Thursday, November 22, 2012
Fans of the Grey Knights will have the opportunity to watch Grady take on Monroe Area streamed live online Friday night.
It’s a big weekend for Midtown football teams kicks as Grady High and Georgia Tech hit the highway for some rather important contests. First up are the Grey Knights, who enter the second round of the Georgia High School Association playoffs on Friday evening. Grady, 9-2, will travel to Walton County to take on Monroe Area, 10-1, in a game set for 7:30 p.m. at Legion Field. Both teams area unranked as Grady is the No. 3 seed from Region 6-AAAA and Monroe Area is the top seed from 8-AAAA. The Purple Hurricanes pulled out a 21-14 victory over Shaw in the opening round while Grady quarterback Kivon Taylor led the Grey Knights to a 27-17 win at River Ridge last Friday. The game will one of 35 tonight that will be streamed live on WSBtv.com at …
Monday, November 19, 2012
As the Georgia Tech football team prepares for Saturday's rivalry game against the Bulldogs, the Jackets learned Monday that a self-imposed post-season ban by the University of Miami will put the Jackets in the Dec. 1 ACC title game.
Today’s Midtown Patch question of the day is for fans of the Georgia Tech football program. It is simply this: Would you rather the Yellow Jackets defeat Georgia this coming Saturday in Athens, or beat Florida State the following week in the ACC Championship Game? Say what? Tech’s in the conference title game? Yep, it’s true after a Monday morning announcement from the University of Miami, in what school officials there called an "unprecedented decision," to self-impose a post-season ban in anticipation of NCAA sanctions revolving around a former booster providing athletes and recruits with cash and gifts. The ACC does not allow bowl-ineligible teams to play in the league championship game, and no bowl-eligible team in the Coastal Division…
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Greg McGarrity tells Atlanta sports talk radio station that despite Georgia dropping 18 of 22 to Florida, it's the Yellow Jackets whom the Bulldogs most want to beat in football each year.
Congratulations Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia does indeed consider you its biggest football rival after all. At least that’s what UGA Athletic Director Greg McGarity told AM-790 The Zone on Tuesday morning. Speaking on Mayhem in the AM, McGarity, a Georgia graduate who spent almost two decades working in the University of Florida athletic department, balked at labeling the Gators as the Bulldogs' biggest rival. And instead, he called out the Yellow Jackets as the Dawgs’ top rival. “I say Georgia Tech,” said McGarity, who admitted that some Bulldog fans might put schools such as Florida, Auburn and Tennessee ahead of the Jackets. “Georgia Tech has been the biggest rival for the University of Georgia for I’m not sure how long. … …
