Having been conceived on the evening of the Pearl Harbor attack (I think my parents were desperate for one reason or another) I was 2 months old during that game. Do you think the Dawgs could have been of help during the war?
A. Leon Polhill FlaNative1845 330 NW 45th Street Gainesville, FL 32607 (352) 367-4642 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oliver Barry Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] one good reason to hate Georgia One simply has to look at the Nov 7, 1942 game. The heroic players of the University had enlisted en masse the summer before and were all gone off to war. Wally Butts, head coach of the dogs, seeing an opportunity recruited players to come to Georgia and avoid military duty. Two of those military slackers were Frank Sinkwich, who won the Heisman Trophy for 1942 and Charlie Trippi, the eventual Maxwell award winner. Georgia won the national championship that year, went undefeated with a team of ringers who should have been serving their country. Of course they beat the Gators 75-0. We didn't have anyone but new students to play the game. It is a testament to their fortitude that they kept the game so close. Georgia, of course, looks to this date with pride. One last thing, when the Interstate highway system was being numbered, a senator from Georgia wanted I-75 so named in order to honor their tainted 1942 win. Go Gators!! Beat the Dogs!!! Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Halo Realty, LLC 700 E. Main St. Hendersonville TN 37075 [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: 615-822-3509 fax: 615-822-7741 mobile: 615-972-4239 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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