Taking a cue from Lee's idea, how about we share our memories of our most favorite Tech teams ever?
I'll start. I'm sure I'll remember some things wrong, so you guys can correct me (but be gentle:icon_wink).
My favorite Tech football team was the 1973 Bulldogs. Being a freshman in the Tech BOP, I made most of the games.
Our terrific 12-1 season started, oddly, with a close loss at Eastern Michigan. I believe there was a field goal in that game which we felt was good, but was ruled no good. That loss broke a 14-game winning streak(the Bulldogs had gone 12-0 the previous season). The Bulldogs started another one the next week, though, beating the Ragin Cajuns. The following week a freshman kicker/punter named Jerry Pope, kicked a field goal at the end of the game to nip McNeese 10-7. Pope went on to have one of the best kicking careers in Tech history. Tech rolled through the rest of the season, having no close calls until the first-ever Division II national playoffs arrived. A close win over Western Illinois put Tech in the national semi-finals, and set up one of the most exciting college football games I have ever witnessed.
In cold and windy Wichita Falls, Texas, Tech took on Boise State in the Pioneer Bowl for the right to play in the first Division II national championship game. Tech appeared to be doomed late in the game, trailing Boise 34-31 with only about 20 seconds remaining. However, quarterback Denny Duron connected with Roger Carr on a touchdown pass, giving Tech a 38-34 win. The next week was anti-climatic as Tech beat Western Kentucky 34-0 in the Camelia Bowl played in Sacramento, California (that was my first plane ride).
The 1973 team included 14 players who later played pro football. Some of the more notable ones were Carr, Fred Dean, Roland Harper, Mike Barber, Pat Tilley and Billy Ryckman.
Tech would rip off 11 straight wins the next season before losing in the national semi-finals to Central Michigan to end the 23-game streak. The 'Dogs have never again approached that sort of winning streak.
The winning streak would have been 38 except for that close loss at E. Michigan to start the 1973 season.