Today’s the day for Paul Johnson and Ralph Friedgen

[Golden Tornadoes]

Welp I was wrong, Richt made it in. Really hope Friedgen gets in next year…

 

[dirty foot]

Today we will learn whether Paul Johnson and Ralph Friedgen make it for inclusion into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Paul Johnson, Ralph Friedgen await CFB Hall of Fame announcement

A coaching career that has amassed no shortage of highlights could add a most significant achievement. Former Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson, who led the Yellow Jackets to the team’s first major bowl berths since 1967, will learn Monday if he has been named to the College Football Hall of...

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Did we not make a major bowl game in 1990

 

[jgtengineer]

In Statesboro, absolutely. In Atlanta, no. Ross is the one needs a statue so all of NC coaches will be honored.

he will get a bust in statesboro next to Erk.

 

[Dress2Jacket]

I actually think this is a solid idea. For fan day we could set up a dunking booth

How long are we allowed to hold him under? ;-)

 

[leatherneckjacket]

He did. Remember his first game at BDS as Maryland's head coach? They got a last minute win because we didn't run out the clock intelligently.

Joe Burns ran out of bounds. He falls down inbounds we win.

 

[bke1984]

It's a d@mn shame GT still hasn't brought CPJ back to honor him for his time at GT. Now that he's being inducted into the CHOF, there's a good reason to. Hope Batt and Cabrera rectify that in the next year or two.

I mean they may have tried and he may have told them to foff, given how poorly he was talked about by the last HC

 

[Towaliga]

How long are we allowed to hold him under? ;-)

I hate to admit it, but I laughed out loud at that. (for the record, I don’t condone violence against anyone, no matter how badly they screwed up a program).

 

[bke1984]

Did we not make a major bowl game in 1990

Prior to 1998 there were four bowls that were considered “Major.” Those were the Rose, Orange, Sugar, and Cotton. Fiesta bought its way in over the Cotton with the BCS, and the Peach joined the party in 2014.

So technically speaking, no…we did not go to a major bowl in 1990.

 

[Ramble1885]

so so happy for Paul.

 

[GT33]

Key is trying to unite the fanbase and the that includes the "say no to the option" donors. From what I've heard, he's dead serious about the business of GT football.

I'm pretty impressed about what he's doing. I wasn't fan of him even being retained much less being promoted, but happily admit he's made good move after good move. It was just disgusting how deep into the crap we'd fallen, it was hard not to indict every coach & staff member as being complicit in the ****show. Glad to see he's a stand up, high character guy.

 

[gorcone]

I'm pretty impressed about what he's doing. I wasn't fan of him even being retained much less being promoted, but happily admit he's made good move after good move. It was just disgusting how deep into the crap we'd fallen, it was hard not to indict every coach & staff member as being complicit in the ****show. Glad to see he's a stand up, high character guy.

Amen!

 

[tsrich]

Prior to 1998 there were four bowls that were considered “Major.” Those were the Rose, Orange, Sugar, and Cotton. Fiesta bought its way in over the Cotton with the BCS, and the Peach joined the party in 2014.

So technically speaking, no…we did not go to a major bowl in 1990.

For further clarification, the ACC champ was locked into the Citrus Bowl at that time

 

[swarmer]

Joe Burns ran out of bounds. He falls down inbounds we win.

6 turnovers didn’t help. My first every game at BDS.

 

[takethepoints]

CPJ was so effective that the powers that be had to rewrite blocking rules to counter his success at embarrassing them on the field

Yes. And here's the main effect of that:

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/23

NB: three of the first four teams are spread option outfits. They didn't all have great years - though Air Force went 10 - 3 - but running the ball wasn't that much of a problem. Btw, the Falcons led the country in total D, rushing, ToP, and yards per completion. And Brad Roberts led the nation in rushing yards. The rules changes made things tougher, but not impossible.

 

[takethepoints]

And the next home after that they should bring Collins back and let us throw water balloons at him. Thinking about it they could sell tickets for $10 each to throw a water balloon at Collins.

Well … I'd be in favor of a - shall we say - humanly produced fluid in the balloons.

 

[1979jacket]

I think along with the water balloons - CPJ should get a shot at giving Collins the old chop block as pay back.

 

[forensicbuzz]

Did we not make a major bowl game in 1990

No, the Citrus Bowl was not considered one of the premier bowls. it was a well-respected one, but we should have played Miami in the Cotton Bowl or Colorado in the Sugar Bowl. Back then the bowl invites were unaffiliated and handed out before the end of the season, so we were relegated to a lesser bowl even though we were ranked #2 in both the UPI Coaches' Poll and the AP Poll at the end of the regular season.

 

[BleedGoldNWhite21]

Happy for CPJ!

Hopefully Key is the next Yellow Jacket Head Coach headed to the HOF

 

[ilovetheoption]

This warms my soul

 

[Techster]

I mean they may have tried and he may have told them to foff, given how poorly he was talked about by the last HC

That was NEVER going to happen under Collins. Stansbury and Collins are now gone, and Batt and Key have publicly thrown out the fig leaf. I have no doubt CPJ will be back on the Flats sooner than later.