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Was there a season more frustrating than 2006?
May 3, 2019, 2:28 PM
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Lose in week 2 at BC in 2-OT in a game we were clearly superior on some of the dumbest coaching decisions and worst special teams ive ever seen.
Beat #9 FSU in Tallahassee the next week
Rip off 6 straight wins, including the Gaines Adams-blocked FG led comeback at Wake Forest, and culminating in the Georgia Tech College Gameday CJ Spiller Juke Game which we dominate 31-7
Crack the Top 10 in time to go on the road on Thursday Night and only score 1 TD in a loss at VT
Come home the next week and LOSE TO MARYLAND 13-12
2 Weeks later ###### defeat from the jaws of victory against South Carolina at home (WHERE IS REGGIE TOMMY? WHERE IS HE?)
Lose to Kentucky in the Music City Bowl
8-5 (5-3)
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Thanks for the trip down memory lane.***
May 3, 2019, 2:32 PM
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Oculus Spirit [77616]
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Re: Was there a season more frustrating than 2006?
May 3, 2019, 2:38 PM
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Now remove your nipple-clamps for god sakes man!
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2004 is close
May 3, 2019, 2:43 PM
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At # 15 took 2OT for us to beat Wake GT - Muff and Megatron TD. They scored 3 TD's in the final 4 minutes. Start of 4 consecutive losses. (T&AM, FSU, UVA) Beat Utah St, Ralph Friedgen's Turtles, and NCST THEN, go to Miami and beat #11 team in the country THEN......lose to DUKE! THEN.......beat/brawl with the Coots.
Season many pumpers, turned to dumpers.
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2004 Thats a good one***
May 3, 2019, 2:46 PM
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To add context, we had finished 2003 with the beatdown of #3
May 3, 2019, 2:56 PM
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FSU, Dook, 63-17, and a win over a Top 10 Tennessee team in the bowl game so we we're riding high going into that season.
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Re: Was there a season more frustrating than 2006?
May 3, 2019, 2:44 PM
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Yes. I would say 2007 was worse. Granted we beat SC but 3 pts at GT and then short against BC for the first glimpse of a chance for a ACC game... 2000 both refreshing and disturbing... and a sign of things to come.
But 1998 was the worst for me. Everyone knew West was a goner but losing to Wake, UVA, Duke, and UNCheat was completely and totally unacceptable. Should have been fired after Wake (like his successor) to at least give folks a reason not to watch basketball.
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I was in TigerBand at the time, so I can confirm...
May 3, 2019, 2:47 PM
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That season SUCKED!!!!
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Standout [310]
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I think you left out the part:
May 3, 2019, 2:50 PM
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GT played WF for the ACCCG. It was particularly depressing that we couldn't win enough games to make the ACCCG when we could beat the teams that managed to make it.
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Re: Was there a season more frustrating than 2006?
May 3, 2019, 2:52 PM
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This could be said about almost any year under Bowden.
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Re: Was there a season more frustrating than 2006?
May 3, 2019, 3:02 PM
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I was at that USuC game and remember Jad taking the heat for missing that field goal. It was TB who pulled RM, that was the problem!
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With Great news today (Bowman), currently the reigning
May 3, 2019, 3:03 PM
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national champs, 15 game winning streak and you are thinking about something that happened 13 years ago.
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'07 and '08 were worse in my memory.
May 3, 2019, 3:04 PM
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2007: We come into the BC matchup against Matt Ryan and Co with the Atlantic Division Title on the line. That was the first time we had EVER been in a position to win the Division--winner goes to the ACCCG. We had reeled off 4 straight wins, it was going to be a night game in DV. That was the most excited I can remember being for a game.
It was a close, hard-fought game and we had the lead in the 4th quarter then Matt Ryan has a magical escape from pressure and throws a long TD with less than 2 mins left to take a 3-point lead. The Tigers get the ball back and Aaron Kelly gets open on a long throw for the game-winning TD and the ball sails through his outstretched hands. Tigers attempted a long FG to tie that fell harmlessly in front of the end zone.
Maybe that whole season wasn't as disappointing but that's the worst I've ever felt after a game.
2008: We return starting QB, Davis and Spiller, Jacoby Ford, Aaron Kelly, etc. Pre-season #10. Get DESTROYED by Bama in the GA Dome, then lose to Maryland in inexplicable Tommy Bowden fashion, then follow it up with an all-time stinker on the road on a Thursday night in Winston-Salem.
You all know the silver lining of that season was getting Dabo but at the time, #### that was a bad year....
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Orange Blooded [3049]
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Yes
May 3, 2019, 3:09 PM
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The 1976 season with Red Parker was painful. I should have known after the first game, a 10 to 7 victory over El Cid (1-0), that this year could get ugly. Georgia came to Death Vally the next week and kicked our be-hind 41 to zip (1-1). We tied Tech the next week 24 to 24 (1-1-1). Went to Tennessee and got cheated out of that game 19 to 21 (1-2-1). Go to Wake and drop another one 14 to 20 (1-3-1). Duke comes to Tigertown and ties the Tigers 18 to18 (1-3-2). Head to Raleigh and drop another one to the Wolf Pack 21 to 38 (1-4-2). Head down to Tallahassee to play a bad independent Semihole Team an remarkably win 15 to 12 (2-4-2). Only to lose the next two weeks at home to the Tarholes 23-27 (2-5-2) and at the Turtles 0 to 20 (2-6-2). We’re now 0-4-1 in conference play, with only one game left that could even begin to salvage anything of the 76 season. And yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus as the Tigers whip the Capons 28-9 (3-6-2). Thank goodness this would be the last year of Red Parker. This is what football frustration looks like!
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