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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2000-10-09T11:11:27'
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title: The University of Georgia football
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The University of Georgia football team beat hated rival Tennessee at home Saturday night, in a game that was televised on ESPN. The evening ended in a near-riot as fans stormed the field (early, at that, nearly resulting in Georgia forfeiting the game). During the "celebrations," [a young woman was nearly killed](http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/100900/uga_1009000028.shtml) and the stadium suffered over $100,000 in damages. The day before the game, [this amusing letter to the editor](http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/100700/let_letter3.shtml) ran in the local paper.