{"id":118,"date":"2005-11-18T16:35:55","date_gmt":"2005-11-18T20:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedirtroad.net\/jeff\/journal\/2005\/11\/18\/stumbling-into-the-horseshoe-in-little-havana\/"},"modified":"2005-11-20T12:35:47","modified_gmt":"2005-11-20T16:35:47","slug":"stumbling-into-the-horseshoe-in-little-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedirtroad.net\/jeff\/journal\/2005\/11\/18\/stumbling-into-the-horseshoe-in-little-havana\/","title":{"rendered":"Stumbling into The Horseshoe in Little Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s hard to write about Georgia Tech football after a week like this.<\/a> 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.)<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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