# Excuse me while I weep for my Yellow Jackets **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796 "2006-11-25T23:49:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/1 "2006-11-25T23:49:08Z")
There is 1:08 left in the game and the score is Georgia: 15, GT: 12. This will be the sixth year in a row they’ve won the rivalry game. They never won while I was there, and if there was a year we should have won - it was this one. We are ranked. UGA was not. We have Calvin Johnson (called the #3 receiver in NCAA Football), they don’t. And we just threw an interception. Great. Fucking great. – IG ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/2 "2006-11-26T00:00:14Z")
As a fellow student, I too weep for our Jackets. Reggie Ball needs to go away. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/3 "2006-11-26T00:01:47Z")
He was so promising at the beginning, no longer though. And I’m an ex-GT student. I couldn’t cut it, but I respect GT for soundly kicking my ass. – IG ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/4 "2006-11-26T05:31:57Z")
_Glory, glory to ol’ Georgia! Glory, glory to ol’ Georgia! Glory, glory to ol’ Georgia! To heck with Georgia Tech!_ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/5 "2006-11-26T21:18:01Z")
Well, you can always take comfort in the thought that your degree is worth something more than the parchment it’s printed on, which is more than a lot of UGA grads can say. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/6 "2006-11-27T00:37:23Z")
[QUOTE=Improv Geek] There is 1:08 left in the game and the score is Georgia: 15, GT: 12. This will be the sixth year in a row they’ve won the rivalry game. They never won while I was there, and if there was a year we should have won - it was this one. We are ranked. UGA was not. We have Calvin Johnson (called the #3 receiver in NCAA Football), they don’t. And we just threw an interception. Great. Fucking great. – IG [/QUOTE] Boo-fuggin’-hoo. 😛 -Dawgfan- ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/7 "2006-11-27T00:47:43Z")
Man, Georgia sure sucked it up in-conference this year, but at least we won the ACC. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/8 "2006-11-27T02:15:55Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] Well, you can always take comfort in the thought that your degree is worth something more than the parchment it’s printed on, which is more than a lot of UGA grads can say. [/QUOTE] Got that right! My pops was a GT man. 🙂 And I’m still pissed about the Colorado thing ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/9 "2006-11-27T03:02:06Z")
[QUOTE=Operation Ripper] Got that right! My pops was a GT man. 🙂 And I’m still pissed about the Colorado thing [/QUOTE] I was there. 6 in a row is awesome, but I try not to rub it in. …even if you can’t come up with anything better than a lame “value of your degree” comment (the likes of which were never spoken when Dodd was on the flats). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/10 "2006-11-27T03:03:10Z")
[QUOTE=Improv Geek] There is 1:08 left in the game and the score is Georgia: 15, GT: 12. This will be the sixth year in a row they’ve won the rivalry game. They never won while I was there, and if there was a year we should have won - it was this one. We are ranked. UGA was not. We have Calvin Johnson (called the #3 receiver in NCAA Football), they don’t. And we just threw an interception. Great. Fucking great. – IG [/QUOTE] Oh, and I would call CJ the #1 WR in college football. No question. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/11 "2006-11-27T03:12:14Z")
[QUOTE=The Swan] I was there. 6 in a row is awesome, but I try not to rub it in. [/QUOTE] Np bro, btw, when was the last time the dawgs won a national title? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/12 "2006-11-27T03:24:43Z")
[QUOTE=The Swan] Oh, and I would call CJ the #1 WR in college football. No question. [/QUOTE] I think a healthy Dwayne Jarrett could give him a run for his money. Did you see his catches against Notre Dame? Goddamn. But that’s probably the only guy in the whole of the NCAA this year that’s in CJ’s league. Samardzija’s a playmaker - but he has nothing ability-wise compared to those two. Personally, I’m really glad Georgia beat Auburn and Tech to gain some momentum for next season/a decent bowl game. That said, I hope Tech kicks the absolute shit out of Wake Forest in the ACC Championship, then goes on to decimate whoever they’re playing in the Orange Bowl. I’d like to see CJ go on one more rampage before his career is over. And on preview, Ripper — the answer is (as you know) 1980. Tech split one in 1990. Is that supposed to be rubbing it in? They’re both so far off as to be practically historic as far as I’m concerned. Both teams are freaking due. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/13 "2006-11-27T03:33:20Z")
[QUOTE=Operation Ripper] Np bro, btw, when was the last time the dawgs won a national title? [/QUOTE] Is your biggest bragging point a half of a National title that was won 16 years ago, as opposed to the one we one 10 years prior? Yeah, that really stung. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/14 "2006-11-27T03:36:34Z")
[QUOTE=The Swan] Is your biggest bragging point a half of a National title that was won 16 years ago, as opposed to the one we one 10 years prior? Yeah, that really stung. [/QUOTE] Also, I was being serious when I said that I don’t like to rub it in. Just about every NCAA team has its demons. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/15 "2006-11-27T14:23:19Z")
[QUOTE=Doctor Who] Man, Georgia sure sucked it up in-conference this year, but at least we won the ACC. 😛 [/QUOTE] Yeah, but you’re (still, again, like always) 2nd in the State rankings. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/16 "2006-11-27T14:24:33Z")
[QUOTE=Operation Ripper] Np bro, btw, when was the last time the dawgs won a national title? [/QUOTE] 1. Uncontested _and_ untied, nonetheless. When was the last time Tech won one of _those_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/17 "2006-11-27T14:41:11Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] Yeah, but you’re (still, again, like always) 2nd in the State rankings. 😛 [/QUOTE] I think you might want to reread my post there, John. It’s subtle. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/18 "2006-11-27T22:55:26Z")
[QUOTE=Doctor Who] I think you might want to reread my post there, John. It’s subtle. 😃 [/QUOTE] Ahhh, yes, now I see it. You’re lamenting the fact that top of the line ACC teams are barely competitive against middle of the road SEC teams. Like usual. Again. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/19 "2006-11-28T03:43:58Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] Ahhh, yes, now I see it. You’re lamenting the fact that top of the line ACC teams are barely competitive against middle of the road SEC teams. Like usual. Again. 😉 [/QUOTE] Well, seeing as **Doctor Who** is a Dawg fan, I’d say he isn’t lamenting much. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796/20 "2006-11-28T04:22:14Z")
This is not meant as a sleight in any way against the Dawgs, but how do they do in Baseball and Basketball? As I recall they do pretty well in Basketball, but I don’t know anything about NCAA Baseball. Again, I’m not trying to rile up rivalry, just curious because I don’t follow any NCAA teams other than the Jackets. – IG [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-while-i-weep-for-my-yellow-jackets/381796.md?page=2)