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Post by coachjaz on Jun 16, 2007 18:00:07 GMT -6
Watching the Big 33 game. The Ohio QB has a towel thats says GATA on it!!!
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coachf
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Post by coachf on Jun 16, 2007 19:38:48 GMT -6
Is he going to Georgia Southern or does he just like the Acronym?
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marboo59
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Post by marboo59 on Jun 16, 2007 19:47:39 GMT -6
GET AFTER THAT ASSSSSSS
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Post by easye17 on Jun 16, 2007 20:26:11 GMT -6
Unfortunately, Ohio didn' GATA too much. Go PA!!
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Post by barnone on Jun 17, 2007 23:07:43 GMT -6
Got to love GATA!!! My motto for our O-line this year.
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Post by backercoach on Jun 19, 2007 14:36:59 GMT -6
how do you pronounce it?
Gahta?
gutta?
gayta?
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Post by coachnicholson on Jun 19, 2007 14:57:46 GMT -6
While PA did beat Ohio in the Big33, much of that has to do with the fact that most of Ohio's elite players play in the North/South classic instead of the Big33.
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Post by easye17 on Jun 20, 2007 10:37:48 GMT -6
I actually think Pa should drop Ohio for just that reason. Nothing against Ohio, but you want to play the best teams out there.
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Post by fbdoc on Jun 20, 2007 12:23:26 GMT -6
First time I heard the expression was 1994 at an NAIA school, we still use it with my current team.
Say it quickly...
GAY-TA
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mib36
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Post by mib36 on Jun 20, 2007 14:20:51 GMT -6
We pronounce it "Gah-tah". It's also used on the front entrance sign of our stadium, kind of like Mojo in Friday Night Lights.
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Post by stackattack on Jun 21, 2007 13:02:36 GMT -6
I actually think Pa should drop Ohio for just that reason. Nothing against Ohio, but you want to play the best teams out there. I talked with a coach in the North/South Ohio All-Star Game and he indicated this was the last year of Ohio's participation in the Big 33 game. I definately would like to see Ohio continue in it, but it is extremely tough splitting the talent between Ohio's All-Star game and Big 33 and still be competitive in the Big 33. Apparently, Maryland vs. PA will once again be the Big 33 matchup. |
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Post by jimbohale on Jun 22, 2007 10:24:31 GMT -6
how do you pronounce it? Gahta? gutta? gayta? Gayta...it sounds like you are saying GATOR with an extremely old school southern accent (kinda like Vince Dooley)..."GAY-TA". The Acronym was made up by Erk Russell while still at UGA during halftime of a Georgia-Georgia Tech game. He later took it with him to Georgia Southern and after winning 3 national titles with a program he started from the ground up, the acronym caught on statewide and ultimately, nationwide. My DC in high school used the acronym, but used the term "get after them aggressively" to make it more appropriate for students. If anyone has ever seen or used the "TEAM - me" slogan on a t-shirt ("team" is in big writing and "me" is in little writing), thank Erk Russell for that one too! He came up with that during the summer before UGA's 1980 national championship season. Just FYI. |
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Post by outlawjoseywales on Jun 22, 2007 10:56:40 GMT -6
Jimbo, thanks so much for that.
Coach Russell has been an "unofficial" hero of mine since the early 1980's.
It was difficult in those days for a defensive coordinator to ascend to higher position and Coach Russell was a victim of that ideology. He showed them all wrong when he accomplished all he did.
Although I never played for him, I was impressed by his defense and started running it back in the early 1980's. The Split-60 led me to able to run what is commonly called the 4-3 Eagle, which I ran "before" it was invented.
Thanks for posting this information about a great man and innovator.
OJW
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Post by panther1 on Jun 22, 2007 12:51:26 GMT -6
Coach Russell rules
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