101 Reasons to Be a UGA Fan, Part 2
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It’s almost that time when we’ll be “goin’ back to Athens town,” and to help get you into the spirit of the season we continue our rundown of reasons to be a fan of the Bulldogs. Here, in no particular order, are 20 more. …
21. You can’t spell “Sugar” without “UGA.”
22. The electricity in the air when you step on the Sanford Drive bridge before a game.
23. Appleby-to-Washington.
24. Dan Magill and the loudest tennis crowds in America.
25. Sinkwich and Trippi in the same backfield.
26. “Glory, Glory Dixieland.”
27. Red and black, the best color combination in sports.
28. Verron Haynes in the checkerboard end zone.
29. Teaching a child to say “Go Dogs!” (Especially if he belongs to your Gator neighbor!)
30. Vince Dooley’s sideline body English.
31. Kevin Butler kicking it “a hundred thousand miles” against Clemson.
32. The Gym Dogs’ 10 national championships.
33. Foley Field’s six College World Series banners (twice as many as the school in Atlanta).
34. A jersey number retired for good reason.
35. “Keep your seats everyone, the Redcoats are coming!”
36. Dominique Wilkins.
37. Kudzu Hill.
38. Jake “the Snake” Scott.
39. Uga V lunging at Auburn’s Robert Baker.
40. A crisp fall day in Athens — as close to heaven on earth as you can get.
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146 comments Add your comment
Habdawg
July 31st, 2009
8:51 am
I once had the pleasure of teaching a Clemson to sing “GLORY, GLORY” while owners , both of course Tigers, his Dad once played there. Imagine the fun!
Alabamadawg
July 31st, 2009
8:52 am
Bill this may sound stupid, but, I HATE the red G !!! It just looks better when its black !!!
godawg
July 31st, 2009
8:54 am
The Emerald Nut Bowl
godawg
July 31st, 2009
8:55 am
Smurf Bowl with a wind chill of zero.
DawginLex
July 31st, 2009
8:56 am
75.) Being thankful that I am a UGA alum/fan since that means I am not a UT fan/grad. That also means I have all of my teeth.
76.) Being associated with UGA means that I won’t turn out like Saint simons, m or any of the other techno nerds.
godawg
July 31st, 2009
8:57 am
Father of the Year, Rueben Houston
godawg
July 31st, 2009
8:58 am
Getting mugged on campus daily
BEATDOWN BY THE HEDGES
July 31st, 2009
8:59 am
45-42, acc 6 sec 4 in 2008,enfuego
godawg
July 31st, 2009
9:01 am
Renovate your stadium by REMOVING 10,000+ seats
godawg
July 31st, 2009
9:01 am
Not being able sellout your newly renovated stadium
godawg
July 31st, 2009
9:03 am
An ENGINEERING school with “restricted view” seats
godawg
July 31st, 2009
9:03 am
The Joke at Coke
godawg
July 31st, 2009
9:05 am
http://www.dawgrant.com/rant/messagetopic.asp?p=827163
godawg
July 31st, 2009
9:05 am
6:09
DawginLex
July 31st, 2009
9:05 am
For all the techsters:
How is it to wonder if that smell is one of the following?
1.) Your date
2.) Varsity chili dog wrapper under your seat
3.) your blowup doll in the trunk
4.) All of the above
Tech nerds-Listening to the Doobie Brothers since 1978
DawginLex
July 31st, 2009
9:07 am
A tech nerd trying to tell us that bowl games somehow don’t count in the loser ACC vs SEC agenda.
Vandy over BC
LSU over the nerd herd
Saint Dawg
July 31st, 2009
9:12 am
((((59-39-5)))) High Fives, all around Bulldog Nation!!
Huh?
July 31st, 2009
9:19 am
Tech seriously has a School of Literature, Communication, and Culture? You must be kidding me. That must be the biggest joke on the face of the earth. Most Techies are lucky if they can even string a sentence together. Good literature to them is probably a Dan Brown novel and they have the communication skills of a tree stump. Absolutely hysterical. I did not know that.
Keep ‘em coming Bill. As I’ve said before, this is the sort of thing that has the Techies peeing in their pants. We simply have more fun than they do and it drives them bat wild. True story.
Hal Vernon
July 31st, 2009
9:19 am
77. Our blog host starred in “Caddyshack” as the villan gopher!
Huh?
July 31st, 2009
9:32 am
but I have way more fun running my fingers through Mark Richt’s butt cut. i love him so….
Huh?
July 31st, 2009
9:32 am
Bill, why haven’t you called? I’m so lonely.
Saint Mobile
July 31st, 2009
9:35 am
((( 41 30 ))) hehehehe
Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
July 31st, 2009
9:38 am
NOT having to play multiple Thursday night games.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
L-Dawg
July 31st, 2009
9:38 am
knowing what “warm apple pie” really feels like
Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
July 31st, 2009
9:39 am
NOT having to worry about being mugged when leaving a sold-out stadium
L-Dawg
July 31st, 2009
9:40 am
Knowing what a real college town is like
Gen Neyland
July 31st, 2009
9:40 am
99. Where losing to GT is like Halley’s Comet. It happens but not very often.
Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
July 31st, 2009
9:41 am
NOT having to wonder if the gunshots signal the beginning/end of play, or if its just the usher getting held up in the isle
L-Dawg
July 31st, 2009
9:42 am
UGA does not win NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP….. disappointing season
GT barely beats a struggling rival, gets demolished in Chicken Bowl…. Best Season Ever!!!!
Nice paralleled expectations there
Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
July 31st, 2009
9:44 am
Free GT ticket with test drive…….
Denver Dog
July 31st, 2009
9:45 am
Athens, Saturday night. Who can beat it. Entertaing friends that went to Tech, and getting them dates with females. At tech the seem to think they should go out with farm animals. Watching the ladies on the first warm days of spring. Going down to hear a local band, REM, B052’s, Panic, lots of others.
Knowing that a full 8 months after a loss in football, the insercure beanie wearing, slide rule carrying, garage designing, Taliban supporting school fans and alumni, are still writing stupid blogs about a 3 point victory.
Isn’t it a shame about Tech?
Denver Dog
July 31st, 2009
9:46 am
If you are Techie, not having to worry about leaving a sold out stadium, before worrying about getting stuck in a gang war shootout.
Saint Augustine
July 31st, 2009
9:47 am
((((( 49 10 ))))) hahahaha
Tom
July 31st, 2009
9:53 am
3 hrs English credit for successful completion of “G-E-O-R-G-I-A” cheer at halftime (by last home game of senior yr).
Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
July 31st, 2009
9:54 am
knowing what a packed house filled with REAL fans is like
L-Dawg
July 31st, 2009
9:57 am
Reggie Ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Butts' Mirror
July 31st, 2009
9:58 am
Having the name of a womanizing alcoholic on our athletic building.
Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
July 31st, 2009
10:00 am
Knowing Calvin Johnson will not be successful until a UGA quarterback starts passing to him….. GO LIONS!!!!!
Tom
July 31st, 2009
10:03 am
Not being expected to know the difference between a “major” and a “school”.
L-Dawg
July 31st, 2009
10:04 am
Gardner Webb….. When a HS offense goes against a HS defense…. things just seem to balance out.
The Grinch
July 31st, 2009
10:06 am
To Tom
or the difference of a tech “certificate”. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!
m for gt fan blogger
July 31st, 2009
10:07 am
naming the athletics complex buttsmear ewww
The Grinch
July 31st, 2009
10:08 am
to Tom
or getting to play on the bball team thus leading to FAILING the minimum apr. Embarrassed tech, the ACC and cost you 2 schollys.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Knowshon Wynn
July 31st, 2009
10:09 am
Adding our Wonderlic scores together and not knowing the sum is only 25.
The Grinch
July 31st, 2009
10:12 am
To Knowshon Wynn
Speaking of the Wonderlic, I wonder what Reggie Ball, Stephon Marbury and other stellar “engineering student-athletes” at tech scored?
Perhaps they majored in one of the following demanding engineering disciplines:
SThe School of History, Technology, and Society
The School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
The School of Modern Languages
The School of Public Policy
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Tom
July 31st, 2009
10:13 am
Knowing we can keep bringing in athletes that struggle to qualify yet do good on APR because the classes they take majoring in things like Consumer Ec and Leisure Studies make middle school look Ivy League.
The Grinch
July 31st, 2009
10:15 am
I’m still waiting for someone to explain the difference between a “school” and a “major” to me. PLEEEEEEEEEZE?
Vince
July 31st, 2009
10:20 am
Using a plantation system of remedial studies programs to win a national championship with players who would have never been able to maintain legitimate eligibilty at a JUCO.
The Grinch
July 31st, 2009
10:20 am
To Tom
So what you’re saying is that tech has nothing but engineering majoring student-athletes. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I’ll remind you again, they could have been taking the courses in the following challenging engineering disciplines:
The School of History, Technology, and Society
The School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
The School of Modern Languages
The School of Public Policy
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Wendell Franklin Wentz
July 31st, 2009
10:20 am
Georgia is the team that dresses in Black to attend their own funeral. Alabama fans love
UGA. Amen.