Welcome to Athens, Jarvis, it’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog!
Some nights, it's even greater than usual to be a Georgia Bulldog! (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
In celebration of Jarvis Jones deciding that playing linebacker under Todd Grantham is the best way to prepare for an NFL career, here are five more reasons it’s great … to be … a Georgia Bulldog, presented in no particular order …
You get to go to school in Athens. I mean, really, is there any better college town than the Classic City? As Southern Living recently noted, there’s a vibrancy there that many other college towns can’t match. Great places to eat or drink beer. A beautiful campus. The best-looking women in the SEC. An internationally renowned music scene. Plus UGA sports. What’s not to love?
One of the most impassioned fan bases in college sports. As Mark Richt put it in an interview with Dawg Post, “There is so much passion and love for Georgia. Some of the folks have never stepped foot on campus and love it — that is their team; they want them to do well.”
You get to wear red. Not orange. Not yellow. Not blue like half the schools in the country. And not some off shade like Alabama or Arkansas wear, but rich, bright Georgia Bulldog red! Gotta love it.
The best-looking helmets in college football. And here’s a plus: As a UGA player in the future, chances are you won’t have to don the ill-fated black helmets trotted out for the Florida game last year and widely panned by the Bulldog Nation. They’re selling them off as collector’s items.
Saturdays at Sanford Stadium, the crown jewel of college football stadiums, with Uga, the best mascot in America.
That’s just scratching the surface, of course. Why else is it great to be a Georgia Bulldog?
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#1 humper hater
June 17th, 2010
10:46 am
Michigandog, you forgot #3, You can live in Georgia and see 400 pound redneck hogs wearing faded jawja t-shirts holding hands with their sister.
Rip Van Winkle
June 17th, 2010
10:47 am
Or you can wake up every 30 years and hope you won another championship.
Ron Mexico
June 17th, 2010
10:47 am
Oh and don’t forget about the retards you have to see comments from that go to Gayferville and Tech. Obsess much?
Chronos
June 17th, 2010
10:51 am
hahahahahahahahahahaha…………………..hahahahahahahahahahahaha……….
dawggirl
June 17th, 2010
10:52 am
Um, speak for yourself, #1. No rednecks or hogs here, considering I weigh 106 pounds and grew up in suburban North Fulton county.
#1 Hater
June 17th, 2010
10:59 am
dawggirl, I was refering to the “men” sugar cheeks. Unfortunately the rest of the state isn’t N. Fulton. Try Hall, Banks, Jackson, Paulding, Barrow……………
BigDawg
June 17th, 2010
11:00 am
Biggest joke in the SEC? The Gator/Tide out of conference schedule.
dawggirl
June 17th, 2010
11:02 am
And how much do you weigh and where did you matriculate and grow up, #1?
#1 Hater
June 17th, 2010
11:05 am
Bigdog, you are a dumb@$$. Compare the 2010 UF and UGA schedule before you post.
#1 Hater
June 17th, 2010
11:07 am
sweet cheeks from N. Fulton, 5′11 and 185 from Florida of course. My remark was for the moron from michigan who likes to catagorize Gator fans wearing jorts with mullets. Each state has their share of embarrassments.
Tennessee Runs The State of Georgia
June 17th, 2010
11:08 am
Reason to be a Bulldog? How about not ever winning a National Title.
Rip Van Winkle
June 17th, 2010
11:11 am
Tennessee Runs The State of Georgia, how about 1980?
Tech Lifer
June 17th, 2010
11:13 am
“the crown jewel of college football stadiums” I think that’s stretching it a little. Knoxville, TN is pretty special.
I hope this enthusiasm for the dawgs brings some life to CMR…he needs more than prayers since Tennessee and Auburn have greatly improved. You might still be 5th or 6th in the SEC.
Rip Van Winkle's Cousin
June 17th, 2010
11:17 am
Cousin, go back to sleep. I will awake you in another 30 yrs. There will still be no national championship, Coach Richt will still be there, the fans will still be bragging on 1980 and Herschel Walker, and the fans will continue to get excited about how Coach Richt’s 2041 recruiting class will be unstoppable, their willing to give this man that much time. Now if they hire a great coach, then maybe I will awake you in 5 years cousin….
dawggirl
June 17th, 2010
11:22 am
I agree that each state has their share of embarrassments. If I lived in a state that had more children go missing and end up murdered (see: Caylee Anthony, Haleigh Cummings, Jessica Lunsford, etc.), I wouldn’t want to live there either. Very unsafe state to raise children, if you ask me.
BigDawg
June 17th, 2010
11:25 am
@#1 Hater: Appalachian State, Miami (Ohio), USF, FSU, strongest it’s been in years, but still a joke, like you. GA’s is still stronger.
brokebackvol
June 17th, 2010
11:26 am
C’mon you other non-Dawgs: These good folks gotta have a place to crow about their school/program just like the rest of us fans do for our respective schools.
I do want to point out other places, including Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, are cited as having the best game day experience in college football.
I will admit, I pull for the dawgs vs UF. But whoever helps the Vols is the team I pull for, in honesty.
How much longer we have to wait? I dread these summer doldrums every year!
#1 Hater
June 17th, 2010
11:27 am
I want a date with dawggirl!!!!!! Please go out with me, please.
#1 Hater
June 17th, 2010
11:29 am
Bigdawg you are the joke; although I do admit having to play the leg humpers makes our schedule a tad bit easier. Go lick youself.
BigDawg
June 17th, 2010
11:30 am
Unlike your Gators, you should take your act on the road!
Football Guy
June 17th, 2010
11:39 am
And your bootie gets kicked in EVERY year by UF!!!!!!!!
SECFan
June 17th, 2010
11:43 am
You won’t win championships but I guess some recruits get sold on the bill of good Richt is pitching them? UGA is the poster child for underachievers! And evidently the mystique is not that great when the number one receiver, OL, and RB prospect went elsewhere last year!
As for the women, most people outside of the SEC rate Ole Miss girls the best! Although there are lots of beautiful southern girls at UGA, Bama and UT too.
I will say I’d rather go to school at UGA or any other SEC school than wear Jean Shorts and Shark Tooth Necklaces and drink umbrella drinks in Gainesville!
SmokeyVol85
June 17th, 2010
12:12 pm
I’m a big Tennessee fan, but I will say that each SEC school has a special game day experience for both the home team and for the visiting team. For example (from the UT point of view), The Pride of The Southland playing the opposing team’s song is a point of enjoyment, I believe, for the other team to see arguably one of the best college bands playing their fight song in front of 100 K + fans (I honestly really like to see the other fans cheering their team in hostile territory with their fight song playing, knowing it will soon be drone out with the playing of Rocky Top
…I know I do when I go to away games and am out numbered. Makes for comradery with those sitting around you). I suppose this is what makes the SEC so special. Looking forward to a great season of SEC football! Go Vols!
Dawg H8R
June 17th, 2010
12:34 pm
MichiganDawg
You described most of the Jawja fans!
TS
June 17th, 2010
12:48 pm
And the #1 reason is….
All of the moral victories!! UGA never loses a game. It is the coaches fault, the refs, the game location, preseason national champs, the helmets.. and the list goes on!!
Gary
June 17th, 2010
12:55 pm
I love Georgia, but Ole Miss has the hottest ladies in the SEC hands down. Your UGA bias shows a little too much on that one.
MichiganDawg
June 17th, 2010
1:09 pm
#1 Hater-First of all, I am not a moron and second of all didn’t mention mullets-you did. Isn’t it funny how you thought to associate the two? Perhaps you got your feelings hurt because you are in fact wearing jorts, rocking a mullet while you incessantly post on this board. Keep wearing your cutoffs proudly just like your boy Tebow.
With such a crass demenor and your hatred of Georgia, you don’t have a snowballs chance in hell getting a date with any respectable girl in or out of the SEC. Why don’t you stick to begging for dates on a Gator website?
DawginLex
June 17th, 2010
1:10 pm
you get the florida guy off of your front porch by paying him for the pizza…………………………..
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June 17th, 2010
1:21 pm
DawginLex- you give him the keys to your house because you are getting foreclosed on!
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BIGJAY
June 17th, 2010
4:27 pm
IT”S A GOOD THING THAT JARVIS JONES FINALLY CAME HOME TO PLAY FOR THE BELOVED DAWGS. HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT IN THE FIRST PLACE…….HERE’S A LITTLE ADVISE TO ALL THE 4 AND 5 STAR HIGHSCHOOL TALENT IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA= WHEN YOU PLAY FOOTBALL FOR AN S.E.C TEAM YOUR GOING TO BE A LEGEND IN THAT STATE, BUT WHEN GRADUATE YOU’RE PROBABLY GOING TO COME BACK HOME TO LIVE IN ATLANTA. SO WHAT GOOD IS IT TO BE A LEGEND IN TENN, ALABAMA OR MISS. WHY NOT STAY AT HOME, HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO…….PLUS MOST OF THESE ROSTERS IN THE S.E.C ARE LITTERED WITH GEORGIA HIGHSCHOOL PLAYERS…IF ALL U GUYS STAY AT HOME YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT,,,YALL CAN KEEP THE DAWGS ON THE MAP…..JUST THINK ABOUT THE LAST 4 S.E.C NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, THOSE TEAMS HAD LOTS OF STAR PLAYERS FROM GEORGIA……SO JARVIS I HOPE UR MAKING SURE YOUR CARVER COLUMBUS HIGHSCHOOL BUDDIES GET THE MESSAGE, THERES NOTHING GREATER THAN BEING A LEGEND IN YOUR HOME STATE AND THERE’S NO HONOR GREATER THAN BEING A GEORGIA BULLDOG!
Gary
June 17th, 2010
4:45 pm
The best reason to go to Georgia…. You don’t have to live in Gainesville.
Gary
June 17th, 2010
4:55 pm
The damn band could use some work too. They have been sloppy and weak the last few years. Learn more than two shows. 10 years ago you were the best band in the country. Now you not even the best in the SEC. FIRE the CONDUCTOR!!! Bring in some fresh blood. When was the last time James Brown played with the Redcoats!!! It is time to bring back the honor of the halftime show (since I am too lazy to wait in line for a Half hour for a drink).
Gator25
June 17th, 2010
9:51 pm
Because we can’t beat Florida.
Watts
June 18th, 2010
8:59 am
Dawg In Iraq, that is a shame you guys dont get AFN where you are, you must be Army or Marines. I was deployed during football season last year, although I was in Qatar, so we had access to AFN and I got to catch most of the games, my buddy was also deployed to Balad in Iraq where he was able to watch most of them as well. I feel for you, not being able to watch the games is pure misery (I was in basic during football season…it sucked), all I can say is, try to get on one of those sweet Air Force deployments next time.
dawgirl….Milton grad?
oh and GO DAWGS!!!
T Freeman
June 19th, 2010
9:19 am
for the UGA female fans, we get to gaze at Mark Richt for hours – handsomest man on tv
buzz
June 20th, 2010
8:24 am
Is that impassioned or imprisoned ????? LMAO.
$750K
June 20th, 2010
11:18 pm
Don’t forget that UGA is always willing to pay top dollar for a football coach. Even when the instructional and academic budget is being slashed, we have money to pay the big bucks to coaches.
UGA–where we don’t even pretend to be a “real” school.
Diggity Dawg
June 21st, 2010
12:00 am
You heard it here first: “FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points” will be 2010’s “St. Simon’s.”
CruzanDawg
June 21st, 2010
4:00 am
If James Brown loves ya, ya gotta be good!
AllenWaters
June 21st, 2010
4:43 am
GA Dawg in Iraq
Thanks for your service to USA! I get an ESPN College Pass package in India that should be available there by region. I am here as a Captain on a corporate jet. I found it after the 3rd game last year but also bought GXtra to at least be able to listen on the computer. http://www.espnplayer.com. UGA fan in Kolkata, India. Go Dawgs!
ATA
June 21st, 2010
6:24 pm
Aint nothin’ finer in the land than the Georgia Redcoat Marching Band!!