Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are playing in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Eve. (Photo courtesy CBS46)
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are playing in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Eve. (Photo courtesy CBS46)

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are already in Miami to square off against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the Capital One Orange Bowl on New Year’s Eve. The game will air starting at 8 p.m. on ESPN. Good luck, y’all!

The Atlanta Falcons fired coach Mike Smith one day after the end of his second straight losing season. According to a report from our media affiliate CBS46,  Smith’s ouster comes one day after a 34-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers before booing fans at the Georgia Dome. The Falcons went 66-46 during the regular season with Smith and won two NFC South titles.

Atlanta Curbed reports that the extension of the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail to Cabbagetown, Reynoldstown and down to Memorial Drive is on hold as land acquisition and easements are sought.

 

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.