Yes, I’m still in mourning over the untimely death of Uga VII. Dude was a stud and died way too soon. Interim Uga Russ is now 2-0 as the Dawgs mascot, so campaigns are underway to officially make him the new UGA VIII. In honor of the Dawg’s victory over Texas A&M in the Independence bowl, I got Mike the marketing guy to drop the prices on some Georgia Bulldogs cue balls.
For those of you who don’t know the history of Uga, it goes a little something like this:
THE UGA LINEAGE
•Uga I: “Hood’s Ole Dan” (1956-66): Record 53-48-6
•Uga II: “Ole Dan’s Uga” (1966-72): Record 42-16-3, two SEC championships, five bowl games.
•Uga III: “Seiler’s Uga Three” (1972-80): Record 71-32-2, National Championship
•Uga IV: “Seiler’s Uga Four” (1981-89): Record 77-27-4, Dubbed “Dog of the Decade”
•Uga V: “Magillicuddy II” (1990-99): Record 65-39-1. Appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and was named “nation’s best college mascot.”
•Uga VI: “Whatchagot Loran” (1999-2008): Record 87-27. Winningest dog in the history the University.
•Uga VII: “Loran’s Best” (2008-09): Record 16-7. Died too young at the tender age of 4.
•Interim Uga: “Russ” (2009). Record 2-0. Half-brother of the late Uga VII.
First we lose one of our own, then we find out our jobs as treasured mascots may be in jeopardy. As I’m sure many of you heard, it was a very sad time last week when one of my favorite dawgs of all time, Uga VII, had a heart attack and died. Now it seems that PETA wants the University of Georgia to use a robot to replace Uga.
“In the wake of the untimely death of the University of Georgia’s (UGA) bulldog mascot, Uga VII, PETA has asked the school’s athletic director, Damon M. Evans, to replace the mascot with an animatronic dog — or to rely solely on a costumed mascot — instead of using another real bulldog. Bulldogs are prone to breathing difficulties, hip dysplasia, heart disorders, and other congenital ailments, and acquiring a dog from a breeder perpetuates the animal overpopulation crisis while causing another dog waiting in an animal shelter to be condemned to death.”
Seriously PETA? There’s no way we’re going to let robots take our jobs. In the mean time though, let’s give thanks for all the happiness and good times UGA VII brought to the University of Georgia and college football fans everywhere.
My New Crunktastic Dawg Bowl
Well, it looks like I’m on the move again. The tall lady let me know that we’re moving to Atlanta since she’s going to help her friends Monica and Helena with their new bar/pool room. Hopefully she’ll take me down to the Atlanta Underground, since I’ve heard its a rockin’ good time down there. I don’t know the area very well, so if you know of some good places where Debbie and I can shoot some stick, grab a brew and get our groove on, give me a holler and let me know! As for the move, all I can say is that the tall lady better get me this sweet crunk dog bowl I found at Spencers, because when we hook up with L’il John and the Ying Yang Twins I wanna be ready to roll.
The other thing, while we’re in Atlanta, I really want to head down to Athens and meet Uga VII. Now that is one wicked dawg!
