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Georgia football: the drop Tech lunacy

By Richard Gnann

ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 25: Michael Barnett #94 of the Georgia football Bulldogs celebrates beating the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Bobby Dodd Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 25: Michael Barnett #94 of the Georgia football Bulldogs celebrates beating the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Bobby Dodd Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images) /
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KirVonte Benson #30 of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets is tackled by Natrez Patrick #6 and Roquan Smith #3 of the Georgia football Bulldogs during the first half at Bobby Dodd Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA – NOVEMBER 25: KirVonte Benson #30 of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets is tackled by Natrez Patrick #6 and Roquan Smith #3 of the Georgia football Bulldogs during the first half at Bobby Dodd Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images) /

Job one: beat Tech

From 1949 to 1956, the Jackets beat the Georgia football team in eight straight football games. The jersey of Theron Sapp, the man scoring the winning touchdown in 1957 is retired with those of Sinkwich, Trippi, and Walker – three of the greatest players to ever play the college game in any uniform.

Aside from several fictitious championships recently concocted by the historians on the Flats, The  Drought is all Tech has left to brag about. The only thing unaccomplished by Georgia football is avenging The Drought. Any Bulldog that would go willingly to the grave without first gaining the double redemption of beating Tech eight straight will surrender their red and black halo to St. Peter.

Mission two: squash the bees

Georgia can’t run this state if it doesn’t beat the bees. Drop Tech, and every time the hive football record rises above .500, the stench will rise as Yellow Jackets emerge from the dirt blathering, “We can whup Georgia.”

Aside from making the Burger King break room unbearable, dropping Tech means an extra freebie win for the Jackets win every season.

Every.

Season.

Drop Tech, and  a Tech .500 record becomes a Bulldog gift of 7 – 5. A Tech record of 9 – 3 becomes a Bulldog  gift of 10 – 2 and a New Year’s Day Bowl. A once in a generation season, OK, once in a lifetime season by Tech means the Bulldogs roll out the red carpet for the Jackets on their way to the National Championship Playoffs.

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