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TIL John Heisman, whom the Heisman Trophy was named for, was Georgia Tech's head coach for its 222-0 game against Cumberland and ran up the score as payback for Cumberland baseball team's thrashing Heisman's coached GA Tech baseball team 22-0 earlier in the same year.

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