It’s hard to write about Georgia Tech football after a week like this. Suffice it to say, this is probably the lowest week I can ever remember and the worst I’ve ever felt about Tech sports. (And that includes the 1994 season when the football team bottomed out.)

I’ve been writing these little essays about my memories about Tech football, which soon may no longer officially exist. That’s the part that hurts the worst. I guess I’ll carry the memories of the 1999 Gator Bowl, the unbelieveable win at Clemson in 2000, the upset at NC State, or the 51-48 win over Georgia in my mind, even if they aren’t on the record books. The leaves me with a very heavy heart. I can take losses, but when institution ineptness costs your school records and scholarships, that’s just embarassing. Nonetheless, let’s talk about Miami.

The story goes that the Miami-Georgia Tech game of 1955 is the first ever game to be televised nationally in color. Tech enjoyed a 6-2 record over Miami when they met for the first time in 22 years at the 2000 Gator Bowl. I went to the game with Adriene and her parents and we saw a Miami team that was rebounding fast back into its glory years. We saw Joe Hamilton’s last game on that unusally warm day and it wasn’t enough to stop the Hurricanes.

Now that Miami is in the ACC, Tech and Miami will be playing each other regularly. It may take a while to pull an upset off against Miami. Hopefully Georgia Tech won’t be as fruitless against them as they have that other Florida school.