Condolences to "A Damn Good Dawg"
by Jay Coulter on Jun 30, 2008 4:00 AM CDT
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Uga VI was 87-27 while walking the Bulldog sidelines.
By Jay Coulter
jccoulter@gmail.com
We send condolences to the Bulldog Nation this morning over the loss of Uga VI, the Georgia mascot who served so proudly for the past nine years. Uga passed away on Friday from heart failure. There's been times during the fall that I've wanted to put my hobnail boot in his ass, but let's not forget that he's one of the things that makes college football great. The sight of that English bulldog let you know that it was time for SEC football.
Uga will be buried today in a private ceremony at Sanford Stadium. Perhaps Georgia Athletic Director Damon Evans put it best when he said, "Uga VI was a damn good mascot and a damn good dog." That he was.
There are a couple of significant changes taking place in the world of Auburn blogging this week. When you think about sports blogging, there are really two kinds: those covered by newspaper beat writers and those written by fans.
Two of the best newspaper-sponsored Auburn blogs are leaving us. Phillip Marshall of The Huntsville Times is leaving the paper after a nearly 40 year newspaper career. In addition to writing for the paper, he put together one of the best football blogs in the country. I can still remember being a young college newspaper writer in the 1980's and watching Marshall spar with Coach Dye over a story. There were times when I thought Dye was going to come out of his chair and kill Phillip. It was great stuff.
Marshall is going to work for ESPN and launching a new site called, Auburn Undercover. It will be similar to the Rivals.com and Scout.com sites that exist now. In the beginning it will be free, but will later switch to a pay site. The new site launches tomorrow.
Christa Turner of The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer is also leaving her blog, TurnerLoose. She has accepted a new position with The Anniston Star. For my money, she's among the best in the business when it comes to covering Auburn sports. The Columbus, Georgia paper has gone through some pretty significant changes in recent months, so I was not surprised to see her go.
She will be missed. Let's hope the Anniston paper finds a way to let her continue her Auburn coverage.
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All the UGAs...
...get buried in Sanford Stadium, and all their tombstones bear the same inscription: Damn Good Dog.
I’m sure they’ve got UGA VII warming up in the bull pen down in Savanah…
by War Eagle Atlanta on Jun 30, 2008 11:53 AM CDT reply actions
Actually, each epitaph is different
Uga – “Damn Good Dog”
Uga II – “Not Bad for a Dog”
Uga III – “How ‘Bout This Dog”
Uga IV – “The Dog of the Decade”
Uga V – “Nation’s Best College Mascot” (so named by Sports Illustrated., but also known as “Defender Of His Turf” for his exchange with AU’s Robert Baker.)
I’m not sure what Uga VI’s will be.
Actually, UGA wasn't defending HIS turf...
That game was at Auburn in 1996. Luckily, we didn’t have someone at the vet school put that mutt down after that…
:-)
Read a quote from Sonny Seilor, the owner of all the dogs, today in the AJC. He wanted to emphasize that the service today at Sanford was a private affair, for “a family pet.” Come on, Sonny. You reap all the glory from those dogs and you don’t want to allow a few folks to sit in the stadium and pay their respects. Sounds pretty cheap to me. Maybe they ought to rescue the next one from the pound…
by War Eagle Atlanta on Jun 30, 2008 9:22 PM CDT reply actions
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