Comments on: Random Tech tidbits

By: EEJacket

EEJacket — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:43:44 +0000

Yup I meant 2010 Sorry about that.

By: Georgia guy

Georgia guy — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:38:26 +0000

Tech just had one of its best years in quite a while with a couple of big wins and a new coach. I find it hard to believe that you can’t sell out every game. As for the UGA/GT tickets this year. I understand you have to buy the whole GT season ticket package to get these tickets, but as a UGA season ticket holder I am able to buy (6) away game tickets to this game which is 2 more than I was able to get two years ago. I think it is funny that I can buy more tickets to the Tech away game than I can a UGA home. It sounds like GT is upping its allotment of visitors tickets in order to sell more seats. This is pathetic for a team that is going to be ranked in the top 20 this year.

By: Paddy

Paddy — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:37:16 +0000

Old Gold….. I am sort of a uniform nut. At the beginning of last season I thought the new Tech uniforms were unpleasent to look at. I have changed my mind and now love the look and style. I also like the idea of wearing white at home. If you wear gold, blue, red, black whatever at home every contest looks the same every weekend. You are always in gold and your foe is always in white. To me that is boring.

By: Minnesota Jacket

Minnesota Jacket — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:00:37 +0000

Supersize I FN AGREE 100% Thursday night games are miserable.. Im a student and I STILL HATE THEM with teachers refusing to move test dates in order to help the student body out at all. Also Tech gets screwed up and down with the worse possible time slots for games. We did not have a single saturday night game last year and Im hoping this year we at least get the opportunity for that.

By: Supersize that order, mutt

Supersize that order, mutt — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:46:21 +0000

Sorry about that last entry; I accidentally hit “enter” too soon….LOL
ANYWAY, I have been a season ticket buyer at Tech for 42 years. I am retired now, and times are tough, but I have already sent in my application (and contribution) for the Fall. I am in Augusta, so getting to the games is not overly convenient, especially on Thursday nights, but I still plan on being there for every game in the Fall, and if I am surrounded by 200 rednecks who never took a class at Tech, I don’t give a damn, as long as they are cheering for the Jackets. One good season won’t increase the fan base, but 3 or 4 in a row will, and I think we have the coach to do it. Sanford stadium, like GT-Sidewalk had not always been the larger of the stadiums in the state. In fact until the late 60’s Grant Field was not only the largest stadium in Georgia, it was larger than any in the southeast, except for the Orange Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. Mutt fans have forgotten that there were some years (the last being 1961) when UGAG played games in Grant Field as part of double-header with Tech. Tech’s winning tradition kept the stadium full every weekend. HOPEFULLY, a few years of winning will rebuild that tradition and fill the stadium regularly again. I might add that Thursday night games, no matter how good the national exposure may be, HURT season ticket sales. It’s hard for fans outside the Atlanta area to make that drive on a workday. Note that the mutts REFUSE to host Thursday night games, for that very reason.

By: Supersize that order, mutt

Supersize that order, mutt — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:36:43 +0000

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By: 2BT

2BT — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:56:36 +0000

Bought seven season tickets last year for my ‘group’. Will only be buying five this year due to the economy as two members are facing ‘hard times’ via their Anheuser Busch jobs in Cartersville. The budget allows me to attend the six home games plus a weekend stay in Nashville for the Vandy road game.

By: Minnesota Jacket

Minnesota Jacket — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:01:25 +0000

EE Jacket Im just going to throw it out their…Dwyer will be a junior this year…he only has until the 2010 season if your talking about a NC in 2011 my bad if I misunderstood. I don’t agree with LUCK though being the key this year….I think it will require special teams improving (which I believe they will immensely after the bowl game) and I believe we need d-line to step up and fill in the gaps…I don’t see LUCK being part of that criteria….YES we might not be able to compare ourselves in NC yet BUT I do believe with a good season we could at least be the background noise to it this year.

By: EEJacket

EEJacket — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:14:46 +0000

I agree with Neutralfield, especially regarding the “9 wins and talking championships.” Guys, we’re good, maybe with lots of luck win the ACC this year, but we’re not THAT good. I think we’re going to beat key opponents (VT, Clemson, UNC) but we’re going to tank in other games (Duke, Miami) and we’re certainly not going to the national championships. I’m glad for that anyways, you saw how we handled the “pressure” of the chick-fil-a bowl, we got blown out by one of the worst teams in the SEC and one of the biggest disappointments in the FBS!! Our players need more experience under their feet before we can start to talk about beating Urban and his Gaytors. Wait until 2011 when Dwyer could be Heisman material, then we’ll talk.

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:47:39 +0000

Do you mean when they removed seats to make room for Wardlaw?