THE FLATS – Georgia Tech has accepted a bid to play the University of Southern California in the 79 th annual Hyundai Sun Bowl Dec. 31 in El Paso, Texas. The game will kick off at noon (MST) and will be televised by CBS.
The Yellow Jackets will make their 16 th consecutive postseason bowl appearance, tying for the fourth-longest current streak nationally. Tech will also make its second straight trip to El Paso, where last season the Jackets lost to Utah, 30-27, in overtime.
Georgia Tech, 6-7 overall, is coming off a hard-fought 21-15 loss to 13 th -ranked Florida State in the Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game Saturday night in Charlotte, N.C. The Yellow Jackets overcame a 2-4 start (1-3 in the ACC) to win four straight conference games and finish 5-3 in the ACC.
Southern California, 7-5 overall and 5-4 in the Pac 12, won six of its first seven games after being ranked No. 1 in many preseason polls.
“Our players and coaches are excited about earning another bowl bid and for the opportunity to play a traditionally powerful team in Southern California,” Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson said. “The hospitality shown to us last year by the Sun Bowl and the people of El Paso was fantastic.
“We know we will face a huge challenge in the game. USC has talented players across the board and Coach (Lane) Kiffin will have his team well-prepared, I’m sure.”
Georgia Tech will make its 41 st bowl appearance overall, tying for the 12 th -most appearances nationally. The Yellow Jackets are 22-18 all-time in bowl games. Only nine schools have won more bowl games than Tech.
USC, 32-16 in 48 bowl appearances, has the highest winning percentage in bowl games (.667) in the nation. Only Alabama (34 bowl wins) has won more bowl games, and only Alabama (59) and Texas (50) have appeared in more bowl games.
The Yellow Jackets will play in the same bowl game two years in a row for the third time in school history. Tech played in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1, 1999 and on Jan. 1, 2000. The Jackets also played in the Sugar Bowl following the 1951 and 1952 seasons.
Tech will be making its third all-time appearance in the Hyundai Sun Bowl. The Jackets beat Texas Tech, 17-9, in the 1970 game, and lost in overtime to Utah last season.
The Yellow Jackets and Trojans will meet on the football field for the fourth time and for the first time since Sept. 22, 1973 when then-No. 1-ranked USC beat Georgia Tech 23-6 in Bobby Dodd Stadium/Grant Field. The other two meetings came in 1969, a 28-19 Trojan victory in Los Angeles, and in 1961, a 27-7 Georgia Tech win over 7 th -ranked USC in Los Angeles.
Georgia Tech is 6-10 all-time against teams currently in the Pac 12.
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scRedXIII said...
I'd like to know how many practice days does the School allow the football team to have for a bowl game? As it's been mentioned above there may be a great silver-lining in playing a bowl of any kind, as the kids many freshman and sophomores can use all the practice they can get, which can only help for next year. and Please... Please teach these boys how to tackle... i don't mean to make this sound like a shot of any kind but, watching these championship games(SEC) their kids are really NOT any bigger then ours, but they have been taught go after the ball and stop the guy thats holding it.
Amen to that, Reverend ScRedXIII, but you are preaching to the choir (tenor here) on the subject of tackling. Just funnin' ya - good post, man.
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draig said...
Amen to that, Reverend ScRedXIII, but you are preaching to the choir (tenor here) on the subject of tackling. Just funnin' ya - good post, man.
i'd say i'm more a grasshopper then sensei! lol! and thanks,
i'm just trying to learn and really enjoy this board; that being said
One doesn't need much more then the good ole' eye test to see that this has been lacking,
watching the Stanford game, and being at the ND game in person, when ever the opposite team rushed down the middle it looked like the parting of the Red Sea, i just didn't understand, i literally wanted to run out of the stands and cover that hole..
but i'm not here to complain, there's allot of that going on already, i will keep cheering on the team, and have full faith that the new DC USC gets is going to watch the film and correct these issues.
This post was edited by scRedXIII on 12/3/2012 at 1:10 PM
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