georgia-tech-football-history Stories - From The Rumble Seat
GT Ballin' Names
Randomly thought of this today at work - the top 10 coolest names in GT football.10. Jaybo Shaw - Gotta admit that having a name that sounds like a fighting style is pretty badass.9. Damarius Bilbo - Fan favorite as well as a sweet last name. Maybe Bilbo should've been given a fair shake at QB.8....
Ted Roof hired as DC at AU
First off, here's a quick history lesson on GT football lore. From 1984-1985, Bill Curry used a reward system to motivate his defensive players. Players that performed well on the field were awarded black stripes for their helmets and black GT stickers for the side of their helmets. Ted Roof, Pat...
The Whiz
How do we explain Ken Whisenhunt's Cardinals? I only really have one explanation: engineering background. Whisenhunt was a Civil Engineering major who graduated from Tech in 1985. He actually finished his career at Tech, as a tight end, with the secondmost receiving yards in school history and...
Renewing the Old Matchups
Was cruising around looking at the history of Georgia Tech football and started looking at the all-time wins and losses against all of our opponents. I sure would like to get rid of that cupcake game we play every year and play some teams that actually carry some weight. I made a table of the...
Industrial Touchdown Complex and Guarantees
The ITCI was looking at an interesting statistic this morning - Touchdowns per offensive play. What team in the ACC is a touchdown producing machine? Here's the ranking of the 12 ACC teams' percentage of O plays that go the distance:12. UVA - 2.96%11. Duke - 3.13%10. VT - 3.38%9. Wake Forest -...
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