Storm that field!

On October 17th, Georgia Tech took down Virginia Tech in an epic battle at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The stadium was packed with 50,000 enthusiastic Georgia Tech fans, the air was filled with excitement throughout the game and the students (as well as the alumni) could not hold their joy. The game took place over homecoming weekend; therefore, there were thousands of people present who had studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The game in itself was a very important one. What made the game more enjoyable and interesting was that Virginia Tech was ranked 4th in the country while Georgia Tech was ranked 19th! Hence, Georgia Tech was considered as the underdogs, and all the pre-game shows predicted that Virginia Tech would beat us. Well, everyone was proved wrong, and the Yellow Jackets showed the country the spirit of the university-success!

The game was top quality, with both teams struggling to lead during the first half. I am very happy to say that Georgia Tech demolished Virginia Tech in the second half (although there were a few scares from Virginia Tech during the game). As soon as the final whistle was blown, Yellow Jacket fans jumped over the stands and onto the field, I was one of those people. The experience has been one of the most exhilarating moments in my life! Jumping onto the field, hugging and high fiving random people, shouting and screaming and just being so happy that your team proved that they are worthy for the title of THE CHAMPIONS OF THE ACC is one of the best feelings one can ever imagine! I was somehow dragged by the crowd into the centre of the field where all the fans were cheering the players and Coach Paul Johnson. I joined in the singing and the jumping, it was such a memorable moment…

After about twenty minutes of celebrating, the crowd of ecstatic supporters went to take down the goal post, a tradition when the field has been stormed. At first I thought everyone around me was joking when they said that the goal post was going to be taken down! Soon enough, there were people trying to get onto the goalpost in order to break it. It took a while for the students to bend the goal post enough to make it snap, but eventually, the goal post was broken! All the students and the other visitors who stormed the field helped carry the goalpost around. I helped as well! We carried the massive piece of metal outside the stadium and all the way to President Bud Peterson’s back yard! There, we cut up the goal posts into pieces and everyone took a piece home. It was an amazing a exciting adventure that brought all of the students at Georgia Tech together. It was one of my favorite freshman year college moments!