32 • Friday, September 3, 2004 • Technique SPORTS “Backfield in Motion” wins Flag Football Classic Pike 7 Bluetick Hounds 19 Bluetick Hounds 13 FIJI 28 TKE 0 FIJI 6 FIJI 21 Backfield 26 Beta Theta Pi 19 Franchize Boyz 13 Beta Theta Pi 14 Backfield 31 Pi Kappa Phi 7 By Jamie Howell / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Backfield 33 The Flag Football Classic was held this past Friday and Saturday. “Backfield in Motion” was crowned champion after defeating FIJI Fall Football Classic Champion 26-21 in the finals. They move on to the state tournament. “Backfield in Motion” Technique The We worked hard to earn that title. that earn to hard worked We We’re the South’s liveliest college newspaper. college liveliest South’s the We’re SPORTS Technique • Friday, September 3, 2004 • 33 BEYOND THE WHITE AND GOLD College football has tradition unlike any other By Clark Nelson seven straight bowl games. Only Currently, two legends are near- for team triumph and inspiration. and Ohio St. regularly pack in over Staff Writer eight other schools can currently ing retirement in Joe Paterno of Penn Some schools melodies are very rec- 100,000 fans to watch a game. say this. St. and Bobby Bowden of Florida ognizable; Notre Dame’s “Wake up The fans of South Carolina are College football kicked off last Every school has its own indi- St. They hold two of the top five the Echoes”, Michigan’s “Hail to the regarded as some of the most loyal weekend with the USC Trojans vidual traditions, and Tech is no places for all-time wins. Paterno is Victors” and “Ramblin’ Wreck from in the country, selling out almost defeating the Virginia Tech Hokies different. The Yellow Jackets have so identified with Penn State that Tech” are a few. How many of you every home game despite mostly 24-13 in the BCA Classic. won four national titles, currently when he retires the school should know your favorite NFL team’s fight unsuccessful teams. The Gamecocks Southern Cal has a storied tradi- hold the highest winning percentage put his likeness on its unadorned song, if they have one at all? have won only 3 bowls in over 110 tion, which was revived by a return in bowl games, and play in the oldest helmets. Another difference in the college years of football and have an all-time to national prominence over the last stadium in Division I-A. People also make up an important game is that the name on the front losing record. two years, and including their eighth Tech starts its 112th season part of the Yellow Jackets’ tradition. of the jersey matters most, not the College stadiums are named for national title last season. Two former coaches have two of the former coaches, athletic directors, Traditions abound, not only at most prestigious awards in college and presidents of the school; not USC, but also on college campuses “Paterno is so football named for them. The Bobby “The party does the company who put up the most nationwide. The NFL may have its identified with Dodd Award and The Heisman Tro- not have to begin money. Nicknames are commonly star players, glamor and money, but phy are named for the top coach and used for college stadiums like “The college football has traditions they Penn State that player of the year respectively. on game day. Fans Swamp” at Florida or “The Big can never buy. when he retires the Bobby Dodd and John Heisman begin showing up House” at Michigan. Lambeau The beginning of September is both roamed the sidelines at Tech, Field in Green Bay is one of the last one of my favorite times of the year. school should put accumulating 267 wins between mid-week to prepare holdouts from corporations. The buzz in the air, no pun intended, his likeness on its them. Additionally, the award for the for the following Before entering the stadiums, is like few other times of the year. top assistant coach in the country is pre-game activities are almost as Bands are practicing on campuses unadorned helmets.” named for Frank Broyles, a player weekend.” enjoyable for fans as the game itself. around the country, whistles are under Dodd. The party does not have to begin on blown and drills run. Traditions manifest themselves game day. Fans begin showing up From the rivalries of Okla- of football this Saturday against in many other ways. The Michigan name on the back. Players come mid-week to prepare for the follow- homa-Texas, Florida-Florida St. and Samford. The team will be led onto Wolverines have a unique helmet and go, but certain things do not ing weekend. They arrive by all sorts Army-Navy to the colorful mascots the field by our unique mascot, the logo, which came about so the quar- change. of transportation methods—RV, such as Bevo, the Texas Longhorn, Ramblin’ Wreck, a mint-condition terback could see his receivers down Within the last half century the truck, car, and in boats, in the case Ralphie, the Colorado Buffalo and 1930 Ford Model-T. the field better. Clemson players Oakland Raiders became the Los for some followers of Tennessee and the Stanford Tree, college football Sometimes, schools are identified rub Howard’s Rock, a rock given to Angeles Raiders and back to the the University of Washington. reeks of a tradition all its own. by former or current coaches. When former coach Frank Howard, and, as Oakland Raiders. Tech has been Another unmatched tradition of Teams like Michigan, Ohio St., you think of Notre Dame, Knute a team, run down the hill entering playing in its current stadium, named college football is the rivalries exist- Texas, Oklahoma and Florida St. Rockne and his “Win one for the the stadium. The last NFL game for Bobby Dodd, since 1913. ing throughout the nation, many are traditionally at the top of college Gipper” speech almost immediately I went to had players introduced One the most important aspects with highly justifiable nicknames. football year in and year out. While comes to mind. If you are from individually, and choreographed of college football tradition is the fan. The colorfully named “Backyard Tech may not be as dominant as it Alabama, you have most certainly dances were numerous. In 2003 over 46 million fans attended Brawl” pits West Virginia against was under legendary coach Bobby heard of Paul Bryant, better known The music in college football college football games. Stadiums Dodd, the Jackets have been to as “The Bear.” mostly consists of fight songs played at Michigan, Tennessee, Penn St., See Games, page 35 SPORTS Technique • Friday, September 3, 2004 • 35 four-time Turkish champion man- from page 40 aged to come in 49th place in the Athens 100-meter butterfly. Uras added to and as a freestyle swimmer. Salinas his resume this year by winning the ALL- ranks highly in the all-time record 200-meter butterfly at the Grand books for Tech’s men’s swimming Prix of Belgium. faces times. Salinas recorded a 29th place Chaunte Howard has gone ACC in the finish in the 400-meter freestyle from being the ACC champion ARRETT ACK and helped Mexico secure 15th in to an NCAA champion to a 2004 J J the Olympics in the 4x200-meter Olympian. Howard first dreamt Junior freestyle relay. of becoming an Olympian at four Basketball Tech’s volunteer assistant coach, years old and believed the best way Jorge Oliver, competed for Puerto to realize that dream was attending Jack was named a third team All-ACC member last season. A Rico in the games. Oliver competed Tech and working under jumps pre-season Wooden Award candidate, Jack, a 6-3 junior from Fort for Tech from 2000-2003, graduat- coach Nat Page. Washington, Md., was the only player to start every game for Tech ing in 2004. He currently ranks Howard is the only current track the last two seasons. The Jackets’ starting point guard led Tech in on the all-time Top 10 lists in six athlete that made it to the Olympics. scoring during their NCAA Tournament run, including a career different categories, including the She finished in a tie for 28th place in high 29-point performance against Kansas in the regional final in 200-meter individual medley. the high jump competition. St. Louis. In the Olympics, he finished in After sending several athletes to He finished the season fourth in the ACC in assist average (5.61 45th place in the 200-meter indi- the Athens games, the Jackets made a per game) and fifth in steals (1.95 per game). He begins his senior vidual medley. name for themselves in international year 10th in career assists and 12th in career steals at Tech. “It was a great thing to be around competition. the best athletes in the world. I had As the tradition continues to a lot of fun,” Oliver said. grow, so too will the Yellow Jackets’ NICHOLAS THOMPSON The final member of the Tech success in the Olympic games, both swimming delegation is incoming in numbers of athletes and medals, Senior freshman, Onur Uras. Uras, the in the years to come. Golf A two-time, All-Atlantic Coast Conference player who enters his claim the axe. The Gophers’ exuber- senior year with the fifth-best career stroke average in Tech history from page 33 ance was for a regular season game, (72.20), Thompson has 10 career top-ten finishes and 18 top-twenties. Games not for a championship.