"The last time Georgia Tech beat Georgia"

There was a bit of a debate in the comments section of a post on the Georgia Sports Blog yesterday. Apparently, there is some confusion on the proper terminology around "the last time Georgia Tech beat Georgia." The confusion centers around the NCAA's ruling to vacate certain Georgia Tech "wins" games.

To clear up the confusion, Dan is right (on many fronts). Mainly he's right in that it isn't "16 in a row."

You can properly describe The Streak (which should ALWAYS have Title Case at this point) using any of the following phrases:

• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia in almost 16 years."
  
  
• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia since 1990."
  
  
• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia since before the first Gulf War."
  
  
• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia since Windows 3.0 was released."
  
  
• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia since the Channel Tunnel connecting France to England opened."
  
  
• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia since Garry Kasparov won the World Chess Championship by beating Anatoly Karpov."
  
  
• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia since Eastern Airlines closed."
  
  
• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia since Pete Rose was barred from the Baseball Hall of Fame."
  
  
• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia since Rodney King got his ass kicked by LA Cops. The first time."
  
  
• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia since Boris Yeltsin got elected. The first time."
  
  
• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia since New Kids on the Block had a Top 10 song."
  
  
• "Georgia Tech hasn't beaten Georgia since before the Collapse of the Soviet Union."

These are just the facts of the case. Much has happened in the world since the Soviet Union collapsed and Tech was relevant. It helps to put it all into perspective now and again.



BTW -- to learn more about Tech's increasing NCAA problems, click on the "Tech Kemp" story. With these troubles brewing, it could be another 16 years before the tickle pilers beat Georgia.

If you care to add perspective on your pre-The Streak memories, I'm all ears.

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