July 23, 1999

ATLANTA - Former Georgia Tech football lettermen will come together at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Thursday, August 5, for more than old times sake, although they will recall some of the successful schemes of their collegiate days as they prepare to blitz metro Atlanta business offices.

The goal is to help Georgia Tech set a record for season ticket sales since the stadium was reconfigured in 1986. Tech is currently on pace to sell more season tickets than at any time since the early 1970s. Taz Anderson, a Tech football standout from the late 1950s and later an NFL player with the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons, came up the "Buzz the city" brainstorm, and has accepted the responsibility of gathering Tech's former football lettermen.

"We just want to be involved, be part of what should be a year to remember," said Anderson, who is heading up the effort in conjunction with the Georgia Tech sports marketing department.

"This is a way for us to show continued loyalty to Tech and, at the same time, help them realize their goal of selling a record number of season tickets for what we expect to be a great year for Coach George O'Leary and his team."

Anderson and his "team" of former players from the 1940s through the 1990s will gather at Bobby Dodd Stadium at 9 a.m. on August 5 amidst pageantry supplied by a pep band, cheerleaders and the famous Rambling Wreck. A pep talk from Coach O'Leary will send them armed with season ticket pledges to office buildings throughout metro Atlanta as they help Georgia Tech achieve a 25,000 season ticket goal for 1999.

Afterwards, the former lettermen will reconvene at Bobby Dodd Stadium for a progress report and picnic in the north stands.

"This is a great gesture by our former football lettermen," said Tech Director of Athletics Dave Braine.

"It is a further indication that the years they spent at Georgia Tech left them not only with fond memories of having played there, but with an unbending loyalty toward their alma mater. A continual involvement is what we hope for from all the athletes who graduate from Tech because it is further proof that out Total Person concept is successful."

Further information on Tech's Football Lettermen Season Ticket Blitz can be obtained by calling Wayne Minshew of Hope-Beckham at 404/636-8200 or Tech's Director of Marketing and Promotions, Joeleen Bieber, 404/894-8779.