ATHENS, Ga. — The wildest game many had ever seen had just ended. Players and coaches from both Georgia and Georgia Tech were lingering, shaking hands, comparing notes, celebrating and consoling. Amid all that, Mike Cavan, a 76-year-old former Georgia quarterback, assistant coach and now staff member, grabbed someone close to him by the arm.
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“Best win of all time,” Cavan said.
The best? Cavan won an SEC championship as a player, recruited Herschel Walker, was an assistant on the 1980 national championship team and has been on the sideline during all of Kirby Smart’s run. The best?
“Best all-time win over Tech,” Cavan said.
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