Top 5 Bad Wins In The 2000's
by Winfield Featherston on Jul 6, 2010 1:00 PM EDT
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Last week John put together the Top 10 Best Wins of the 2000's and discussed the Top 10 Worst Losses. Me, I'm taking a different route. Here are the Top 5 Worst Wins of the 2000's. We are all Tech fans so somewhere we enjoy the pain of these memories.
October 23rd, 2003. Georgia Tech 7 Maryland 3
Why it was bad: It was a tale of offensive cripple fights. Neither team generated much offense (MD: 253 yards vs. GT:228 yards) and a total of 5 turnovers were committed. Additionally, it lacked the excitement of scoring. Maryland put up a field goal in the late third quarter and it looked as if that was all that was needed to seal the victory. Fortunately, Reggie Ball connected to Jonathan Smith in the early 4th quarter for a touchdown to snatch back the lead and the Yellow Jacket defense was able to hold on for the win.
September 21st, 2002. Georgia Tech 28 Brigham Young 19
Why it was bad: Tony Hollings, the nation's leading rusher at 158 yards per game, injured his knee so badly during garbage time that he was out for the season. He never played football for the Yellow Jackets again. He later became academically ineligible and in 2003, he entered the 2003 NFL Supplemental Draft. The Jackets went 4-5 the remainder of the year and finished 7-6 overall.
September 27th, 2003 Georgia Tech 24 Vanderbilt 17 (OT)
Why it was bad: We needed Reggie Ball to dive into the endzone to beat a 1-4 Vanderbilt team in overtime.
November 11th, 2006 Georgia Tech 7 North Carolina 0
Why it was bad: The Yellow Jackets needed a win against a 1-9 Carolina team to clinch the Coastal Division. What we got was a victory but almost died of several heart attacks throughout the game. With the power of Tashard Choice, Calvin Johnson, and Reggie Ball, Tech managed a measly seven points and needed a defensive stand in the 4th quarter to keep the win.
October 11th, 2008 Georgia Tech 10 Gardner-Webb 7
Why it was bad: BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS BAD! Fall Break, no crowd, 3rd string quarterback. We needed to block a field goal to keep the game from going to overtime. Basically, we just rolled over and somehow still won. Quietest crowd I have ever witnessed after a ballgame.
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im pretty sure that if we didnt block that field goal against GW… we would have lost in OT
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by The_GT_LineageX11 on Jul 6, 2010 1:17 PM EDT reply actions
The 2007 UNC game sticks out in my mind as being pretty bad. We had four fumbles, two of which came from Taylor Bennett, and we witnessed the rare sight of Travis Bell missing a field goal. It took a miraculous 2 play drive from Nesbitt and a field goal from Bell with 15 seconds left to beat a 3-7 UNC team.
Also, I feel like pointing out that Dominique Reese got the game saving block against Gardner-Webb. MJ was called for “leaping” in the jump pictured above, which gave GW a first and goal inside the five yard line and allowed them to score a touchdown… another reason that game sucked.
(Actually, looking at that picture again, MJ isn’t even close to that ball. Must’ve been GW kicking the extra point.)
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You're right.
It was Morgan, not Reese. Got my D names mixed up.
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by MagnaCarterGT on Jul 6, 2010 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree on 2007 too
Tashard ran four or five plays in the shotgun to set up the game winning FG. Very stressful game. The UVA game in 2007 was frustrating too but a loss.
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Michael Johnson
6’7" tall + 38.5" vertical + 2’ arm span = 11’9"
That’ll definitely put some arc in a kicker’s kick.
I write stuff From the Rumble Seat.
Maryland win in 2003
I remember that being a pretty good win.
Maryland had crushed Tech the year earlier and was rolling under Friedgen.
That was the season where close to 10 scholarship players were lost to academics and there were many on the 2 deep.
Was it the most exciting game? Heck, no but it meant a lot and it was an upset for sure.
I think
what makes it a bad win is that it was on National TV and the offense only passed the 50 yard line twice all night. If it weren’t for the Jonathan Cox fumble return, we would’ve lost 3-0. It was an upset but it was pretty ugly.
I write stuff From the Rumble Seat.
2009 vs. Clemson(regular season)
After going up by 24 points in the first half, you should never have to hope for fourth quarter field goals to bring you back into the game.
by five point stance on Jul 6, 2010 5:14 PM EDT reply actions
Mostly because it was cold and I was underdressed
I was freezing.
But, yeah, the first half was horrible. Tech pulled away before the end of the game, but it was far from a certain thing.
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