The Definition of Snakebit

If one were to look up the definition of the term "snakebit" one would find the following in the dictionary:

Snakebit [sneyk-bit] adj -
1. Bitten by a snake
2. (In basketball) Losing ten games by two possessions or less
3. (In basketball) Playing in back-to-back overtime games and losing both
4. (In basketball) Losing the last game of the regular season with 1.7 seconds left on a midrange fade away jumper

We've still got Clemson to go this Thursday instead of BC. Preventing a 3-game sweep and progressing to the next round of the ACC tournament does not look impossible with Clemson's performances as of late. Any thoughts on upcoming ACCT or season's ending?

I like tennis skirts (and non-rev sports)

Creepy title, but it's true.

The Georgia Tech Women's Tennis team clinched a big ACC win over 17th ranked FSU yesterday.

Among the Jackets, Noelle Hickey stood out most to me during the match. Upon entering singles play, Noelle was playing decently, but was making too many small mistakes that began to add up very quickly. At one point she began scolding herself during the match, after knocking one too many returns about a foot too far down the court. After a rough 2-6 start in set 1, Noelle got her play together and won her final two sets 7-6 and 6-4. Congratulations, Noelle.

By the way, the Men's Rugby team beat Emory, and I forgot to tell you. My bad. For the final conference standings, they were tied with Kennesaw State, but since they beat that ass during the season, the Jackets take hold of their third consecutive conference title. Very nice, very badass accomplishment, gentlemen.

Also, the softball team christens their new field on Tuesday at 2 o'clock, more to come, however, I want to encourage anyone who can make it to show up. It is the first game the ladies will play on Tech campus, in a beautiful, brand spanking new venue. Good times will be had, but only if you show up. See you there!

Beesball Sweeps

Traveling backwards....

Sunday finished off a warm welcoming weekend into the ACC Season as the Yellow Jackets finished off and swept the Terps 10-7. Big props to Chase Burnett as he broke the 7-7 tie in the 8th inning with a huge 3-run go ahead bomb. However, the game was pretty sloppy as Maryland committed 3 erros and Tech committed 1 but easily could have been given 1 or 2 more.

Saturday was a massacre. 24-3. 24 runs are the most runs scored in an ACC game since GT beat Virginia 27-2. How can you NOT like aluminum bats in the college game?!
Friday was a solid pitching performance by Deck McGuire as he shut the Terps down.

Some key things to look at and think about:

• We are still very inconsistent offensively although I like seeing some flashes of "small ball" being played this year.
  
• If Maryland put up a decent fight in 2 of 3 games, the ACC season will be tough. Bring it on.
  
• Relief pitching is shaky. Too many walks......
  
• Matt Skole is freaking legit.
  

Next Game: vs. Mercer, March 10 @ 4pm

Three Jackets leave team

Safety Jake Blackwood, veteran A-back Greg Smith, and walkon QB Bryce Dykes are leaving the football team before next season.

Blackwood was a hard hitting special teamer and son of former NFL safety Glen Blackwood. Blackwood is graduating before the season starts.

Greg Smith played wide receiver during the Gailey years and has shown flashes of skill as an A-back. Greg is transferring out of Tech. I remember Greg's first highlight as a Tech player was against either Troy or Samford in 2006 dragging multiple defenders after making a reception.

Bryce Dykes walked on to the Tech team and actually received a great deal of playing time this year as a walkon QB. Interestingly enough, his father was a Reck driver back in the day. Bryce is staying at Tech but leaving the football team.

All will be appreciated and can at least say they were featured in a video game. How many people can say that?

I would advise anyone looking for a flag football QB to actively recruit Bryce...

Maryland Terribles Preview

Tech's first ACC series is this weekend at home against the mighty 4-4 Maryland Terrapins. Generally speaking we should expect to sweep the Terps or at least take 2 out of 3. The Terps are batting .286 and just recently were swept by a scrappy UNC-Wilmington team. Hope y'all are ready for a blood bath.

Tech bball finishes the regular season against BC on Saturday. BC's recent upset by NC State makes GT a must win for BC's tournament hopes while GT is playing for pride and "momentum" going into the ACCT. I wanna win this game. I wanna win the ACCT. The best thing for the ACC would be Tech magically pulling a Georgia this year and taking the ACCT and sending an additional team to the tourney. That would be sweet.

Any thoughts on MD? I know Vu probably has some. Anyone think basketball season flew by?

Last night took us back to good times

to the good days when GT Basketball held a presence. It was Senior Night and Lewis Clinch went out with a bang as he led all scoring with 30 points and went 9-16 from behind the arc, only 2 away from Dennis Scott's record of 11 3-Pointers.

What felt good about this game? Everything. We never were behind and roared through the entire 40 minutes of play. Miami came out flat and we came out as if we were playing for something other than simple pride. Some key stats that I have not seen all season: 56% from 3-Point Range and a shocking 67% free-throw shooting percentage. (insert shocked face here). It feels good to win and I almost forgot what it felt like.

So what's up next for the Jackets? It's back-to-back matchups against the Eagles in the last regular season game and the ACC Tournament down here in Atlanta. The first matchup will be this Saturday the 7th. The rematch has the Jackets locked-in as the 12-seed in the ACCT against the Eagles as the 5-seed at 2:30 PM in the Georgia Dome on March 12. More info on the tournament as we get closer.

Stories of the Ramblin' Reck

In an effort to spread the history of the Ramblin' Reck here are two short stories (ok, well blurbs) from Ken Box who was the 1975 and 1976 Ramblin' Reck Driver. The first involves the Ramblin' Reck and the Notre Dame Leprechaun in Atlanta in 1976 and the second story is one of my favorites and includes some mutt-lovers in the cesspool. Hope you all enjoy them.

Ken Box w/ the Ramblin' Reck: 1976

Notre Dame

"When we played ND (and won in 1976) the ND Leprechaun wanted a picture standing on the running board of the Reck. As the picture snapped I opened the door and knocked him off pretending I didn't know he was standing there. Then I told him for his safety he shouldn't get close to the Reck while the student body was watching."

Georgia
"The 1977 Reck driver , Tom Smith, was a good friend of mine. He rode shotgun with me on out of town trips and he was a good 'engine head' so his engine repairs skills always came in handy. After the 1976 UGA game in Athens our police escort disappeared. The Reck was running very rough...misfiring a lot. I didn't think we would make it to the U-haul truck and get back to Atlanta. We were in an empty parking lot adjacent to Sanford stadium trying to tune up the engine. A car drove up with a bunch of drunk Dawgs. Two of the rednecks jumped out of the car and said they were going to take the Yellow Jacket spare tire cover. Tom Smith jumped out of his Blazer with a 9mm pistol aimed at their loud mouthed leader and said, 'Go ahead, make my day!' Needless to say, they left in a hurry!"

Can I get a HELL YEAH on that last story?