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R.I.P. UGA VII
UGA VII from Georgiadogs.com
Junkyard Blawg reports that UGA has lost its mascot and Sonny Seiler of Savannah has lost his family pet. The Seilers have provided UGA’s mascots since 1956 and the question Bill King poses in his blawg is…”is there a all white sire to take over as UGA VIII?” Hopefully yes and the next UGA will have a longer run than a little over a year.
Add comment November 21, 2009
Pop Culture Top Dogs
UGA VII from UGA.edu
Charlie’s Basketball blog this week has found a true poll out there on PawNation. In honor of the American Kennel Club’s 125 anniversary, the site is looking to find the top 125 pop culture dogs (Spuds MacKenzie and Taco Bell chiuaua come to mind!)
This week the PawNation wants you to vote for your favorite college mascot, the nominees for top college mascot being Georgia’s UGA, Yale’s Handsome Dan, Texas A&M’s “Reveille”, Georgetown’s “Jack the Bulldog” and Boston University’s “Rhett the Boston Terrier.”Charlie points out that this poll just scratches the surface of dog mascots in college, especially bulldogs where at least 38 universities and colleges use a bulldog as mascot.
A&M’s Reveille has a strong lead and although I have written of Handsome Dan in the past AND spoken to write-in nominee Smoky, after having lived in Savannah, GA, home of UGA–I have to say UGA deserves his fair shake in pop culture lists. I mean the dog has his own car to get to the games!
Add comment November 11, 2009
Back your mascot on the back of the car
So the Daily Herald from the Chicago suburbs asks the question if Notre Dame is in Indiana, why does Illinois issue specialty license plates with the Fighting Irish on them?
Well Illinois is not the only one for license plate news. Georgia sees this as big business yet passed a law this last year that will only issue alumni tags for state schools that return the favor. At the moment, Auburn and Clemson have Georgia alumni tags and the LSU alumni chapter Atlanta, are hoping to gain tag approval. Manufacture takes approval from the state and advance sales of 1,000. The special tags put ya back some with a $25 manufacturing fee and a $25 annual fee above the regular cost of license plates in the state of Georgia!
I can hardly wait to see Evergreen Geoducks on plates!
Add comment January 7, 2009
