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Heisman's Ghost
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All of them well deserved.
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Congratulations to all of these fine coaches and players.
My favorite - and I'm very glad to see him in the HoF - is Mackel Harris. He is a prototypical Tech diamond in the rough. How many people - then and now - would have recruited a 6', 180 Lb? But Pepper saw something that others didn't: he cut a 4.5 40. I used to really enjoy watching Harris run right around blockers, taking angles never thought to any LB, and tackle RBs from behind. He was fast as lightening.
My favorite - and I'm very glad to see him in the HoF - is Mackel Harris. He is a prototypical Tech diamond in the rough. How many people - then and now - would have recruited a 6', 180 Lb? But Pepper saw something that others didn't: he cut a 4.5 40. I used to really enjoy watching Harris run right around blockers, taking angles never thought to any LB, and tackle RBs from behind. He was fast as lightening.
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I agree with you about Harris. I have always thought that the top dozen or so players on Rogers' teams during his tenure were the best talent I have ever seen a coach recruit to Tech. Just so many guys that were clear NFL prospects even with running that dadgum wishbone. Depth, however, was an issue but that has been the case for all of our coaches in my time as a fan.
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IIRC Harris was also the 1975 State AA - then the 2nd largest classification in GA - 100 & 220 Yard Dash Champions for the Americus track team.
The 1975 14-0 Americus FB team won their 2nd consecutive state title 34-0 vs Dalton after also going 14-0 the previous year (beat West Rome with future GT punter Harper Brown). Harris was a two-time 1st team All-State lineman & the 1975 AJC AA Lineman of the Year.
He may have been a "diamond in the rough," but he dominated at his level in HS & was hardly unnoticed. With his speed & going against today's pass-happy offenses, he'd prob be a S or Cover Corner instead of an OLB.
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As I recall, Mackel met a Gator running back in the hole to finish off a goal line stand that led to a homecoming victory in ‘78.
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yep, the first time I saw him at practice with no shirt as Fr he was scary--looked like a chiseled stature of GRANITE. That with speed made him special.
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We had the same reaction when Joe Harris showed up on The Flats as a Freshman in 1971. We stopped our workouts to watch him. Something had definitely changed at NATS.
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That's funny. Duke being last satisfies most of fan passions all my itself.
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Virginia and Miami are hilarious.
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meh...what metrics are they using to decide? I'd say Tech has some pretty rabid fans; there are just much fewer than a lot of other schools. I'd say the "fanbase" is pretty damn passionate, albeit small.
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But if you ranked this for basketball, a lot of the academic schools would be at the top.
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I pegged this guy as a keeper from my first look at this hi school tape.Will be All-Accc.
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