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The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets picked up their biggest win in a decade on Saturday when they upset fourth-ranked Miami at historic Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Tech students reveled in the victory, mocking Miami’s Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Cam Ward and tearing down the stadium’s goalposts.
They then paraded the goalposts around the campus in Atlanta before bringing them to the historic President’s Mansion.
The mansion, which was built in 1903, currently houses the office of the university president. But for several years it served as the president’s personal residence “so that the president could be easily available to visitors and handle crises.”
So what better place for the goalposts to end up?
But they didn’t simply hang out at the house.
The Georgia Tech president’s mansion also has a pool, and the fired-up students felt that the goalposts might want to take a dip. They proceeded to toss the goalposts into the pool, where they will presumably lie forever* (*or at least until they’re fished out).
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The victory moved the Yellow Jackets just one win away from bowl eligibility for the second straight year under head coach Brent Key.
Key took over for Geoff Collins after a 1-3 start to the season in 2022. In his 2.5 years at the helm, he’s guided Georgia Tech to a 16-14 overall record.
Collins won just 10 games total his three-plus years in charge.
Key said after the game that he was proud of “These kids, this school, Georgia Tech, and the city of Atlanta.”
Us too, Brent. Us too.