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<blockquote data-quote="AKABuzz" data-source="post: 422683" data-attributes="member: 4011"><p>Hello everyone. My name is Steve and I am known on this and other boards as AKABuzz. My wife and I live in south Forsyth county in the John’s Creek area. I got out of Tech in 1978 with my BNE and am a first generation Tech man. I have two grown children. My son and daughter-in-law are both Tech grads and my daughter-in-law is expecting our first grandchild later this month. My wife, daughter, and son-in-law are all dawgs. So, we truly are a house divided.</p><p></p><p>I grew up in Dekalb county and went to Columbia Elementary and Columbia High. Growing up, I never had any strong allegiance to any school but I do remember listening to Al Ciraldo call GT games on the radio. Names like Rock Perdoni and Peanut Murphy stuck with me. No one in my family had ever gone to college before, so picking a college was something new. My dad had ushered at Bobby Dodd as a kid/teen and we had attended some of the freshmen JV games vs UGA on Thanksgiving, so those were my only ties to any school. In high school, I had no idea of what I wanted to be or where I wanted to go. I narrowed it down to going to UGA and journalism school, or going to Tech and becoming an engineer. After looking at starting salaries, it was a no brainer. I was going to Tech. It made my parents happy as I could continue to live at home and work with my Dad while going to college.</p><p></p><p>I had no idea what kind of engineer I wanted to be. After looking at all of the majors, I finally decided I would choose, what to me seemed to be the hardest major, Nuclear Engineering. I figured if I couldn’t cut it in NE, I could always change to another major (no offense meant to others with different majors. Just relating my mindset at 17 years old.) However, after getting to Tech, I found NE fascinating. I have had a great career working on everything from nuclear submarines, nuclear reactors, to clean up technologies from Chernobyl. It has been a while since I’ve done any Engineering, as I’ve transitioned over to Sales/Business Development and Project Management. I have had my PMP since 2005. I get great enjoyment from making a successful sale, or completing a successful project. After a recent long term health issue, I find myself looking for my next opportunity. So, if anyone has a new opportunity, hit me up.</p><p></p><p>As for GT sports, my first actual Tech game was in September, 1974. It was Pepper Rodgers first game as GT’s coach. It was a nationally televised game against Notre Dame. We lost that night, but I was hooked. The pageantry, the excitement, Rats on the field, it was also exhilarating. I was hooked. I can’t say I went to all the home GT games while at Tech, after all I was balancing school, work and a girlfriend in Athens, but I probably went to90% of them. Went to a few basketball games and watched Brooke Steppe and Tico Brown.</p><p></p><p>We have had season football tix for most seasons since 1982 and a few seasons of basketball here and there. My favorite football games were in 1990. First, there was Shawn Jones and The Run against Clemson. Later, it was the Citrus Bowl and the national championship. I was at both and can’t ever remember being so happy. My favorite GT football player was Lucius Sanford. My favorite GT basketball player was Bruce Dalrymple.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, didn’t mean to write so much. It is just fun remembering all the good times. I am appreciative for this board and all the memories/info of all things Tech. SWMBO and I tailgate in the East Lot, so come by and say “Hi” and grab whatever we have out on the table.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AKABuzz, post: 422683, member: 4011"] Hello everyone. My name is Steve and I am known on this and other boards as AKABuzz. My wife and I live in south Forsyth county in the John’s Creek area. I got out of Tech in 1978 with my BNE and am a first generation Tech man. I have two grown children. My son and daughter-in-law are both Tech grads and my daughter-in-law is expecting our first grandchild later this month. My wife, daughter, and son-in-law are all dawgs. So, we truly are a house divided. I grew up in Dekalb county and went to Columbia Elementary and Columbia High. Growing up, I never had any strong allegiance to any school but I do remember listening to Al Ciraldo call GT games on the radio. Names like Rock Perdoni and Peanut Murphy stuck with me. No one in my family had ever gone to college before, so picking a college was something new. My dad had ushered at Bobby Dodd as a kid/teen and we had attended some of the freshmen JV games vs UGA on Thanksgiving, so those were my only ties to any school. In high school, I had no idea of what I wanted to be or where I wanted to go. I narrowed it down to going to UGA and journalism school, or going to Tech and becoming an engineer. After looking at starting salaries, it was a no brainer. I was going to Tech. It made my parents happy as I could continue to live at home and work with my Dad while going to college. I had no idea what kind of engineer I wanted to be. After looking at all of the majors, I finally decided I would choose, what to me seemed to be the hardest major, Nuclear Engineering. I figured if I couldn’t cut it in NE, I could always change to another major (no offense meant to others with different majors. Just relating my mindset at 17 years old.) However, after getting to Tech, I found NE fascinating. I have had a great career working on everything from nuclear submarines, nuclear reactors, to clean up technologies from Chernobyl. It has been a while since I’ve done any Engineering, as I’ve transitioned over to Sales/Business Development and Project Management. I have had my PMP since 2005. I get great enjoyment from making a successful sale, or completing a successful project. After a recent long term health issue, I find myself looking for my next opportunity. So, if anyone has a new opportunity, hit me up. As for GT sports, my first actual Tech game was in September, 1974. It was Pepper Rodgers first game as GT’s coach. It was a nationally televised game against Notre Dame. We lost that night, but I was hooked. The pageantry, the excitement, Rats on the field, it was also exhilarating. I was hooked. I can’t say I went to all the home GT games while at Tech, after all I was balancing school, work and a girlfriend in Athens, but I probably went to90% of them. Went to a few basketball games and watched Brooke Steppe and Tico Brown. We have had season football tix for most seasons since 1982 and a few seasons of basketball here and there. My favorite football games were in 1990. First, there was Shawn Jones and The Run against Clemson. Later, it was the Citrus Bowl and the national championship. I was at both and can’t ever remember being so happy. My favorite GT football player was Lucius Sanford. My favorite GT basketball player was Bruce Dalrymple. Anyway, didn’t mean to write so much. It is just fun remembering all the good times. I am appreciative for this board and all the memories/info of all things Tech. SWMBO and I tailgate in the East Lot, so come by and say “Hi” and grab whatever we have out on the table. [/QUOTE]
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