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DALLAS, Ga. — Ricky Clemmons picked up the phone, ready to dial up some revenge.
A few days earlier, Mississippi State had snapped Alabama’s 28-game winning streak. Shortly after the loss, Clemmons, a fan of the Crimson Tide, received a postcard from Athens. Sent by Boyd Austin, his former student, it was not a sympathy card.
Now Georgia trailed Florida late.