Ga Tech finds water for football field

In the midst of the drought, Georgia Tech has devised a way to maintain the grass of its stadium's football field.

Some Tech graduates have engineered a way to tap into a spring water source running underneath campus--thus legally circumventing the outdoor water ban in north Georgia.

Wayne Hogan is the school's associate athletics director for public relations. He says a recent 25-thousand dollar project is making the water useful, and necessary for the field at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

"We've been capturing quite a bit of water in some tanks under the stadium, then a pumping system takes water from the tanks and feeds it into the stadium's irrigation system. We've been able to do that two or three times".

The spring water became a problem two years ago, when it threatened the foundations of Bobby Dodd Stadium. Until recently, the water had been diverted into city storm drains.

Hogan says using public water had a price tag of up to eight thousand dollars a year. He says this spring source could pay itself back in a few years.

Georgia sports for Monday, September 24th

The Falcons are off to a winless start through 3 games on their NFL-schedule. Yesterday’s home opener was a 27-20 loss to the Carolina Panthers inside the Georgia Dome. After the Falcons took a 17-10 lead in the 3rd quarter, momentum changed to the visitors, as defensive back DeAngelo Hall was called for 3 straight penalties—the first a hurtful interference call. Falcons' quarterback Joey Harrington had a good day for the offense, throwing for 361 yards and 2 touchdowns, but not enough in the end.

From baseball, the Braves wrapped up their home schedule for 2007 with a 7-4 comeback win over the Brewers, winning 3-of-4 in the series. Down 4-1, the Braves turned the game with 4 runs scored in the 7th inning. In the big picture, the Braves have a very faint heartbeat concerning the chance to reach the postseason, but alive nonetheless. With 6 games remaining, Atlanta is 5-and-a-half games behind the Mets for the top of the NL-East division. They are closer in the wild card race, only 3-and-a-half off the top there. The Braves have won 7 of their last 8 games. They start the final week of the season Tuesday on the road at Philidelphia.

Wrapping up the college football weekend in Georgia: The Georgia Bulldogs posted the exciting 26-23 overtime win at Alabama Saturday night. The winner was QB Matthew Stafford to Mikey Henderson on a 25-yard pass connection. Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets lost their 2nd-straight game, falling at Virginia 28-23. Georgia Southern's Eagles were losers at home in Statesboro in overtime, 45-38 to Chattanooga. For the Valdosta State Blazers, they've improved their record to 3-0, after winning on the road at Arkansas State, 28-27.

Georgia sports for Monday, May 14th

The Braves were roughed-up by the Pirates in the finale of their series in Pittsburgh Sunday, 13-2. The Pirates racked-up 18 hits of offense against Atlanta-pitching: Braves starter Anthony Lerew allowed 7 hits and 5 runs in 3-and-two-thirds innings. The bullpen allowed another 8 runs.
The road trip continues for the Braves as they'll start a 4-game series in Washington tonight. Atlanta still leads the NL-East by a half-game on the Mets.

College baseball weekend: Ga Tech on Sunday lost at North Carolina 14-11. The Yellow Jackets won a single game in the 3-game series.
Georgia in Athens Sunday, swept a doubleheader from 13th ranked Miss State, 2-1 and 5-3 the final scores.
Ga Southern's baseball team was on the road in Charleston--the Eagles beat The Citadel 17-4 on Sunday.

From the NFL, the Atlanta Falcons wrapped up a weekend mini-camp--mandatory for all players. It was the first chance for new head coach Bobby Petrino to take an early look at his roster during the off-season.

Georgia sports for Thursday, April 26

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The Braves had the stunning come-from-ahead loss last night in Miami to wrap their 3-game series, losing 4-3 to the Marlins. Leading 3-0 into the bottom of the 9th inning, the Marlins scored 4 runs off starter Tim Hudson and closer Bob Wickman.
Before that point, Hudson had been terrific, posting a career-high 12 strikeouts in trying to get the complete game.

The Braves’ offense came from solo home runs off the bats of Kelly Johnson, Chipper Jones, and Matt Diaz.

The Braves are off today, they start a weekend series in Colorado Friday.



A second Georgia Tech basketball freshman will enter the NBA Draft. Javaris Crittenton announced yesterday he will put his name into the ring, but not hire an agent. That allows him the option of returning to Georgia Tech. Crittenton follows the lead of fellow teammate Thaddeus Young, who also entered his name for the draft. Young also declined to hire an agent for now.

Both have until June 18th to withdraw from the draft to retain college eligibility. Crittenton and Young both tied for the team lead in scoring last season, with 14.4 points a game for the Yellow Jackets.


The NFL Draft is this weekend. The Atlanta Falcons have 10 picks overall—seven in the 1st four rounds. Their first is at number-8 overall.