Secret: GT should alter ‘frustrating’ UGA narrative
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David Hale, ESPN Personnel WriterJul 25, 2023, 12:38 PM ET
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- ACC reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware.CHARLOTTE,
- N.C.– Georgia Tech coach Brent Secret is tired of
hearing so much love throughout his home state for his greatest rival.But with the Yellow Jackets on the losing end of five straight games versus Georgia, Key said it’s up to his team to change the story surrounding”Tidy, Old-Fashioned Hate.””Is it annoying? Heck, yeah, “Key said Tuesday of the Georgia awards.”Kirby [Smart
] has actually done a fantastic job– he has. And I told him,’We have actually got to do something about it. “Editor’s Picks 2 Related Key dipped into Georgia Tech from 1997 through 2000, when the Yellow Jackets went 3-1 in
the competition, including a 1998 success in which Smart bet the Bulldogs.Since then, nevertheless, Georgia is 18-3 against Georgia Tech, winning the last three conferences by a combined score of 134-21.
Secret, in his very first full year as Georgia Tech’s head coach after taking control of for Geoff Collins midway through the 2022 season
, said he’s upset by just how much the lopsided results have damaged the appeal of the rivalry nationally.”What pisses me off is to take a look at lists of the 10 or 20 finest competitions in the nation and, not to have [
Tidy, Old-Fashioned Hate] on there, that’s bulls–,” Key said.” But at today time, they’re probably right. So we’ve got to do something about that. “Yellow Jackets offending lineman Jordan Williams, who is from Gainesville, Georgia, said he used to drive past the UGA school on journeys
to check out family, and he’s always been irritated by the Bulldogs ‘appeal– and two straight nationwide titles have actually just added fuel to that fire.” It actually gets on my nerves,”Williams said. “But rivals or not, they’re the very best. You have actually got to beat the best, and it’s sort of a burn-the-boats mindset
, stake everything on it. That’s the place we want to be.”