Orange Bowl Fun

The morning before the game, Georgia Tech versus Iowa, kind of regretting the decision not to go to Miami for the game.  Yesterday was offered 4 tickets plus hotel room for $550.00. Anyway with the Atlanta temperature this morning below twenty, the warmth and fun would be nice.
Over the past 69 years Tech has been the Orange Bowl four times, winning three.

These are the summaries.

1. Jan. 1, 1952: A win for Georgia Tech 17, Baylor 14, Pepper Rodgers kicked a late field goal gives Tech win. Tech finished the year at 11-0-1. Pepper later became head coach at UCLA, then Tech later in the USFL.
2. Jan. 1, 1948: Another win for Georgia Tech 20 over Kansas 14. Georgia Tech's defense made a goal-line stand holds off Jayhawks. Kansas then fumbled inside the 1-yard line.
3. Jan. 1, 1945: Our only loss in the game to Tulsa 26, Georgia Tech 12. Quarterback Frank Broyles threw for 304 yard, but the Jackets having fallen behind 20-0 could not make up the difference. Broyles later served as an assistant coach under Bobby Dodd, then head coached an Arkansas squad to a National Championship. That Arkansas team included Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson. Broyles was offered the head coaching job at Georgia Tech when Bobby Dodd retired but the mentor advised the disciple to decline which he did. Broyles has now long been the Athletic Director at the University of Arkansas.
4. Jan. 1, 1940: Our first win against Missouri, winning 21 - 7. Tech scored three consecutive touchdowns to cement the lead.

Good luck to this year's team, its not the best we've sent, that nod would go to the 52 team that won the National Championship, but its unique and frightening for opponents.

THWG