UGA, Florida playing for new trophy
(UGA Sports Communications)
Starting this year, the Dogs and Gators are playing in Jacksonville for more than just bragging rights and a recruiting advantage.
They’re battling over the Okefenokee Oar!
It seems the two schools’ student governments have teamed up to create a traveling trophy for the winner of the annual border war. Victoria Lee of UGA’s Student Government Association dropped me a note about the new Okefenokee Oar, carved in the shape of an oar out of a 1,000-year-old cypress tree from the Okefenokee Swamp.
Some might think a keg would be a better symbol of the game popularly known as the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, but the oar (and, please, no jokes about the Dogs being up the creek without one this year) is intended to be symbolic of the European settlers who first navigated the Okefenokee Swamp, which crosses the borders of Georgia and Florida and which the two states used to fight over in boundary disputes.
The trophy was paid for in part by the UGA and University of Florida student governments as well as a donor who wishes to remain anonymous.
Now, admittedly, at first the name “Okefenokee Oar” sounds a bit silly. But, really, it’s no sillier than other traditional trophies awarded in college football rivalries. Michigan and Minnesota battle over the Little Brown Jug. The Minnesota-Wisconsin winner gets Paul Bunyan’s Axe. Indiana gets the Old Brass Spittoon if it beats Michigan State and the Old Oaken Bucket if it beats Purdue. Arkansas and LSU go for the Golden Boot. Ole Miss and Mississippi State exchange the Golden Egg. TCU and SMU play for the Iron Skillet.
And out in Oregon, where they love ugly uniforms and marching to the beat of a different drummer, the Ducks and Beavers play for the Platypus Trophy.
All of which beat the boring Land Grant Trophy that Michigan State and Penn State play for. Or, for that matter, the generic-sounding Governor’s Cup that the Georgia-Georgia Tech rivalry inherited from the old Bullpups-Baby Jackets Thanksgiving Day freshman game.
So I’m on board. Bring home the Okefenokee Oar!
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141 comments Add your comment
UnderDog
October 30th, 2009
3:53 pm
And UGA will be up sh1t creek without that oar this weekend.
Urban Meyers
October 30th, 2009
3:53 pm
1 2 3 4 5, them Gators don’t take no jive. Go Gata!
Bill King
October 30th, 2009
3:58 pm
UnderDog
Repeating a joke from the original post. Congratulations.
Jake 7
October 30th, 2009
3:59 pm
Bill…this is WEAK…..start over
Cuz
October 30th, 2009
4:02 pm
The trophy should be an empty 1/2 gallon of Jim Beam.
Villa Rica DAWG
October 30th, 2009
4:05 pm
Cool.
Saint Simons
October 30th, 2009
4:09 pm
Florida 77 uga 0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joe Cox 5 INTs!!!!!!!!!!
Saint Simons
October 30th, 2009
4:12 pm
UGA going to the Carpets of Dalton Bowl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saint Simons
October 30th, 2009
4:13 pm
The trophy should be a Mullet wig!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahhahahahhahahahahah
Einsteindawg
October 30th, 2009
4:18 pm
Saint Simons…you sir, are a riddle inside of a mystery, wrapped in an enigma. Peace.
GeoffDawg
October 30th, 2009
4:19 pm
Meh…it adds some color. Definitely better than playing for a spittoon.
Burdell
October 30th, 2009
4:26 pm
Carpets of Dalton Bowl….LOL!
Sam
October 30th, 2009
4:27 pm
Lame. Sorry, but several of the others have some sort of real history.
Paul H
October 30th, 2009
4:28 pm
Handle of Jim Beam. Or a pair of jean shorts.
Rick
October 30th, 2009
4:29 pm
$100 to whoever can steal that thing
L-Dawg
October 30th, 2009
4:30 pm
GLORY GLORY TO OLE’ GEORGIA!!!!!!
WHAT DO GEORGIA TECH “FANS” AND UGA FANS HAVE IN COMMON?? THEY ARE BOTH OBSESSED WITH THEM DAWGS AND WHAT GOES ON IN THE GREAT TOWN OF ATHENS!!!
FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ!!!
FIRE MIKE BOBO!!!
HIRE BUCK BELUE!!!
HIRE THE PILSBURY DOUGH BOY!!!
***MISSING: PLAY BOOK. LAST SCENE AT PARKVIEW, SUSPECTED TO BE SOMEWHERE OFF NORTH AVE. -CECIL FLOWE
GO DAWGS!!!!! (DOES THAT MAKE ME A BLIND HOMER??)
TO HELL HELL HELL WITH GEORGIA TECH AND FLORIDA!!!!!!
superDawg
October 30th, 2009
4:30 pm
WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH A PADDLE.Hit WM with it.Just kidding bring a big stick and trade UF after the game.Willie make us proud.GO DAWGS GET AFTER THAT TEABAG AND MAKE ME A LONG ISLAND TEA.
Gator Rob
October 30th, 2009
4:31 pm
Might as well go ahead and nail that thing to the wall in Gainesville, they’ll only have to take it down about once every 6 years.
Paul H
October 30th, 2009
4:34 pm
Maybe we can do something REALLY embarrassing and make special rings for the winner that have the score printed on them.
This the SEC. We don’t have trophies and we don’t make rings for regular season victories. Save that for Tech and other lame ACC games.
Dale
October 30th, 2009
4:34 pm
I have never typed in all caps on a forum before but…
WHAT A STUPID IDEA!
Delbert D.
October 30th, 2009
4:41 pm
Einsteindawg – If he’s a saint, he’s already dead, right? He’s no worse than usual around Halloween, so I don’t think he is an actual ghost. Might be schizophrenia.
RedMan
October 30th, 2009
4:44 pm
Yeh, I bet the nickname for that is going to be something that ends in “ore” and the student groups will not be proud.
AthensSG
October 30th, 2009
4:47 pm
The last time I heard so much crowing from these (L Grizzard nickname) Techmites, it was about 3 years ago; they had clinched their division of the ACC; had 1 loss and ranked about 10th. They then proceeded to lose to a 4-loss UGA team: lose the ACC championship to about 10,000 in the Gator Bowl; and I really forget which bowl (probably the one they seem to be so familiar with, the Carpets of Dalton) which they probably lost, in front of 3000 fans. So y’all will probably beat UGA this year, finally go to a decent bowl, etc, etc. But you still have to do it first. Y’all may want to wait this time til you really do all of those things before you crow so loud. Paul Johnson will probably lead Tech to no more than one more loss I believe, but ya still gotta win those games before you can count them. Just saying…
Oh and for the uninformed, Techmites are Tech fans that come out of the woodwork when the football has a winning season.
Saint Simons
October 30th, 2009
4:47 pm
Is anyone coming to my Dungeons and Dragons party tonight?
MDG
October 30th, 2009
4:55 pm
Cuz, or half full depending on the outcome of the game…
AltamahaDawg
October 30th, 2009
4:55 pm
Ok, who didn’t drink thier half of the beam?
Burdell
October 30th, 2009
4:58 pm
Another UGA fan living in the past with a Lewis Grizzard quote…
Hey, wasn’t he around back in the days of Herschel?
And BTW we have not had a losing season since 1996.
On the other hand...
October 30th, 2009
5:00 pm
They could have played for a 1964 Fleetwood single-wide, blocks included. Only problem, they’d have to watch it close during the game to keep teenage brothers and sisters from humpin’ in it when Diddy passes out drunk at the half. Come to think of it, playing for a Mullet Wig might make sense too. Or some cut-off jorts…
L-Dawg
October 30th, 2009
5:05 pm
BURDELL…..
THAT DOESN;T MATTER. YOU ARE STILL ON A UGA BLOG, TALKING SMACK ABOUT UGA, TO UGA FANS. THAT MAKES YOU THE PUNCHLINE TO THE TRUEST JOKE EVER CREATED:
WHAT DO GEORGIA TECH “FANS” AND UGA FANS HAVE IN COMMON?? THEY ARE BOTH OBSESSED WITH THEM DAWGS AND WHAT GOES ON IN THE GREAT TOWN OF ATHENS!!
TO HELL WITH BURDELL
UGASlobberknocker
October 30th, 2009
5:08 pm
Is the oar flammable? If so, Ive got a match.
Jefferson
October 30th, 2009
5:08 pm
If they really wanted to piss off the UF fans, they would forfeit the game right before kickoff, some UGA fans wouldn’t even notice.
Law Dawg
October 30th, 2009
5:11 pm
A 5 gallon jug of genuine Chattahoochee River water to commemorate the current water war between Georgia and Florida (and Alabama).
On the other hand...
October 30th, 2009
5:15 pm
Any animal inbred, cross-eyed, and stupid would make sense
Herschel Talker
October 30th, 2009
5:18 pm
L-DAWG IS A G@Y TOOL
On the other hand...
October 30th, 2009
5:19 pm
An orange chain-gang suit, complete with handcuffs? Huge Palmetto Bug maybe? A year’s supply of hair bleach, spam, or Vaseline (would need to be a big supply if UGA slipped up and won)?
KJ
October 30th, 2009
5:37 pm
Ugh, no. Let the Big Ten teams play for the Gilded Jockstrap, or whatever mediocre conferences need to motivate themselves. We play real football, we don’t need that crap.
josh
October 30th, 2009
5:40 pm
Horrendous article…this is the height of journalism and topics to discuss before this game??? Good lord. Why don’t we talk about what Tebow and Joe Cox are going to eat for breakfast tomorrow and then compare pancakes & waffles. This is why you see newspapers crumbling…
45ACP
October 30th, 2009
5:40 pm
I thought 1,000-year-old cypress trees from the Okefenokee Swamp were protected by the Federal Government. Wetlands Act or something like that.
There should be a Congressional investigation about this.
Dawg Foot
October 30th, 2009
5:40 pm
3 Liter Bottle of Jack Daniel’s – i saw it on e-bay.
David
October 30th, 2009
5:42 pm
GEORGIA: 38 Florida:24!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SEC powerhouse NOT
October 30th, 2009
6:02 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8GuH9oDHrU
a goofy toothy dawg fan
October 30th, 2009
6:04 pm
Who cares about a dumb oar anyway? Its will be years before Uga could compete for it anyway while Willie and Boo Boo are coaches at Georgia. Maybe some of our players need to learn how to obey the law in keeping drivers licenses up to par.! Then maybe they will know how to play football at UGA.
Uga Studd
October 30th, 2009
6:04 pm
Retarded video, white guys cant rap…. well besides Eminem
BJohnDawg
October 30th, 2009
6:07 pm
I am from St. Marys and that has got to be one of the funniest things I have heard this year. Okefenokee OAR.
Hey, I think IF ( Big IF) Georgia wins we should get to really humiliate Florida and send them the crew from Real Housewives of Atlanta to live in Gainesville for one year. That Kim chick probably would end up taking Tebow’s virginity and he would lose his superman powers and start drinking and smoking and doing bad reality tv.
Of course not sure there is any good reality TV.
Time to get my drink on before the game.
DBCOOPER
October 30th, 2009
6:20 pm
59-39-5, 45-37-2
What do these numbers mean?
45ACP
October 30th, 2009
6:30 pm
DB – You know there is a reward out for you.
Saint Simons
October 30th, 2009
6:32 pm
Hmmm DB i would guest how many boyfriends you have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahhaha
GeezusDawg
October 30th, 2009
6:42 pm
You forgot the most important prize when Tech beats Georgia, all Tech players get to skip two child-support checks to their “babymama”.
45ACP
October 30th, 2009
6:43 pm
It’s the Longitude and Latitude of where you hid the money.
Dawg fans know it is the all time record of UGA vs GIT and UGA vs UF.
Or maybe if you multiply them it is the number of times SS has posted on a blog.
woa
October 30th, 2009
6:50 pm
Hey simons,
I bet you are all alone with nobody to play with. Im so glad tech made you happy last year, with a 3 point victory over a team that had won 7 straight. See if you can find a life in these next 7 years, so you wont look so stupid and ignorant on these blogs.
GWJ
October 30th, 2009
6:53 pm
As usual, this blog is a JOKE!!!
Swamp Chomper
October 30th, 2009
7:10 pm
T minus 20 hours till the humiliaton begins!
UGASlobberknocker
October 30th, 2009
7:16 pm
Someone take that oar out of St Simons a$$
dawgfanatic24-7
October 30th, 2009
7:19 pm
When Willie’s D and Bozo’s O does nothing tomorrow we need to grab the oar from Tebow and whip our coordinator’s
a$$es out of Athens!!!!!!
West of Athens
October 30th, 2009
8:05 pm
Prediction: Dawg fans are going to do even more drinking than usual, after tomorrow’s game with the Gators.
45ACP
October 30th, 2009
8:16 pm
I’ll drink to that.
SueEllen Daniel-Resnick
October 30th, 2009
8:42 pm
Oh goody, an… OAR.
Florida 49, Georgia 10. Go ahead and ship the oar to Gainesville.
cincibulldogfan
October 30th, 2009
9:07 pm
I love Georgia, I HATE our soft zone, Saturday is the worst day of the week for me. It is the only time in my life I scream at my TV. I must be an idiot to think I could coach better that soft willie, help!
slim pickens wants to know...
October 30th, 2009
9:08 pm
An OAR! What in the wide wide world of sports is going on here? This is really lame.
Totally Motivated Now
October 30th, 2009
9:15 pm
I can’t wait until I see Renee Curran stop Tebow on 4th and goal with no time left and the Dawgs ahead by one, and jumps up and yells “You’re not getting this OAR!!!I will fight to the death for this OAR!!”
Good grief!!
another ptc dawg
October 30th, 2009
9:24 pm
We won the ORR trophy in 1964 when we beat Steven ORR Spurrier.
Does that count?
Kathy Sue Loudermilk
October 30th, 2009
10:10 pm
What in the world are you doing criicizing Lewis Grizzard. A well know journalist, and entertainer. He loved the Ga/Fla game and weekend as most of us do also. As far as thumping your chest about beating VPI last week Techmites, Lewis would have said “I don’t believe I’d told that brother” VPI looked great against that powerhouse UNC. Wow, maybe Vandy has a chance after all.
Rember this fools, when the dogs win tomorrow, you can say maybe Lewis came over and helped us, though I’d believe we will see him more apt to help next month in Atlanta. GO DOGS
RW
October 30th, 2009
10:13 pm
GO DAWGS!!!! BEAT THE GATORS!!!!
Bleeds Red and Black in Baxley
October 30th, 2009
10:16 pm
Sadly, I predict Florida 42, Georgia 10. I don’t think it will be closer than that.
We would probably be better off to lose by 50 points if it would help get a new coach, so if we lose, I hope we lose big.
I never thought I would say anything like that.
**************************************************************
And Renee Curran is not going to stop anybody. Where did you get a silly idea like that?
Lady Anne
October 30th, 2009
10:19 pm
Go Gators, eat the big Dawg’s lunch!!!
With apologies to “Casey at Bat”:
There will be no joy in Athens,
the Lowly Dawgs have struck out!
Bayer Lansky
October 30th, 2009
10:22 pm
Dawgs 24, Gators 21. Take it to the bank. Selah.
Miss Prissy
October 30th, 2009
10:25 pm
Oars. It’s come to oars, has it? This game used to mean something. I suppose UGA is desperate to win something, maybe the oar should go to the loser.
JD of GT
October 30th, 2009
10:32 pm
Give em hell GA. Time for a change at number 1.
Don
October 30th, 2009
10:39 pm
Mr. King, does the AJC actually pay you for this garbage?
jason
October 30th, 2009
10:50 pm
We have to dominate in time of possession. Have to keep Ten=bow and co. off the field. I will say and say again, we have to go deep to AJ early and often. We have to stretch the field to open up the middle for Charles. As good as UF’s MLB is, he can not cover Charles one on one. If UGA can get AJ and Charles going, it will open up the running lanes. Also, look for a “Wildcat” formation with Gray, not just running, but run/throw option.
Again, Walsh and Butler will be key in this game. Butler booming 50+ yard punts to keep field position in our favor, and Walsh booming a couple of “KEY” 50+ yard FGs.
On defense, we have to pressure Tebow. Screw QB Sacks, we just need to be in his face. We need to crowd the line and dare Tebow to throw deep. I don’t care how bad our secondary is. We need 8 in the box to cut off Tebow’s running lanes. It is proven UF does not have a vertical passing attack. Make Tebow beat you deep. Also, UGA has to chip Hernandez every FREAKIN time he comes off the line of scrimmage. He is Tebow’s go to man. UGA can win this. It is about how bad does UGA want to.
Vick 'Em Gators
October 30th, 2009
10:53 pm
Gators will use that oar to beat the ship out of the leghumpers!!
Mo Gator Meat Please !
October 30th, 2009
11:12 pm
Back off Don….yes it is LAME. But in this case Bill is reporting
the fact. He didn’t create the stupid thing. Yes he might produce
a loser from time to time but overall marks are ok.
Don’t let the bozo’s get ya down Bill..you’ll be alright.
But lay off some of those layups like last one about Fl. fans.
You are far more relevant when not merely stating the obvious.
Annual Jax Beatdown
October 30th, 2009
11:35 pm
Why does UGA care about what the trophy looks like? It’s going to be in Gainesville almost every year.
superDawg
October 30th, 2009
11:37 pm
We may win oar not.
longtimedawg
October 31st, 2009
1:08 am
Just some stats for you guys to chew on.
from 1971-1989 UGA beat UF 15 times to only 5 loses.
Remember the good ole days? When spurrier came to UF he brought a new attitude and it was not to lose to UGA. We need a coach that can bring that swagger back to the Red & Black. UF was once intimidated by the DAWGS! remember all the games that UF would have a better team and find a way to lose to UGA. We need some coaches who can coach the great talent that UGA recruits every year. What happens to these 5 Star guys when they get to athens? We need a guy like Kirby Smart to come back HOME and bring back that swagger the DAWGS once had!!!!! We have had some good teams the past 9 seasons and with better preparation should have won more games and not just against UF. We should have had a National Title in that span. I hope CMR can make some tough decisions after the season and recruit some great coaches to coach up his great players. Our guys just look unprepared week end and week out. Part of being a great head coach is to get your team prepared and put them in the place to win! that starts with your assistants and the guys that you delegate your game plan preparations too… Lets play a complete disciplined game and we may just surprise the world on Saturday afternoon in Jacksonville Fla!… GO DAWGS!!!!
longtimedawg
October 31st, 2009
1:19 am
The Suns coming out Saturday and so is the DAWGS!
Georgia Dawg By Way Of Las Vegas
October 31st, 2009
6:44 am
“about the new Okefenokee Oar, carved in the shape of an oar out of a 1,000-year-old cypress tree from the Okefenokee Swamp.”
Are you saying that destroying a 1000 year old tree is a good thing? For a trophy that doesn’t even have a decent history behind it?? They couldn’t come up with something that either school would covet that has some historic value already???
The article is fine Bill (smiling) The trophy is stupid.
Bring it home Dawgs! Let’s be the first to own this stupid trophy.
Georgia Dawg By Way Of Las Vegas
October 31st, 2009
6:47 am
Correction :
Are (They) saying that destroying a 1000 year old tree is a good thing?
I know it’s not your fault Bill.
Horace Mann
October 31st, 2009
7:36 am
Whatever. The oar will be residing in Gainesville, Florida for many many years.
Total Domination
October 31st, 2009
8:00 am
Gators and the Yellowjackets will dominate UGA for a long time.
m
October 31st, 2009
8:14 am
It is called “the ENTIRE sec sucks in 2009″ trophy.
ratherBgambling
October 31st, 2009
8:17 am
I cannot believe he actually gets paid to write this stuff. My son’s HS newsletter is more professional than stuff from this hack.
big dog jacket
October 31st, 2009
8:27 am
There is no more beautiful sight than watching the Dawg nation arriving in SSI full of hopes, prayers and dreams and then getting their heads handed to them–except seeing Serena Williams being set down by some unknown. This year I hope the game is played in a downpour and the Gators completely bamboozle the Dawgs into whimpering house dogs. Bamboozling the Dawgs is nothing but foreplay.
Slap That Dawg Around
October 31st, 2009
8:38 am
What trophy? Gonna be lucky to get a bowl bid.
77DAWG
October 31st, 2009
8:49 am
If I call myself one of the top team in SEC, I will naver accept the “un ranked team” anywhere anytime especially with all of the top players in hand. CMR doesn’t see that. DE doesn’t see that. JA doesn’t see it. Most of Dawg Nations (losers) don’t see it. Only few negative stupid dogs, like me, see the STEADILY regression of the program for the past 2 and a half years. With the players we’v got, it just CANNOT take more than one year to see a little change. Do you see it people!! God help us please!!!
77DAWG
October 31st, 2009
8:57 am
I am 1000% with the Longtimedawg. I wanted to say like your but it all came out negatives.
Thank you sir....
October 31st, 2009
9:00 am
may I have another?
Georgia is going to get spanked with that oar with Tebow doing the honors this year!
77DAWG
October 31st, 2009
9:03 am
I we will lose, I hope we lose like 54 – 55. If we will win, hope we win like 49 – 48. Anything just to get the ckufer out of Athens.
SMALL PAUL JOHNSON
October 31st, 2009
9:09 am
They should play for all the water in Lake Lanier. Lets call it the Lanier Lantern!!
Dawg Killer
October 31st, 2009
9:29 am
Hey Bud, that was intelligent.
Dawg Killer
October 31st, 2009
9:42 am
Bud, here comes your train wreck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51K32fK8nok
Keep wollering in your misery loser
Bud
October 31st, 2009
9:47 am
Dog Killer… I don’t know which is going to be more fun , beating Florida or beating Tech!
Dawg Killer
October 31st, 2009
9:47 am
Bud, now i understand … this painted white guy was you
http://www.reddirtkings.com/2009/10/dbfotw-painted-uga-guy.html
Dawg Killer
October 31st, 2009
9:49 am
Bud, blog back @ 6 PM.
Big Earl
October 31st, 2009
9:49 am
Dawg Killer AKA Michael Vick
Dawg Killer
October 31st, 2009
9:53 am
Killing DAWG … guilty as convicted. Gonna show up for repeat offense?
Bud
October 31st, 2009
9:56 am
Dawg Killer…. I’ll get back right after the post game highlights of UGA kicking Fla’s butt!!!
Jake
October 31st, 2009
9:58 am
Go Dawgs, do the upset. Bring it home.
Dawg Killer
October 31st, 2009
9:58 am
sure you will
Gator Bait
October 31st, 2009
10:04 am
Bud – blog back in after the 1st qtr … gonna be over by then. Loser.