The Ramblin' Rhinos

I have seen and thumbed through that 100 Things a Tech Fan Should Know. Looks interesting but half the stuff is from the last 30 years, so half the stuff covers the first 60 years. I guess most people don’t care as much about ancient history as me. When I made the list of the top GT players by the number they wore I really had to dig to find some, especially form before 1960. Then when Grant Field celebrated its 100th anniversary I discovered more arcane info, but most of it happened after 1970.

Chappell Rhino played at Tech in 1950 and 1952. Rushed for a total of 143 yards and caught 3 passes for another 32 yards. Completed one pass in his career – it went for a touchdown. Randy Rhino (above) was an All-American defensive back/punt returner. I also liked his son Kelly as a punt returner. He never let a punt bounce past him and always ran north/south to gain yardage as opposed to the useless east/west. Usually I’m not a fan of slow, short white guys but Kelly Rhino was productive. My co-worker tells me that when he was at Tech his family would send their housekeeper to his dorm/apartment to clean and do laundry. It was supposedly a mess.

GT isn’t good at posting up to date career stats on the internet. As I’ve said before, considering the school is on the leading edge of technology and building space shuttles and such you’d think their own website would run faster and look better. UGA’s site is much nicer.  

How much of Duke’s win would you attribute to coaching? Duke’s players might be slightly better than the rest, but in basketball and football superior coaching can often allow inferior players to win. In baseball it’s called Moneyball. The St Louis Cardinals may not have the muderer’s row lineup the Yankees, Dodgers, and Angels have, but their manager does not ask any one player to do something he cannot do well. NIT shot clock shouldn’t be a problem and perhaps scoring will increase. Wouldn’t effect Georgia Tech.

Got a lot done Tuesday. Anna got her retainer at the orthodontist and Ceil spent several hours at the doctor’s office way down at Piedmont Hospital but has to go back. Another late dinner – a new lasagna type recipe. Anna was babysitting and Ceil was watching her new favorite Home Renovation show on HGTV. I went to bed early and slept too late – was 45 minutes “late” to work. Another slow Wednesday night. C and A went to art. C cooked her famous baked chicken burritos (as opposed to the more frequent build your own burrito off all the ingredients on the stove. Worked on the computer some but not too much. Finally packaged and shipped my eBay items. M hasn’t had school this week so C headed to SC today to see her mother.

Weekend plans: Leave work (Norcross) at 5 pm. Pick up M in Alpharetta or Cumming. Take him to Perimeter Mall then later pick him back up and return home to East Cobb. Saturday drive to Buckhead for reunion. Looking forward to the big SPdL chapel choir reunion. Kelly Curran is sick and can’t go. Afterwards return home then take M to Cumming for some sort of show at 8 pm. Then home to East Cobb. Sunday drive M to Buckhead for church. Unless it snows. Better gas up the old Civic.

NCAA bracket contest – I don’t remember what the stakes were last year. I take it that I lost.