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<blockquote data-quote="Old South Stands" data-source="post: 22101" data-attributes="member: 1036"><p>Ditto the Mark Richt comment. Though he hasn't run the team the best possible way (too many kids getting arrested and talent pool not coached up to their potential), it's hard not to like him, especially the way he gives his players second chances. He's one of the few SEC coaches who, after dismissing a player from the team, will help to make sure he lands on his feet elsewhere and has another chance, even if it's at another SEC school like the Auburn QB. If I were a budding football fan today, it'd probably be UGA. Sometimes enjoy going over and reading Bill King's Junkyard Blawg and finding out what's going on over there. Many commenters don't like or appreciate Coach Richt, and that's sad. While we shoot for nine-win seasons and hope to win the division, their fans continually hope for (and expect) NC's. Anything short, and they want to fire the coach.</p><p></p><p>My dad got his Bachelors and a Masters at Tech, and he took me to the campus a number of times when I was small (was as familiar with the inside of the wind tunnel as the stadium in those days). Yet I rooted for UGA when they played Tech in the '75 game. Dad said the Tech players were smarter, and I should root for Tech. What turned me to the Tech side was a kid at school who wanted my desk. His dad was a wealthy alum, and if I traded desks with him, he'd take me to a Tech game and let me sit with his dad in the press area. Met some other alumni there, and with my dad's Tech connections, became hooked from that point on. We had a neighbor up the street from us who was also a Tech alum. His next-door neighbor went to Alabama, and I used to like listening to them talking at the fence and expressing their mutual dislike for UGA. I remember Mr Litchfield saying that if the Bulldogs played Russia, he'd root for the Russians. Funny as it might seem in retrospect, it was Pepper Rodgers who really got me liking Tech football. It was fun getting to meet him and learn from him at his summer camp. Will never forget the image of Coach Rodgers holding my 3-year old brother in his arms and talking with my dad, reminiscing about Tech in the '50s. Was devastated when he got fired, but remained an unwavering Tech fan through all the lean years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old South Stands, post: 22101, member: 1036"] Ditto the Mark Richt comment. Though he hasn't run the team the best possible way (too many kids getting arrested and talent pool not coached up to their potential), it's hard not to like him, especially the way he gives his players second chances. He's one of the few SEC coaches who, after dismissing a player from the team, will help to make sure he lands on his feet elsewhere and has another chance, even if it's at another SEC school like the Auburn QB. If I were a budding football fan today, it'd probably be UGA. Sometimes enjoy going over and reading Bill King's Junkyard Blawg and finding out what's going on over there. Many commenters don't like or appreciate Coach Richt, and that's sad. While we shoot for nine-win seasons and hope to win the division, their fans continually hope for (and expect) NC's. Anything short, and they want to fire the coach. My dad got his Bachelors and a Masters at Tech, and he took me to the campus a number of times when I was small (was as familiar with the inside of the wind tunnel as the stadium in those days). Yet I rooted for UGA when they played Tech in the '75 game. Dad said the Tech players were smarter, and I should root for Tech. What turned me to the Tech side was a kid at school who wanted my desk. His dad was a wealthy alum, and if I traded desks with him, he'd take me to a Tech game and let me sit with his dad in the press area. Met some other alumni there, and with my dad's Tech connections, became hooked from that point on. We had a neighbor up the street from us who was also a Tech alum. His next-door neighbor went to Alabama, and I used to like listening to them talking at the fence and expressing their mutual dislike for UGA. I remember Mr Litchfield saying that if the Bulldogs played Russia, he'd root for the Russians. Funny as it might seem in retrospect, it was Pepper Rodgers who really got me liking Tech football. It was fun getting to meet him and learn from him at his summer camp. Will never forget the image of Coach Rodgers holding my 3-year old brother in his arms and talking with my dad, reminiscing about Tech in the '50s. Was devastated when he got fired, but remained an unwavering Tech fan through all the lean years. [/QUOTE]
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