Happy 2009! LSU beats GATech like a tin toy drum, 38-3

[thatcrazycajun]

Not so much as a single, solitary touchdown. Not. One. That's what the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets got when my alma mater came to Atlanta to play them tonight in what was once called the Peach Bowl. (I refuse to give its corporate sponsor any more publicity than the surfeit it already has; I don't like time-honored sporting events and venues selling their names and origins into history for the sake of bucks.) Our local paper reports the game results here.

And on that joyful note (for me and my fellow LSU alums/fans, anyhow), please allow me to be the first to wish you and yours a happy, safe, peaceful and prosperous New Year...unless you've got someone special with you who's already claimed that privilege. And I also offer this toast, as I do each year at this time:

To the new year: may it be better than the old. For some of us, that won't take terribly much.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

I am reminded of the time when the Auburn Turkey Buzzards came to town in 1986, the year Bo Jackson cleaned up everything in sight.... the vaunted Black Watch defense held Bo to jack-all for two and a half quarters. Finally mid-third-quarter Bo got a lucky block and broke it loose to set up the go-ahead touchdown.

The Georgia Tech Band was ready, and unhesitating.

Ten-HUT! LEEEEFT FACE! (They're now facing the visitors' section.)

THAT'S ALL RIGHT!
THAT'S OK!
YOU'RE GONNA WORK FOR US SOMEDAY!

OTOH, it's no shame for Tech (these days) to lose to someone from the Southeastern Conference.... in football. Basketball is another matter entirely. :)

And yes, to 2009. May It Not Suck.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

You remind me of a story I read somewhere—Reader's Digest, I think—of a college graduating class at commencement that consisted largely of Comp.Sci. grads and MBAs. As the ceremony came to a close, the CS grads threw their caps in the air and chanted, "We've got jobs! We've got jobs!"

Whereupon the MBAs likewise tossed their caps and chanted back, "Working for us! Working for us!" :-)

[sdelmonte]

THe local ESPN radio station compromised and used both the silly corporate name and Peach Bowl. That's slightly better than nothing.

And then the second the broadcast switched over to the network feed of the game, the Peach was gone. Sigh.

Happy New Year!!

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

The networks unfortunately learned early on that refusing to use the corporate names would be useless. The sponsors simply put the name in their ads.