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IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. WELL, IT’S BIRMINGHAM BOWL WEEK AND GEORGIA TECH AND VANDERBILT ARE IN TOWN. WVTM 13 MAGDALA LOUISSAINT SHOWS US WHAT THE TEAMS ARE DOING OFF THE FIELD AS THEY SPEND THE HOLIDAYS IN THE MAGIC CITY. BEFORE THE BIG GAME ON FRIDAY, BOTH GEORGIA TECH AND VANDERBILT ARE USING THIS TIME TO BOND WITH ONE ANOTHER. PLAYING GOLF HERE IS JUST ONE OF THE GAMES AND ACTIVITIES THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS WEEK. THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A DAY NOW, AND THEY SAY THEY’RE EXPERIENCING. THE MAGIC CITY HAS BEEN GREAT THUS FAR, EVEN WITH HAVING TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS HERE IN BIRMINGHAM. GEORGIA TECH PLAYERS TELL ME THEY HAVE A LARGE SENIOR CLASS THIS YEAR, SO SPENDING THIS TIME WITH EACH OTHER LIKE THIS MEANS A LOT TO THOSE WHO ARE GRADUATING. OUTSIDE OF FOOTBALL. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TRYING TO HANG OUT AS A TEAM, YOU KNOW, CHOP IT UP, SEE WHERE GUYS HEADS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, GOLFING WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COMPETE. I KNOW WE HAVE BOWLING LATER THIS WEEK THAT AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TRYING TO KEEP THE BROTHERHOOD AND THE FAMILY RELATION KIND OF GOING. TOMORROW. THE FRIENDLY COMPETITION CONTINUES WITH A BOWLING CHALLENGE AT THE BOWLING ALLEY IN VESTAVIA. BUT THE REAL GAME THAT BRINGS BRAGGING RIGHTS TO THE BIRMINGHAM BOWL IS SET FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 230, AND WE’LL SEE WHO WINS THAT ONE IN
Birmingham Bowl players trade footballs for golf balls ahead of game
Swinging golf clubs at Top Golf before the big football game is a must for Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech players on Christmas Eve.This is a time for them to bond with one another before the Birmingham Bowl. Both coaches say this downtime in the Magic City also allows them to reflect on a successful season off the field."I couldn't be more proud to sit up here and say that these guys at Georgia Tech just finished with a 3.0 GPA as a team for the entire semester, but it's the highest in-season GPA in the history of our football program,” Brent Key, Georgia Tech head coach, said.“I'm proud of this team, the genuine connection that they have, and I'm talking about the players. The coaches are a part of it, too. It's fun for us coaches to be a part of a team that cares about one another,” Clark Lea, Vanderbilt head coach, said.For Vanderbilt safety Marlen Sewell, playing against Georgia Tech in Protective Stadium is exciting.The former Shades Valley High School athlete will have loved ones cheering him on. “My old high school teammates, family, friends from other states, so I'm going to have a big crowd out there,” Marlen Sewell, safety for Vanderbilt, said.Georgia Tech players say they have a large senior class this year. Time spent like this off the field makes spending the holidays away from home alright.“Outside of football, obviously, you know, kind of trying to hang out as a team, you know, chop it up, see where guys heads are and things like that. you know, golfing will be a great opportunity for us to compete,” LaMiles Brooks, defensive back for Georgia Tech, said.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
Swinging golf clubs at Top Golf before the big football game is a must for Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech players on Christmas Eve.
This is a time for them to bond with one another before the Birmingham Bowl.
Both coaches say this downtime in the Magic City also allows them to reflect on a successful season off the field.
"I couldn't be more proud to sit up here and say that these guys at Georgia Tech just finished with a 3.0 GPA as a team for the entire semester, but it's the highest in-season GPA in the history of our football program,” Brent Key, Georgia Tech head coach, said.
“I'm proud of this team, the genuine connection that they have, and I'm talking about the players. The coaches are a part of it, too. It's fun for us coaches to be a part of a team that cares about one another,” Clark Lea, Vanderbilt head coach, said.
For Vanderbilt safety Marlen Sewell, playing against Georgia Tech in Protective Stadium is exciting.
The former Shades Valley High School athlete will have loved ones cheering him on.
“My old high school teammates, family, friends from other states, so I'm going to have a big crowd out there,” Marlen Sewell, safety for Vanderbilt, said.
Georgia Tech players say they have a large senior class this year. Time spent like this off the field makes spending the holidays away from home alright.
“Outside of football, obviously, you know, kind of trying to hang out as a team, you know, chop it up, see where guys heads are and things like that. you know, golfing will be a great opportunity for us to compete,” LaMiles Brooks, defensive back for Georgia Tech, said.
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