INTOWN ROAD TRIP!
Tonight, we will be at Bobby Dodd Stadium to watch Georgia Tech play Virginia Tech. Because one team is being coached by Chan Gailey, we plan on bringing our own coffee. Seriously.
This marks the first time since childhood we’ll have seen a game in Bobby Dodd, since we went to grad school there but never felt compelled to watch the Chantastic! football played inside. Hopefully, the scenic skyline and periodically hilarious play of the Virginia Tech offense are enough to keep us awake during the first half.
We won’t need it at halftime. Why? Because halftime belongs to Big Boi tonight. Outkast and Chan Gailey! It’s like a broken glass and liverwurst sandwich, but we’re eating what’s on the plate.
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Techie says:
Have a good time. BDS is the oldest D-1A stadium in the country. Sort of like the Fenway Park of the NCAA.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:06 pm
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A.G. says:
E to x dy dx
E to y dx dy
Secant Cosine Tangent Sin
3.14159
Square Roots Cubed Roots Poisson Brackets
Dis-Integrate them, YELLOW JACKETS!!
November 1st, 2007 at 4:10 pm
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DC Trojan says:
# 2, bravissimo, sir. (I’m assuming.)
November 1st, 2007 at 4:12 pm
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Tim says:
You never went to a game during grad school? Were you like those kids that walked against the crowd to get to the library on game days?
(I kid, but come on!)
November 1st, 2007 at 4:12 pm
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JB says:
I actually think it would be worse to eat a sandwich made out of naught but human teeth. Yikes!
November 1st, 2007 at 4:13 pm
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gerry dorsey says:
i can’t wait to see the youtube of this on monday…hopefully not looped on autoplay.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:18 pm
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fotodog says:
I agree with Tim, wasn’t there at least one visiting team you wanted to see play Tech.
Like Fenway, that’s amusing.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:19 pm
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ALGator says:
You could throw a rock from Bobby Dodd and hit the Georgia Dome – At least Tim Tebow could.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:25 pm
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Dawg 05 says:
Tebow would have to wipe the tears from his eyes to make that throw.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:36 pm
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Freehawk says:
Hey ya, Big Boi’s children go to school with mine. So we are like “this.”
(no word on where Andre 3000’s go)
Ga Tech is a school with a proud tradition, but they downsized their football stadium. Kind of a like a breast reduction — most schools don’t have that problem.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:40 pm
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Papa Lou BSU says:
I heartily second the chiding Orson is due to receive in this thread on his non-attendance of football games during grad school at GT.
Now, I fully understand that our intrepid author was probably sojourning down to Gainesville on most of those weekends and that Dungeons and Dragons is the real “most popular sport” on the campus in Midtown, but come on, man. Not once?
Hell, I have no affiliation whatsoever with Northwestern, and I still hop on the L train up to Evanston every once in a while to catch a ‘Cats game, simply because it’s live college football and it’s there.
College football is like a doughnut. It may not be your favorite kind/brand of doughnut. The toppings may not be to your liking. But at the end of the day, are you really going to turn down a doughnut? I think not.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:40 pm
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Freehawk says:
Hey ya, Big Boi’s children go to school with mine. So we are like “this.”
(no word on where Andre 3000’s go)
Ga Tech is a school with a proud tradition, but they downsized their football stadium. Kind of a like a breast reduction — most Southern schools don’t have that problem.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:40 pm
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Doug says:
No Tech games at all? Not even GT-UGA? You wouldn’t even go to see Tech lay a whuppin’ on the Bulldaw . . .
OK, I’m sorry, I couldn’t even finish typing that sentence without laughing.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:57 pm
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Proof Speaker says:
A person who writes for a popular college football blog never attending a game at a major Division 1 school the whole time he was attending?
You are as qualified as a George W. Bush appointee!
November 1st, 2007 at 5:07 pm
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Dave says:
Proof Speaker, you clearly have never watched a Chantastic! game all the way through.
Of course, not many have as most succumb to the drowsiness by midway through the third quarter.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:31 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
Yeah, I can’t fault someone for not going to a Tech game. Sitting in a half-full stadium and watching boring as fuck football is no way to spend a Saturday afternoon in Atlanta.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:37 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
It’s debatable whether it’s worth a Thursday night. I mean, you’ll miss The Office.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:38 pm
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Tim says:
Jeez, I know everyone’s a bunch of football nerds that like to trash Chan Gailey and Georgia Tech, but even a jock can agree that Jon Tenuta’s defense is often entertaining to watch.
Off the top of my head, the fun from Auburn 2003 was definitely worth my 3 hours of effort.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:50 pm
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pbrown says:
Looks like gameday is off to a good start…
Somebody apparently stole the jerseys of a bunch of VT starters from the locker room. VT doesn’t have spares in Atlanta, and some VT players may end up having to wear old GT jerseys instead.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:55 pm
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Sammie says:
Sammie: I watched the buddy dirk video about 25 times.
Sinclair (stretching) : I like the temperature here more wonder what the fish are like?
Eric Y: Just wait until they find the rooster videos.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:05 pm
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tzubear says:
You should have at least paid to see Calvin Johnson! No interest???
November 1st, 2007 at 6:37 pm
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utwrenn says:
When you see 4 vt starters wearing different what looks like ga. tech jerseys don’t blame it on the soco you snuck in to the game. 4 of their players jerseys were stolen and the jackets had to lend them old jerseys
November 1st, 2007 at 6:39 pm
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robert says:
I am in my second year of grad school at FSU and I have seen a grand total of one game. Just not interested in that product.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:44 pm
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sherlock hemlock says:
#14
Bush appointee? More like Clinton intern.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:47 pm
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Kelly Williams says:
Differential Y
Differential X
To hell with differentials
We want sex
(They still do that any more or have the PC police struck?)
November 1st, 2007 at 7:07 pm
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Tidefan23 says:
WTF…someone used a sharpie to write Glennon’s name on the back of his jersey. Money must be short at VT.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:25 pm
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BurritoBrosShits says:
What the hell kind of Mickey Mouse operation is this? Glennon is wearing a GT jersey with tape and his name Sharpied on the back?!?!?!?! Is Orgeron moonlighting as VT’s equipment manager? Please discuss….
November 1st, 2007 at 7:26 pm
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Middle America says:
Whale-shark?
November 1st, 2007 at 7:59 pm
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bnb614 says:
What the hell kind of Mickey Mouse operation is this? Glennon is wearing a GT jersey with tape and his name Sharpied on the back?!?!?!?! Is Orgeron moonlighting as VT’s equipment manager? Please discuss….
Please read UTWrenn’s post at #20.
November 1st, 2007 at 8:00 pm
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Middle America says:
Things that Craig James doesn’t understand: whalesharks, bulldogs, catfish…
November 1st, 2007 at 8:02 pm
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Tuscaloosa says:
indeed craig james is a dumb ass. is it a whale or a shark? go watch the Discovery channel
November 1st, 2007 at 8:03 pm
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gerry dorsey says:
i just caught a glimpse of the big boi half time show. he looked cooler than a polar bear’s toenails…..if you will.
November 1st, 2007 at 8:34 pm
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oc phil says:
He was ICE COLD?
November 1st, 2007 at 8:38 pm
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Florida Hokie says:
Diggin that Tenuta defense!
November 1st, 2007 at 8:43 pm
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Techie #2 says:
Tech may be the first Division IA team that will finish the season with more wins than passing touchdowns. Bank on it.
November 1st, 2007 at 8:50 pm
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John says:
Lend him some sugar, he is yo neighbor….
November 1st, 2007 at 9:39 pm
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the guy on the couch says:
are you effin kidding me….. were they just talking about the teletubbies on college football?? fowler just lost his classification as a man.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:43 pm
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stapler says:
did someone forget to tell GT that this is a real game, and yes, it is on national tv?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:54 pm
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John says:
Lou Holtz: “Well if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand.”
November 1st, 2007 at 10:03 pm
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fotodog says:
Tech looks absolutely horrible. Just chucking up balls & missing tackles. The Hokies pwn3d them tonight.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:12 pm
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Eirishis says:
Best part of tonight’s broadcast – sometime in the 3rd (on GT’s first possession after the botched coulda-been homerun touchdown pass), James and Flutie are going at each other’s throats in a retard fight. Fowler looks at the camera, laughs and shrugs his shoulders, doing everything but saying, “Seriously, can you believe these dips?”
November 1st, 2007 at 10:34 pm
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Hokie Andrew says:
Wanted – #7 Georgia Tech away game jersey. No customization needed. Will provide own Sharpie.
November 1st, 2007 at 11:01 pm
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LSUJoshua says:
And the final tally is…
+.5 #’s 33 and 36 for the nice Outkast references. I chuckled.
#8 wrong, Tebow woulda chucked a rock over them mountains o’er there. Things woulda been different. Oh yes. You better believe things would have been different. we’d have gone pro in a heartbeat. we’d be making millions of dollars and living in a big ol’ mansion somewhere, soaking it up in a hot tub with our soulmate
And just when you think this season couldn’t get any more silly, we have names written in motherfucking sharpie. It’s 2007 and we have names written in sharpie on a jersey.
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:29 am
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paulwesterdawg says:
In Orson’s defense, he was in the Gator Band.
Dude has been to his share of football games.
If I went to GT grad school, I don’t know if I’d go to their football games. Maybe a Thursday game, but I’d be in Athens on Saturdays.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:01 am
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Brian says:
Chris Fowler Score card:
+1 for uttering “The 312lb Wang…” some time in the first qtr.
-1 for insinuating that Beluga Caviar comes from Beluga Whales.
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:57 am
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Doug says:
Yeah, but Fowler knew all the names of the Teletubbies. -50 right there. Do not pass Go, do not collect any cocktails.
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:28 am
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Papa Lou BSU says:
I don’t know, Doug… if you have a two-year-old in the house, you’re going to know the names of all the Teletubbies, whether you like it or not…
(Don’t know if Fowler has kids or not, though…)
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:53 am
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PaulC says:
I went to the game last night. I’m not a fan of either school that played, and I have to say that as far as atmosphere goes, Bobby Dodd is among the worst in America. You’re not supposed to be able to have a conversation with the person sitting next to you without raising your voice during a game, but at BD you can.
Also, what is it with this gay house music that is played before the game starts that gets all the students jumping up and down? If you’ve seen any Big East, Big Ten, or ACC game (or any game at the Swamp) you know what music I’m talking about. A college football game is not a rave, and we’re not all on ecstasy.
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:23 am
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Proof Speaker says:
I officially retract my statement.
GT football is boring as hell.
I enjoyed two basketball “exhibition” games on the Big Ten Network more than that game.
November 2nd, 2007 at 11:54 am
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GTGradStudent says:
I agree, the atmosphere at Bobby Dodd is pretty bad. Most of the fans leave at halftime if the team is losing or winning by at least 2 scores. For a school with a decent football history, I’d think the fans would care a little more. I know that Chan Gailey’s coaching is about as varied and exciting as vanilla pudding, but thats no reason for the fans to boo their own team at halftime or throw crap at Boston College when they’ve already lost.
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:13 pm