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Locals gear up for short trip to see UGA play in national championship
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A banner for the NCAA college football championship game decorates a lamppost next to Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Atlanta, where the game will be played on Monday. Atlanta's mayor is promising a "safe, smooth and secure" college football championship game Monday, despite the traffic problems expected to be caused by President Donald Trump's motorcade, but none of the many agencies involved are taking any chances. - photo by David Goldman
Some people were pretty unhappy when Mark Richt was let go as the University of Georgia head coach back in November 2015. But Payton Chapman, a recent graduate of Georgia, saw the transition firsthand and knew things would be all right. She was an athletic trainer for the team during current head coach Kirby Smart’s first few months on campus. As soon as Smart got there, Chapman saw something — an intense energy — that gave her hope for the future of Georgia football.
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