Sorry Nerds but Big Brother had to put you in your place.
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Showing posts with label Clean Old-Fashoned Hate. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Things To Say To Nerds on Saturday
In case you need to brush up on your vocabulary for tomorrow, here are some things you can say to all the nerds you come across. By no means is this an all encompassing list. Add your own in the comments section.
Things to call the "fans"
-Nerds
-Techies
-Trade schoolers
-Virgins
-Losers
-Geek Squad
-Nerd Troopers (or Storm Troopers)
Things to call the school
-North Avenue Trade School
-Joke by Coke
-Auburn by the ghetto
-The Varsity's back lot
-United Nations gone wrong
Phrases to say
-"So, where can I find the Reggie Ball statue?"
-" Were you the engineers than put together that parking deck that collapsed over on 5th Street?"
-"I need to go to some parties. Can you point me towards Georgia State? Oh, you have parties here? I want to go to ones that will have women."
-"So, exactly what color is that you are wearing? Mustard?"
-"Wow! You guys went to the Emerald Nuts Bowl? Good thing you have these signs up in here letting everyone know your great accomplishments."
-"It's so great to be here at the Joke by Coke/North Avenue Trade School/any other derogatory name."
-"Beat the rush, HATE Tech early."
-"Excuse me, which way are all the women? Oh, I gotta go off campus."
-"45-42? Oh, you know what's so great about the number 45? In the last 45 years, you've only beaten UGA 12 times. Suck it."
-"NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRDS!!!!!!!!"
-"Fake, retroactive national championships don't count. You've only won two."
-"You left the SEC, you didn't deserve to come back. You're welcome."
-"No, I do not want to attend your robot club meeting. There's a football game about to start."
-"I'm a ramblin' wreck from Georgia Tech, and I'm a CRAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!"
-"It doesn't matter what you do or do not accomplish, we will always be better at life."
-"You spent your entire time at Tech wishing you had gone to Georgia."
Things to call the "fans"
-Nerds
-Techies
-Trade schoolers
-Virgins
-Losers
-Geek Squad
-Nerd Troopers (or Storm Troopers)
Things to call the school
-North Avenue Trade School
-Joke by Coke
-Auburn by the ghetto
-The Varsity's back lot
-United Nations gone wrong
Phrases to say
-"So, where can I find the Reggie Ball statue?"
-" Were you the engineers than put together that parking deck that collapsed over on 5th Street?"
-"I need to go to some parties. Can you point me towards Georgia State? Oh, you have parties here? I want to go to ones that will have women."
-"So, exactly what color is that you are wearing? Mustard?"
-"Wow! You guys went to the Emerald Nuts Bowl? Good thing you have these signs up in here letting everyone know your great accomplishments."
-"It's so great to be here at the Joke by Coke/North Avenue Trade School/any other derogatory name."
-"Beat the rush, HATE Tech early."
-"Excuse me, which way are all the women? Oh, I gotta go off campus."
-"45-42? Oh, you know what's so great about the number 45? In the last 45 years, you've only beaten UGA 12 times. Suck it."
-"NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRDS!!!!!!!!"
-"Fake, retroactive national championships don't count. You've only won two."
-"You left the SEC, you didn't deserve to come back. You're welcome."
-"No, I do not want to attend your robot club meeting. There's a football game about to start."
-"I'm a ramblin' wreck from Georgia Tech, and I'm a CRAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!"
-"It doesn't matter what you do or do not accomplish, we will always be better at life."
-"You spent your entire time at Tech wishing you had gone to Georgia."
What It Means To Be A Nerd
I meant to be bashing the North Avenue Trade School all week. However, since my laptop crashed on Tuesday, my access to the interwebs has been vastly limited.
Still, there needs to be some discussion (and reminding), of exactly why you need to Hate the Trade School, and why you are better for not being a part of their terrible existence.
To be a Trade School nerd is a hard thing to fathom for most people, but we figured we would try to give a shot at reminding everyone what they're all about.
The life of a old gold nerd is as follows:
1) Interactions with the female gender are few and far between
Ever since the Trade School took over the dorms that formerly belonged to Georgia State, the amount of females in the short radius around the Trade School campus decreased by 600%.
The upside is that reported peeping tom and rufie incidents decreased at almost the same percentage.
It is a sad existence as a male Trade School student, and a scary one as a female.
2) The robot club meetings are the most popular events on campus
Seriously, it is bigger than football, basketball, badminton, nerds watching Urban Meyer's daughter sit on the bench during volleyball games, and the World of Warcraft club meetings combined.
Religion means nothing at the Trade School when compared to the robot club. Nothing.
3) Dragon*Con is Christmas part deux
Think about the biggest event in Athens outside of football season. It is probably the Twilight Criterion, right? 40,000 people flock to Athens for a weekend of cycling races, music, sports, and imbibing massive amounts of alcohol while traffic in downtown is shut down. In other words, it's a dream come true for any human being that enjoys fun.
For the Trade School, you got a comic book, live action role playing, sci-fi fest. Wow.
The best thing about Dragon*Con is sneaking into the after parties (if you can call them that) and stealing the nerds' beer while simultaneously making fun of them.
At the biggest event for nerds, we still find a way to ruin it for them and have more fun at it.
4) Indecisiveness runs rampant
An annoyance for centuries. The official colors are old gold and white. The bumble bee mascot is yellow. Half the stuff that fans can buy is piss yellow, the other half is various shades of gold.
Last season, the football team couldn't decide if they were wearing mustard or gold.
The entire fan base is a walking color contradiction.
They had to do a white out, because attempting a "gold out" would end up being an"old gold/gold/mustard/yellow/sunburst/tangerine out."
5) Inferiority is the name of the game
Nerds have a built in inferiority complex in relation to UGA, it's fans, and well...life in general.
They hate their classes, their lack of women, and the lack of anything that resembles fun coming in contact with their school.
In order to make up for their lame existence, they have to steal band members and cheerleaders from other schools.
No matter their success, they will accept being talked down to by Georgia fans, even if they beat us. In the high likelihood we lose Saturday, just try it. They will be completely unable to back up their smack talk, and will quiver at your presence.
They have a bumble bee mascot, so it is difficult to have a live animal serving as a mascot. How do a bunch of engineers make up for this? By having a car as a mascot. A car. A motorized vehicle. You consider an automoble as your mascot and you want to talk shit to other schools? No wonder you have problems with women.
You can't sell out your football season ticket packages, and a self-described biggest conference game of the year (see here and here). Talk to me when your fan base decides to reach the big boy level.
Enough said.
As you walk through the Trade School campus on Saturday, just remember these points and you'll know why the life of a Trade School nerd is failure of humanity.
Still, there needs to be some discussion (and reminding), of exactly why you need to Hate the Trade School, and why you are better for not being a part of their terrible existence.
To be a Trade School nerd is a hard thing to fathom for most people, but we figured we would try to give a shot at reminding everyone what they're all about.
The life of a old gold nerd is as follows:
1) Interactions with the female gender are few and far between
Ever since the Trade School took over the dorms that formerly belonged to Georgia State, the amount of females in the short radius around the Trade School campus decreased by 600%.
The upside is that reported peeping tom and rufie incidents decreased at almost the same percentage.
It is a sad existence as a male Trade School student, and a scary one as a female.
2) The robot club meetings are the most popular events on campus
Seriously, it is bigger than football, basketball, badminton, nerds watching Urban Meyer's daughter sit on the bench during volleyball games, and the World of Warcraft club meetings combined.
Religion means nothing at the Trade School when compared to the robot club. Nothing.
3) Dragon*Con is Christmas part deux
Think about the biggest event in Athens outside of football season. It is probably the Twilight Criterion, right? 40,000 people flock to Athens for a weekend of cycling races, music, sports, and imbibing massive amounts of alcohol while traffic in downtown is shut down. In other words, it's a dream come true for any human being that enjoys fun.
For the Trade School, you got a comic book, live action role playing, sci-fi fest. Wow.
The best thing about Dragon*Con is sneaking into the after parties (if you can call them that) and stealing the nerds' beer while simultaneously making fun of them.
At the biggest event for nerds, we still find a way to ruin it for them and have more fun at it.
4) Indecisiveness runs rampant
An annoyance for centuries. The official colors are old gold and white. The bumble bee mascot is yellow. Half the stuff that fans can buy is piss yellow, the other half is various shades of gold.
Last season, the football team couldn't decide if they were wearing mustard or gold.
The entire fan base is a walking color contradiction.
They had to do a white out, because attempting a "gold out" would end up being an"old gold/gold/mustard/yellow/sunburst/tangerine out."
5) Inferiority is the name of the game
Nerds have a built in inferiority complex in relation to UGA, it's fans, and well...life in general.
They hate their classes, their lack of women, and the lack of anything that resembles fun coming in contact with their school.
In order to make up for their lame existence, they have to steal band members and cheerleaders from other schools.
No matter their success, they will accept being talked down to by Georgia fans, even if they beat us. In the high likelihood we lose Saturday, just try it. They will be completely unable to back up their smack talk, and will quiver at your presence.
They have a bumble bee mascot, so it is difficult to have a live animal serving as a mascot. How do a bunch of engineers make up for this? By having a car as a mascot. A car. A motorized vehicle. You consider an automoble as your mascot and you want to talk shit to other schools? No wonder you have problems with women.
You can't sell out your football season ticket packages, and a self-described biggest conference game of the year (see here and here). Talk to me when your fan base decides to reach the big boy level.
Enough said.
As you walk through the Trade School campus on Saturday, just remember these points and you'll know why the life of a Trade School nerd is failure of humanity.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
How Can Georgia Beat Tech?
Let's face Dawg fans, no one is really giving us much of a chance of defeating our in-state rivals this year. Georgia is 6-5 is coming off a loss to Kentucky while Tech is 10-1 and getting ready to play for its conference championship. After blowing a sizable lead at halftime last year, most people expect Tech to put Georgia away early this year. If the Bulldogs hope to win on Saturday, here are a couple of things I think they must do:
1. Run the football. - Tech's option attack is known to eat up the clock. The more time Georgia's defense is on the field, the more likely they are to get tired and give up the big play. The only way to counter is run the football as well. If Georgia can keep the time of possession battle close, they should be able to keep the score close as well.
2. Don't throw the ball deep so much - If there is one thing Joe Cox has done fairly well this year, it is throwing the deep pass. The biggest issue is that it has often been on first or second down, leaving Georgia in a third and long hole. They need to mix in some slants and crossing patterns early in the game. If the Tech safeties begin to bite, then they should open up the deep pass.
3. Make solid tackles - The biggest reason Georgia lost last season was missed tackles. Tech's offense is going to get yards, but keeping runs to 5 yard as opposed to 8 can be the difference in the game.
4. Try and kick the ball off deep - Directional kicks, squib kicks, and short kicks are not working. If a guy is going to get a kick off return for touchdown, at least make him earn it.
5. Play "smart" football - By this I mean don't panic and throw the game plan out the window if we get down early. If Tech takes a lead, we need to continue to try and run the ball to set up the pass. Getting away from the plan can only lead to the one thing that has killed Georgia all year long, turnovers.
It will be an uphill battle for the Dawgs to win at Grant Field this Saturday. I hope the coaching staff prepares better for this game than they did for Kentucky.
GO DAWGS!!!
1. Run the football. - Tech's option attack is known to eat up the clock. The more time Georgia's defense is on the field, the more likely they are to get tired and give up the big play. The only way to counter is run the football as well. If Georgia can keep the time of possession battle close, they should be able to keep the score close as well.
2. Don't throw the ball deep so much - If there is one thing Joe Cox has done fairly well this year, it is throwing the deep pass. The biggest issue is that it has often been on first or second down, leaving Georgia in a third and long hole. They need to mix in some slants and crossing patterns early in the game. If the Tech safeties begin to bite, then they should open up the deep pass.
3. Make solid tackles - The biggest reason Georgia lost last season was missed tackles. Tech's offense is going to get yards, but keeping runs to 5 yard as opposed to 8 can be the difference in the game.
4. Try and kick the ball off deep - Directional kicks, squib kicks, and short kicks are not working. If a guy is going to get a kick off return for touchdown, at least make him earn it.
5. Play "smart" football - By this I mean don't panic and throw the game plan out the window if we get down early. If Tech takes a lead, we need to continue to try and run the ball to set up the pass. Getting away from the plan can only lead to the one thing that has killed Georgia all year long, turnovers.
It will be an uphill battle for the Dawgs to win at Grant Field this Saturday. I hope the coaching staff prepares better for this game than they did for Kentucky.
GO DAWGS!!!
Monday, November 23, 2009
LET HATE WEEK COMMENCE
It Shall be declared that the official Week of Hate shall be opened after the day of Sabbath on the last week of November, and that Hatin' shall henceforth commence through the last hour of the last Saturday in November. Upon the rise of sun the following morning, the Week of Hate shall officially close, but let it be known that the Hate shall never fade for the next year in the hearts of those that truly Hate.
In other words, The week of Clean Old-Fashioned Hate has begun.
Begin your week appropriately by Hatin' some Tech.
Go Dawgs!
In other words, The week of Clean Old-Fashioned Hate has begun.
Begin your week appropriately by Hatin' some Tech.
Go Dawgs!
Nerds!
We get a chance to get some revenge this week against NATS for the season ending loss last season. Coach Richt should borrow a few lines from Coach Harris in "Revenge of the Nerds" in motivating the team this week:
"Well, if I was you, I'd do something about it. I would get up and redeem myself in the eyes of my father, my maker, and my coach! "
I hate Georgia Tech. I hate Florida more, but Tech is definitely more annoying. At least Florida fans can talk smack because they have pretty much owned us for the last 20 years. Tech fans, on the other hand, make one win seem like they have won every game this decade. The last time Tech was favored to beat us, look what happened:
To salvage this season, the Dawgs need to show up on Saturday. They need to show up not hoping to win, but expecting to win. Tech is a very good team and the outlook is not good, but stranger things have happened.
To hell with Georgia Tech!
GO DAWGS!!!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
CLEAN, OLD FASHIONED HATE IN THE DOME? CONSPIRACY!
Please do not fool yourself into thinking that moving the 2011 game against the North Avenue Trade School will be an interesting opportunity to play on the national stage and have even more Dawgs at the annual game against the bumble bees.
It is pure conspiracy on the part of Techies to play us on the national stage and have THEM fill the Georgia Dome. How would they do such? Easy.
Dragon*Con.
Dragon*Con has typically lined up with Labor Day weekend each year, and the Trade School will find every wizard, storm trooper, and fat superhero they can to fill the Georgia Dome if the game is moved.
There will probably be an entire section full of Harry Potters and storm troopers, painted bumble bee yellow, will guard the Trade School players on the sideline.
Not only must we not agree to this proposal so all of the supreme nerdiness in the air will not lead to the Trade School having a magical advantage to the game, but we do not need to embarass the game of college football.
If you see Damon Evans, tell him to stop the conspiracy, stop the nerds.
It is pure conspiracy on the part of Techies to play us on the national stage and have THEM fill the Georgia Dome. How would they do such? Easy.
Dragon*Con.
Dragon*Con has typically lined up with Labor Day weekend each year, and the Trade School will find every wizard, storm trooper, and fat superhero they can to fill the Georgia Dome if the game is moved.
There will probably be an entire section full of Harry Potters and storm troopers, painted bumble bee yellow, will guard the Trade School players on the sideline.
Not only must we not agree to this proposal so all of the supreme nerdiness in the air will not lead to the Trade School having a magical advantage to the game, but we do not need to embarass the game of college football.
If you see Damon Evans, tell him to stop the conspiracy, stop the nerds.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Standing Strong Because We're Still Better
Now is the time to stand strong in the face of adversity. There's plenty of room to criticize, but this is also a time to reflect and realize that we could be the losers that walk around the North Avenue Trade School campus everyday.While I give my hats off to Tech's players and their coaching staff for playing great, never giving up, and showing a new determination and attitude on the field (as I said here last week that their confidence was the thing that worried me the most), Tech overall as a program is still inferior to us and other institutions.
When I read in articles like this about how their number one goal coming into the season wasn't to win their division or conference, but to beat an in-state rival that isn't in their conference, it just shows the lower status of their program.
I understand how badly Tech wanted to win this game. We have a similar situation with Floriduh. However, our priorities would be out of whack to want a win over the Gators versus a conference championship (except for wanting to beat them as a necessity to lead us to a conference title).
Furman Bisher even states it plainly here that they would prefer this victory over a trip to Tampa.
I truly understand their point, even if it is just a priority for this year. You don't want to lose this game again, and perhaps you didn't think you could win your division. Still, having this as their main priority shows that Tech's program isn't as great as they wish it would be, or as much as the AJC wants it to be.
I don't think Paul Johnson is a dumb man, and I don't believe he would state this as his goal because he truly values such a win instead of a division and/or conference title. However, I do believe he realized it was an easy way to play into the mindset of the Tech fan base and boosters, who have shown to have their priorities out of whack (such as not wishing to interview Muschamp because UGA was his alma mater).
Statements by pundits about how Tech has arrived, how they are the number one team in the ACC(obviously they aren't since they won't be playing this week), are pretty much invalid at this point.
I respect Tech's win on the field this year, and they should brag for winning after SEVEN long years of losing to their most hated rival.
However, Tech still hasn't made that next step because their own mindset is preventing them from doing so.
Johnson is the right coach to change that mindset and re-adjust their priorities to make their program legitimate again. However, it will ultimately be up to their fan base to realize they should listen to him, and that will be difficult. Delusion dies hard.
(Editor's Note: This can be classified as my bitterness post).
Do You Hate Them Now?
For every Dawg fan that didn't hate Tech, and thought of them as a little brother to smack around once a year, do you hate them now?
I've always felt that Bubba was one of the few Georgia fans I knew that had a huge hatred from the piss and white from North Avenue. Most disliked or hated Tech, but did so in a relaxed manner. Spoiled by winning and short memories, too many people began to take this game for granted. We all have our reasons for hating one team or another, but our 7 year domination caused too much content.
I hope the above picture shows why you should hate Tech and their non-female, nerd filled student population.
Once again, their team tore apart the hedges after a victory in Sanford. If only I had a ladder to reach the bowl game banners Tech holds so dear, then maybe there would be something actually worth taking from Bobby Dodd.
Hate Tech. Never Stop, not for even one day, one minute, or one second.
Friday, November 28, 2008
BulldawgJosh & Bubba's 80's Music Video of the Week
This week, we bring you the absolute greatest video ever. Here is Don Johnson's 1986 surprising hit, "Heartbeat."
Look for Dweezil Zappa in the white suit playing the bright lime green guitar. I love the 80's.
Let's make sure that the heartbeat of the the Bulldawg Nation is alive and pumping fast early on Saturday.
Happy Turkey Day.
Look for Dweezil Zappa in the white suit playing the bright lime green guitar. I love the 80's.
Let's make sure that the heartbeat of the the Bulldawg Nation is alive and pumping fast early on Saturday.
Happy Turkey Day.
One More Day Until Nerd Persecution Begins
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRDS!!!We must destroy the bumble bees!
Go Dawgs!!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
It's All About Showing Up
One of the things that irks me is people trickling in late to any game. Dawg fans are better about this than most fans (especially since I went to many new places this season), but it is still a practice that is more prevalent than I'd prefer.
The only time it really gets to me is on the final home game of the year, which is always Senior Day. This is the one time where everyone needs to be there early, and too many times the stadium is just not as full as it should be for such an important moment for our players.
I beg of you, please show up early and be in the stadium well before kickoff to give our seniors a great send off.
The only time it really gets to me is on the final home game of the year, which is always Senior Day. This is the one time where everyone needs to be there early, and too many times the stadium is just not as full as it should be for such an important moment for our players.
I beg of you, please show up early and be in the stadium well before kickoff to give our seniors a great send off.
Munson being presented a letterman's jacket at Senior Day last year against Kentucky
Photo by Dononvan Eason and georgiadogs.com
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
Here is a masterpiece from Lewis himself. This was written after the 1993 Georgia-NATS game. The Dawgs won 43-10.
I Promise I Won’t Razz the Jackets, at least not much
It would really be a great time to crow. First, my beloved Georgia Bulldogs defeated the dratted Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech Thursday in what may have been - I have no facts to back this up, but that has never stopped me before - the earliest starting Eastern time zone college football game since television took over the sport. They kicked this thing off at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field, the oldest college football stadium near a fast food restaurant in America, at 11 in the morning. Imagine if you lived in Hawaii. The game would have appeared on your set at something like 5 a.m. One day, television will ask two collegiated combatants to tee it up at 6 on Christmas morning, figuring a lot of people will be up watching the kids open presents and it will thus have a captive audience. And two schools, slaves to the revenue as gender equity marches on, will agree to it. Lord, please don't let one of them be the University of Georgia. Secondly, Georgia not only beat the Jackets, the game turned out to be a laugher. A slaughter. Georgia won 43-10. It won the second half 30-0.
The crowd seated near me, all adorned in red and black, chanted "We want 50!" I’ll settle for the 43. It covered everything I had in the works. Thirdly, there was a helluva fight between the two teams near the end of the game. I had Georgia winning that on my card, too. ABC's Keith Jackson, I was told, commented it was Georgia's coach, Ray Goff who was responsible for the fight because he was running up the score. I thought Bill Lewis of Georgia Tech was responsible for keeping the other team from scoring a lot of points. And, finally, there was the jerk driving the van northward from the stadium as my happy group headed home. Our vehicle did, in fact, have a Georgia sticker on the back bumper and we had displayed one of those right-after-the-game score cards that read 43-10 in the front window. We were in the right lane. The van, covered in Tech stickers, tailgated us for several blocks, and the driver was having a large time with his horn. We finally pulled over so he could pass. On the right. As he roared by, he screamed out his window, "Get out of our lane!" That made me mad. "Your lane?" I thought. "So Tech owns the streets now. No wonder the traffic is so bad in Atlanta."
So I had and I have every reason to sit here and do my best to add further to the Tech misery. But I won't and here's why. All season I've listened to fellow Georgia fans discuss the shambles they say is now the Bulldogs' football program. I've read the sports pages that buried the Dawgs on a daily basis. And I've listened to the radio talk shows and heard our own describe the situation in Athens with such adjectives as "pitiful" and even "sickening." I certainly agree it's been a year the locusts have feasted upon our crops. But if we're in all that bad a shape, think of the relative condition of the Tech program. The Jackets lost to a Georgia team that has been derided unmercifully by 33 points.
--Lewis Grizzard
I Promise I Won’t Razz the Jackets, at least not much
It would really be a great time to crow. First, my beloved Georgia Bulldogs defeated the dratted Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech Thursday in what may have been - I have no facts to back this up, but that has never stopped me before - the earliest starting Eastern time zone college football game since television took over the sport. They kicked this thing off at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field, the oldest college football stadium near a fast food restaurant in America, at 11 in the morning. Imagine if you lived in Hawaii. The game would have appeared on your set at something like 5 a.m. One day, television will ask two collegiated combatants to tee it up at 6 on Christmas morning, figuring a lot of people will be up watching the kids open presents and it will thus have a captive audience. And two schools, slaves to the revenue as gender equity marches on, will agree to it. Lord, please don't let one of them be the University of Georgia. Secondly, Georgia not only beat the Jackets, the game turned out to be a laugher. A slaughter. Georgia won 43-10. It won the second half 30-0.
The crowd seated near me, all adorned in red and black, chanted "We want 50!" I’ll settle for the 43. It covered everything I had in the works. Thirdly, there was a helluva fight between the two teams near the end of the game. I had Georgia winning that on my card, too. ABC's Keith Jackson, I was told, commented it was Georgia's coach, Ray Goff who was responsible for the fight because he was running up the score. I thought Bill Lewis of Georgia Tech was responsible for keeping the other team from scoring a lot of points. And, finally, there was the jerk driving the van northward from the stadium as my happy group headed home. Our vehicle did, in fact, have a Georgia sticker on the back bumper and we had displayed one of those right-after-the-game score cards that read 43-10 in the front window. We were in the right lane. The van, covered in Tech stickers, tailgated us for several blocks, and the driver was having a large time with his horn. We finally pulled over so he could pass. On the right. As he roared by, he screamed out his window, "Get out of our lane!" That made me mad. "Your lane?" I thought. "So Tech owns the streets now. No wonder the traffic is so bad in Atlanta."
So I had and I have every reason to sit here and do my best to add further to the Tech misery. But I won't and here's why. All season I've listened to fellow Georgia fans discuss the shambles they say is now the Bulldogs' football program. I've read the sports pages that buried the Dawgs on a daily basis. And I've listened to the radio talk shows and heard our own describe the situation in Athens with such adjectives as "pitiful" and even "sickening." I certainly agree it's been a year the locusts have feasted upon our crops. But if we're in all that bad a shape, think of the relative condition of the Tech program. The Jackets lost to a Georgia team that has been derided unmercifully by 33 points.
--Lewis Grizzard
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
We Just Call Everything Yellow
I explained in the list of reasons why I hate Tech that the Nerds on North Ave seem to think they can use every color of under the sun and somehow classify it all as the same. This picture below is a great a example. Whether its Paul Johnson's tie, the background behind him or the logo on the podium, NONE of these variations of yellow/gold/piss MATCH!
North Avenue Trade School
This is a story of a boy and the lessons that his father instilled in him at a young age.
These were some of the first words that I ever remember hearing from my father, a 1970 graduate of the University of Georgia. He repeated these words early and often and will probably repeat them when I arrive home for Thanksgiving later this evening. He spoiled me with certain pleasures like Lewis Grizzard, Bluegrass Music and the same tape recorded Arlo Guthrie rendition of "Alice's Restaurant" was always played when we drove to Americus High School football games together. Completely off topic and in honor of Thanksgiving tradition, here is the epic song:
Arlo Guthrie Alice's Restaurant
However, no lesson was as clear or as pronounced as our disdain for the NATS. At the age of thirteen, I told Dad that I wanted to be an architect and go GTU to get my degree. He responded by saying that he hoped I enjoyed spending Thanksgiving somewhere else. Luckily for me, that dream only lasted only a week, like most of my off the wall thirteen year old dreams. Besides, I'm sure Dad would have let me in the house to sleep but I'm pretty sure that all of my UGA aunts, uncles, and cousins would have made me pretty uncomfortable.
Watching UGA beat the Trade School every year was a Bubba family tradition and I’ve seen my share of brawls, beat downs, and miracles with the below clip being my favorite UGA/GT game of all time:
As I grew into adolescence, my love of the Red and Black never wavered, even when I met one of my best friends in 7th grade. We will call him Leroy. Leroy had a long lineage of Techness (easily confused with tackiness) in his family, including his grandfather and his father. This puzzled me as I had never actually met a Bumble Bee fan before, at least one that was proud of it. Leroy and I have many fond memories together and he still clings to 1998-2000 (years of witch it took an illiterate, drunk driving QB and 10 ineligible players to defeat the Dawgs) like it were yesterday. Leroy and I were on the 20 yard line in 1999 together when Jasper Sanks didn’t fumble and my young world came crashing down. Still to this day, Leroy will not let me live that epic game down and I would have it no other way.
What I am saying is that Thanksgiving is the Father’s Day of college football. Thanks to my father, I went to the University of Georgia and grew up knowing two things for certain:
1) It is always great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
2) The North Avenue Trade School is an Evil, Nerdy, Ugly place where all the beer is stale.
To close my story, I despise Georgia Tech. I hate them more than BFR hates Florida. Nothing on earth is better than beating Georgia Tech. I will take a win in badminton over GTU and badminton is stupid. The Techies gave us Bill Curry, I despise Bill Curry. Georgia Tech students say "To Hell with Georgia", I say to hell with you.
Techies, enjoy admiring our women from afar, enjoy your CarQuest Bowl trophies and your upcoming trip to the Tire Bowl because we are a little too busy winning 33 of the last 44 games. UGA is a little busy competing in the Southeastern Conference, a conference that you left in 1963. A move so bold that it allowed you to promptly fall on your face and go 4-6 from 1967 to 1969.
Vince Dooley owned you, Ray Goff owned you, and Mark Richt currently owns you. Your car, like your social life on campus, is still a wreck:
"Beat the rush, Hate Tech early." - Father Bubba -
These were some of the first words that I ever remember hearing from my father, a 1970 graduate of the University of Georgia. He repeated these words early and often and will probably repeat them when I arrive home for Thanksgiving later this evening. He spoiled me with certain pleasures like Lewis Grizzard, Bluegrass Music and the same tape recorded Arlo Guthrie rendition of "Alice's Restaurant" was always played when we drove to Americus High School football games together. Completely off topic and in honor of Thanksgiving tradition, here is the epic song:
Arlo Guthrie Alice's Restaurant
However, no lesson was as clear or as pronounced as our disdain for the NATS. At the age of thirteen, I told Dad that I wanted to be an architect and go GTU to get my degree. He responded by saying that he hoped I enjoyed spending Thanksgiving somewhere else. Luckily for me, that dream only lasted only a week, like most of my off the wall thirteen year old dreams. Besides, I'm sure Dad would have let me in the house to sleep but I'm pretty sure that all of my UGA aunts, uncles, and cousins would have made me pretty uncomfortable.
Watching UGA beat the Trade School every year was a Bubba family tradition and I’ve seen my share of brawls, beat downs, and miracles with the below clip being my favorite UGA/GT game of all time:
As I grew into adolescence, my love of the Red and Black never wavered, even when I met one of my best friends in 7th grade. We will call him Leroy. Leroy had a long lineage of Techness (easily confused with tackiness) in his family, including his grandfather and his father. This puzzled me as I had never actually met a Bumble Bee fan before, at least one that was proud of it. Leroy and I have many fond memories together and he still clings to 1998-2000 (years of witch it took an illiterate, drunk driving QB and 10 ineligible players to defeat the Dawgs) like it were yesterday. Leroy and I were on the 20 yard line in 1999 together when Jasper Sanks didn’t fumble and my young world came crashing down. Still to this day, Leroy will not let me live that epic game down and I would have it no other way.
What I am saying is that Thanksgiving is the Father’s Day of college football. Thanks to my father, I went to the University of Georgia and grew up knowing two things for certain:
1) It is always great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
2) The North Avenue Trade School is an Evil, Nerdy, Ugly place where all the beer is stale.
To close my story, I despise Georgia Tech. I hate them more than BFR hates Florida. Nothing on earth is better than beating Georgia Tech. I will take a win in badminton over GTU and badminton is stupid. The Techies gave us Bill Curry, I despise Bill Curry. Georgia Tech students say "To Hell with Georgia", I say to hell with you.
Techies, enjoy admiring our women from afar, enjoy your CarQuest Bowl trophies and your upcoming trip to the Tire Bowl because we are a little too busy winning 33 of the last 44 games. UGA is a little busy competing in the Southeastern Conference, a conference that you left in 1963. A move so bold that it allowed you to promptly fall on your face and go 4-6 from 1967 to 1969.
Vince Dooley owned you, Ray Goff owned you, and Mark Richt currently owns you. Your car, like your social life on campus, is still a wreck:
Go Dawgs!
*Picture courtesy of Georgia Spots Blog
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