 20 minutes and i told him how much i enjoyed his building of the jackets. by that time i was hooked and hooked big time. moved to jacksonville where i served on the gator bowl committee as a volunteer. met bobby 2 more times. once while on the bench during a tourney game with jacksonville. was in the locker room at half time. even mark price was not off limits to bobby's more than salty half time talk. heh i met john salley mark price and the rest of the team. anthony sherrod was on that team. :( still have a picture of me mark and bobby after the game. also had the pleasure of meeting the late great al ciraldo. john salley was an ahole even back then which should be of no surprise. mark doesnt look stout enough to ever have played in the nba let alone be an all star. been a fan since the late 70's and still a fan today. i also met bill curry but thats another story all by itself. [/QUOTE]
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