The Twelve Days of Setsmas - Day 2: Buzzz

Two posts in a row holy shiiiii

Fun fact about Uncle Junkie... those of you who follow me on the twittahs know I am a Jawja Bulldawg fan woof woof woof woof woof.

BUT, when I was a wee little Junkling I was actually a bigger fan of Georgia Tech. Then I grew up and realized I would have to take calculus if I went to school at Tech and packed off to Athens to get my degree. Sporting times were good for Tech in the late '80s and I still get nostalgic for those teams like this one right here:

1988-89 Nike Georgia Tech Basketball

I know nothing about this set, I'm guessing it was team issued. I found it in a dollar box at a card show very tightly shrink wrapped. Not even sure why I picked it up, just got hit with that nostalgia bug I guess. It more or less inspired this series of posts so it's caused me a bunch of damn work! Got Bobby Cremins, Tommy Hammond and Brian Oliver cards now though. This was the season before the Lethal Weapon 3 team that went to the Final Four so no Kenny Anderson. I don't care, my favorite was Dennis Scott anyway. 3-D!

Tomorrow: I'll figure it out!
I hope!

It Came From The Oddball Box: Part 5

You guys all thought I was Mr. Bulldog fan, right? Gooooooooo Dawgs Sic 'Em WoofWoofWoofWoofWoof and all that rot? Well take a gander at these:

Georgia Tech schedules. Well worn ones, like they had spent time in a wallet. In the Oddball Junk box. How can this be?

Growing up, I was a Tech fan. Hardcore Tech fan. The first College football game I ever went to was Tech vs. Duke back when Spurrier was a coordinator. I had a Tech pennant hanging up on my wall. I got a bumpersticker from a friend of mine that said "Have you stung your Bulldog today?" I also proudly wore the ugliest Georgia Tech mesh trucker hat that has ever been seen on this earth.

Then one day I was deciding what college to go to, realized that Advanced Calculus was one of the easiest math classes at Tech and decided the Universtiy of Georgia wasn't all that bad.


Here's the schedules for 1989 Yellow Jacket Football and '90-91 Basketball. The football schedule features running back Jerry Mays who played two games for the Chargers in Tech's Championship year in 1990. The basketball schedule shows the infamous pain in the keister Kenny Anderson the year after the Jackets made it to the Final Four. I picked up the '90-91 hoops schedule about the same time I was getting my acceptance letter from Georgia, so that was the end of Tech schedules for me. I still have a soft spot for Tech though, except when they play Georgia in football. Then I wish them only heartbreaking agonizing failure. The other 364 days of the year, Wooooo, go Tech!