The latest dust-up between Georgia and Georgia Tech is about property damage, and who’s responsible for ending this so-called tradition.

Georgia Athletics Director Greg McCarity said the Bulldogs “took the high road” last year when they won in Atlanta, celebrated with fans and then ran into the locker room to continue the celebration.

McGarity said this week he has had conversations with his counterpart at Tech, Todd Stansbury, and they’ve agreed that no more property will be destroyed on either team’s field in the event that the visitors win.

“That tradition will cease,” McGarity told Dawg Nation. “Georgia was just as guilty as Tech was when our guys are down there ripping up turf. That’s not what we’re about, and that’s not what Tech is about. So that should no longer exist in this rivalry. There’s enough passion and juices flowing that we don’t need to throw gas on the fire.

“I respect Todd and I consider the matter closed.”

When the visiting team wins, Georgia players have taken chunks of the turf at Bobby Dodd Stadium, while Tech players have ripped out the hallowed hedges of Sanford Stadium. The issue has became an irritation for Georgia fans as Tech has won the last two meetings in Athens.

Tech WR Brad Stewart had a career-high 87 receiving yards in the Jackets’ 28-27 win in 2016, and explained how he enjoyed it.

“All I’m saying, I’ve played there one time, I’m 1-0,” Stewart said, according to the AJC. “It was a good feeling tearing those hedges at the end, so I want to do that again.”

In case Georgia players don’t remember first-hand of Tech’s destruction of the hedges, strength and conditioning coach Scott Sinclair has video footage of the Jackets ripping up the hallowed hedges playing on a loop on television screens in the Bulldogs’ weight room.