Athletes, celebs react after controversial Utley slide breaks Tejada's leg
Credit: John McCoy / Los Angeles Daily News
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New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada falls after a slide by Los Angeles Dodgers' Chase Utley during the seventh inning of an NL Division Series baseball game Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, in Los Angeles.
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And at this point, any (slim) chance their team still has of cracking the CFP actually relies on a win over UGA."},{"_id":"5GJFZTKPMRBV7HYL42FOUPNLCA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We live more rent-free in their head than they do in ours,” Georgia junior Hayden Couturier said of Tech. "},{"_id":"D3I5F5PSTBFAXJJQNYY6HIXAIY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Couturier, of St. Simons Island, is co-president of the Spike Squad, whose members paint themselves and wear eye-catching costumes at games. (He’s Batman.)"},{"_id":"F4APTYGBVFGJFCWFEQPD5CEECI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"His Bulldogs have just about guaranteed themselves a playoff spot, with or without the SEC Championship Game. They’re seemingly peaking at the perfect time."},{"_id":"NRI354OXNVFBTHUYEEURZ2CO64","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The Tech-related trash talk is coming along just fine, too. 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"}]},{"_id":"CCRJBTRY2FDIDLYGCDZZNPIIFY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"As you may be aware, Georgia counts two fewer football losses than the folks on the Flats (another dispute over wartime athletics)."},{"_id":"JM76WERI6BESPCZVF6X2277WJE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Rahul’s a Tech grad, so we let him have this one. "},{"_id":"CBE3V2JQPZDWXDXRBZEJMWYGS4","type":"divider"},{"level":2,"_id":"QFDZHSQO2ZFWTBJ5CARKIP4OAE","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"ASK A BEAT REPORTER, X-FACTOR EDITION"},{"_id":"EQTL73IEHJHMHALC4WY6K5DSJM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Fellow dark horse Heisman candidates Haynes King and Gunner Stockton make their respective teams tick. King, in particular, likely needs an enormous game for the Jackets to come out of the Benz with a win. "},{"_id":"DSZDQDQLCFGIXBSXVORF254D44","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But what else will play a factor? 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Except some of the staff … and, in this case, Georgia Tech fans. "},{"_id":"O47ICGXT6JCAXMGIMJKTDO6XQU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Our sincere apologies. "},{"_id":"YE2QPSU2PBAO5A4RPCEEMNRJYU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"(If you take a screenshot and share it on the internet to shame us, do me a solid and also include a link to sign up for the Win Column, K?)"},{"_id":"6MRSPJ7FZRAOVAH2X6JTPGQXA4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"🐶 Rod Beard, senior sports editor: Georgia 31, Tech 17"},{"_id":"2DDRWBHHTFDTHL3KK3XJXEWDFE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Tech can’t afford to spot Georgia a 28-point lead, and they won’t. But the defense won’t be able to stop the Bulldogs, and King will be effective, but not enough."},{"_id":"6XA3MCIFRBEYFH4E4G2MC2TCJQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"🐶 Ken Sugiura, columnist: Georgia 35, Tech 28"},{"_id":"7UZDC5KNFFBKJG35POXKSEHN5E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The Yellow Jackets will show better than they did against Pitt, but the better team will win."},{"_id":"TAWID5WHNVDJHO6QEVNODD5QTU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"🐶 Gabe Burns, sports reporter extraordinaire: Georgia 41, Tech 24"},{"_id":"LH4CAOSWGBFG3DY2ERA5P7R2WQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"I hope I’m wrong and we see another thriller, but Tech’s defense has been gashed the past few weeks while the Bulldogs are realizing their best form ahead of the playoff. 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