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on the campus of

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. Once again, the invited teams were from the

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(

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) and

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(

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). The Yellow Jackets were in a transition period between previous

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, fired in late November, and new head coach Paul Johnson, hired on December 7. Jon Tenuta, the team's

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, coached the "Ramblin' Wreck" in this game.

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