Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
Background
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate is the name of the college rivalry between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Georgia Bulldogs. The two schools are separated by approximately 70 miles and have been heated rivals since 1893. The rivalry extends beyond sports and into the work place as many alum work together and interact on a daily basis. Many fans of the respective institutions refuse to partake in clothing, food, or other materials of their rival's school colors.
The University of Georgia (commonly referred to as Georgia or UGA) is located in rural Athens, Georgia and is a liberal arts research university. The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or GT), however, is an engineering research university located in urban Atlanta, Georgia. The academic and geographic divergence of the two institutions polarizes the state of Georgia into two fairly large fan bases. Being two of the most prestigious public universities in the Southeastern United States has added even more grandeur to the rivalry.
The fight songs, sung at every sporting event, have even been tailored to the rivalry. Georgia Tech's fight songs include the lyrics "To Hell with Georgia", "Down with the red and black", and even "Drop the battle axe on Georgia's head". Georgia's fight song (when playing Georgia Tech) includes the lyric "To Heck with Georgia Tech".
Football
The game has been played 100 times according to Georgia Tech and only 98 times according to Georgia record books. Georgia discredits two games in 1943 and 1944 because many of their players went to fight in World War II. The two schools have captured 6 national titles and 29 conference titles between them making the rivalry a battle between two historically prestigious programs.
The record between the two teams is 57 Georgia wins, 38 Georgia Tech wins, and 5 ties. Georgia has currently won five straight games. The longest Georgia winning streak was 7 games from 1991-1997 while the longest Georgia Tech winning streak was 8 games from 1949-1956.
The first time the two teams met the then Georgia Tech Blacksmiths defeated the Georgia Wildcats 28-6 on November 4, 1893. The disgruntled Georgia fans began throwing rocks at the Georgia Tech players and chased the players back to their awaiting train. The rivalry has been heated ever since.
The 2005 meeting between the two teams set a Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia attendance record with 56,412 people in attendance. The previous meeting in 2004 at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia hosted 92,746 people.
Basketball
The Georgia Tech and Georgia basketball rivalry can be just as heated as its football counterpart. Georgia Tech has 99 wins and Georgia has 83 wins in this series but Georgia Tech has not defeated the Bulldogs in Athens since 1976. The Georgia Tech vs. Georgia game was played in the Omni Coliseum for 13 years beginning in 1981 and ending in 1994. The neutrality of the Omni came into question by the UGA athletic department so the series was renewed as an alternating home court event.
The rankings of the two squads usually inspires the respective opponent to play with even more intensity. Bobby Cremins' 1990 Final Four team struggled to beat UGA's squad in triple overtime. In Georgia Tech's 2004 National Title Runnerup season, they fell to the much lower rated Bulldog squad in a double overtime thriller in Stegeman Coliseum. The loss was the first loss of the season for the Yellow Jackets.
Other Sports
Georgia Tech and Georgia enjoy healthy rivalries in all other sports in which the two universities compete most notably baseball, women's basketball, and various club sports. Three baseball games are played every year. Two are played at the respective colleges' baseball stadiums while the finale is played at Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves. The 2004 Georgia Tech vs. Georgia Game had the second most spectators in college baseball history with 28,836 fans in attendance.
Sources
- [1] - Results of Georgia vs. Georgia Tech in football
- [2] - Official Georgia Tech Atletics Website
- [3] - Official Georgia Atletics Website
- [4] - The T-Book, a Comprehensive List of Georgia Tech Traditions
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