Making noise in Athens, new mascot, Isner, Sturdivant
Trinton Sturdivant's return could shake up the Georgia offensive line. (Georgiadogs.com)
The buzz in the sports media that those South African vuvuzelas might show up at SEC football games this fall thankfully has been put to rest by conference official Charles Bloom, who noted that Mississippi State’s cowbells earned an exception to the rule against noisemakers on the basis of tradition. “I do not believe a vuvuzela is tied traditionally into one of our institutions,” he said. But as far as Sanford Stadium, it wouldn’t have mattered anyway. Not even the cowbells are welcome in Athens, where the official stadium policy reads: “Artificial noisemakers (air horns, cowbells, etc.) are not permitted in Sanford Stadium. Be considerate and allow your neighbor to enjoy the game.” Organic, natural noise only, please. … I hear from the bulldog breeding community that the latest litter of bullpups sired by interim mascot Russ came up empty as far as a possible Uga VIII. That doesn’t necessarily mean Russ will get to keep the job for the whole season, though, as Sonny Seiler already had said he’d identified several puppies from the Uga VI line as potential candidates, though none will be big enough by the start of the season. I’m still inclined to think switching mascots midseason isn’t a good idea, but whatever happens, Russ will be the mascot of record at the annual fan picture day in Athens on Aug. 21. … After this week’s Wimbledon tennis marathon featuring UGA grad John Isner and his subsequent sporting of the school colors in media interviews, I think it’s pretty safe to say you can expect to see Isner honored in an on-field ceremony Between the Hedges sometime this fall. … The Macon and Columbus papers’ David Hale, unfortunately soon to depart the UGA sports beat, had a story about the impact that a returning healthy Trinton Sturdivant might have on the Dogs’ offensive line, which finally jelled in the second half of last season. Adding Sturdivant to the starting lineup might mean Chris Davis or Josh Davis would become a backup, and I know this concerns some folks. But I liked this quote from Josh: “I’m sure the best five will play every week. That’s how we’ll roll with it.” And, really, if Sturdivant (who was a freshman All American) proves he’s ready to resume his starting spot, how could that not be a good thing?
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DiggidyDawg
June 26th, 2010
6:43 pm
50th! Wow, I’m gettin’ closer!!!
FromtheBARstool
June 26th, 2010
6:50 pm
what is the difference in UGA and Uga?
FromtheBARstool
June 26th, 2010
6:53 pm
Uga should be what people call a Dawg Fan. Few dawg fans ever go to the games as compared to the crap they talk and they never took a class at the COW College of Georgia.
FromtheBARstool
June 26th, 2010
6:59 pm
How can dawg fans make a 1 syllable word into two syllables? Spelled Uga but pronounced UGH A. It is great the AJC will hire UGA journalism majors.
FromtheBARstool
June 26th, 2010
7:15 pm
Sturdivant should quit football and work on his studies. He has been hurt too much for a NFL team to spend BIG money on a guy that will fall apart. S-TURD-I- Vent pass your classes and find a goMent Housing job. You ain’t making it as a NFL player.
cindy
June 26th, 2010
7:22 pm
Sonny’s “all-white” requirement sounds so racist.
oakwooddawg
June 26th, 2010
8:06 pm
remember when UGA was pronounced youga and not uggga? youga still sounds better and besides it doesn’t rhyme with thugga!
Spike
June 26th, 2010
8:30 pm
Why don’t some of you dog boys meet me on Peachtree?
The Truth
June 26th, 2010
8:38 pm
BOLD PREDICTION: UGA will send more of its alums to prison this year than the number of football games they will win!!
Paddy
June 26th, 2010
9:05 pm
from the Barstool…..what does the NFL have to do with TS trying to win his job back? We don’t care about no stink’in NFL.
Dianne Godina
June 26th, 2010
10:49 pm
John Isner is a great sportsman and a marvelous representative of the Univ of Ga. Bulldog Nation is very proud of him.
RED DOG 77
June 27th, 2010
12:47 am
FromtheBARstool……6/26…….7:15pm……..Son, why don’t you take your ignorant garbage down the road? Do you have any idea how many NFL linemen have had multiple knee surgeries ? alot ! It is not uncommon for an NFL offensive lineman to have had as many as four to six total knee repairs during a 6 to 10 year stint. Trinton Sturdivant is a courageous young man that wants to play football, if any school had the good fortune to have a few Trinton’s………they’d be lucky………and whats up with this racist “goment” crap?…………….You are a little man ” Mr. Stool “………just like your name, you belong in the toilet………….With warmest Best Regards, RED
76-Dawg
June 27th, 2010
3:41 am
Sonny Seiler and his family are loyal UGA supporters and do not deserve any criticism . The idiot’s on this blog that are making false statements and criticizing the seiler family must be GT fans or just don’t like UGA because they don’t know anything about the English Bulldog breed. A friend of mine who breeds English Bulldogs told me the life expectancy of this breed is 6 to 8 years and if they live 8 years that is a very long life . Their body causes respiratory problems and a lot of pressure on their heart. Also Sonny Seiler recently addressed the question about inbreeding and made it real clear that he has never breed any of his bulldogs with any of his own dogs. He uses 3 or 4 bulldogs that are owned by unrelated breeders. I am a 76 grad of UGA and am one who appreciates and support everything the Seiler family does for UGA and the way” Uga ” is selected and hope the Seiler family will always agree to provide UGA with their Dawgs. This family should not have to defend itself ever or at any time.
Dawg Daily 27June: Leather Helmet Blog
June 27th, 2010
4:02 am
[...] Good news or bad news, depending on your point of view, on Russ: [...]
Bulldog
June 27th, 2010
6:49 am
I think John Isner should be our mascot.
nodawg
June 27th, 2010
7:05 am
How long before the new UGA commits suicide like the last UGA? R.I.P.
Lilburn Dawg
June 27th, 2010
7:15 am
FromtheBarStool: I consider it inhumane to take a poor little dog to the Tech practice. I’m sure he was more than embarassed to be seen there. I’m calling PETA.
Reality
June 27th, 2010
8:10 am
Pretty exciting post…..typical BiIl King… predict Russ can lead the Dawgs to an 8-5 season.
Spike
June 27th, 2010
9:22 am
Spike at 8:30pm last night is not the REAL Spike..
Bulldog59
June 27th, 2010
9:32 am
Anyone who saw Sturdivant’s latest knee injury realizes, he could face another at any time. He wasn’t doing anything exceptionally stressful at the time and the knee simply buckled.
So, we don’t make the same mistake as last year……in 2010 we either plan from the beginning to go without him, where any playing time for him is a bonus for the OL. Or, if he is back atop the depth chart, we have a solid plan B in case he does get hurt again. An effective “plan B” took entirely too long last season, an uncharacteristic mistake by Searels in 2009.
savannahdawg
June 27th, 2010
9:49 am
Do you think Sonny and his family care about what is being said on this blog? Some of you need a damn life. It’s not offending, it funny reading some of the crap you type. If BARSTOOL had a woman or a dog, he might be spending time doing something constructive instead of wasting his day blogging.
As for me, time to go fishing.
Go Dawgs!!!!!, Go Uga, Go Russ, Go Seiler family!!!!!
DawgHistorian
June 27th, 2010
9:58 am
Freak1 check your history. Although Green Bay used the “G” first, after viewing the Georgia “G” which was slightly different, Green Bay started using the Georgia “G”.
one question
June 27th, 2010
10:01 am
We Dogs are constantly hearing noise about tech’s men getting superior diplomas. With that in mind, what are the degree in for the four former Tech players who went pro? In other words, why bother to earn one at UGA, “because they are not worth a dime, but the ones at Tech are”.
So ……………did these Tech men ( Dwyer, Thomas and Morgan and Burnett) earn ANY dimplomas???
This is a fair question.
Go Dogs.
ugaclassof2004
June 27th, 2010
10:17 am
Bulldog59
I vote your first choice in regards to Sturdivant. Trinton’s a good player, but I’m not entirely sure he’s that much of an upgrade over what we currently have, especially considering how injury prone he is. I’m sure he’s a good kid and it’s a bummer that he’s been snakebit by injuries, but at some point you either play through it or you quit playing football if it doesn’t get better. Trinton has essentially been useless to the team the last 2 years, and he is going on year 3 with this injury, so he’s lost more games to injury than he has actually played. I had a back injury that ended my football career before my senior year in high school which was lousy but it turned out to be a good thing because like 98% of most high school players, I was never going to play at the next level. The same is true for college guys who never go on to the NFL. If Trinton’s knee does not get better, then it might be time for him to move onto other ventures, which of course will be easier said than done.
DAWG lover
June 27th, 2010
10:41 am
As far as the Uga comments go, why don’t we have more than one?
We could have Uga VIII(a), Uga VIII(b), & Uga VIII(c). (a) could be the standard all white, (b) could be all black for when we have “Blackouts”, and (c) could be a “mixed” junkyard brindle for when we play Florida or GT.
Would create some competition among the Ugas and we would save some $$$ on jerseys for them.
Sanchez
June 27th, 2010
10:58 am
I was wondering if they had replaced the mangy, fleabitten mutt who croaked last year.
Spikey
June 27th, 2010
11:03 am
None of the Spikes are real, truth be known.
Dirty
June 27th, 2010
12:19 pm
Sanchez -Wow! It took you two whole days to come up with THAT? Go home, wanker! Better yet, go pee in the kiddie pool like you always do.
Grandad
June 27th, 2010
1:07 pm
FromtheBARstool:
Dawgs come in all shapes & COLORS.
Dawgs can even be Democrats or
socialists like a young Jewish man,
that had no weapons & gave away *food
*[documented]. Plus he definetly would
have supported Healh care reform in
order to heal the sick.
But I stray from my point;
Dawgs are Dawgs & I certainly hope you
are not saying all Dawgs must fit your
*stereotype*…Go DAWGS !!!
huh?
June 27th, 2010
3:32 pm
I think you forgot to take your meds Gramps…
one answer
June 27th, 2010
5:22 pm
The four Tech guys all left early…thus no dip…
Was that difficult for one question?
Spike
June 27th, 2010
5:27 pm
Spikey.. I beg to differ.
GeorgeDawg
June 27th, 2010
8:55 pm
Everyone should pull for this fine young man with so much potenial and character fan and foe alike. He;s a big timmer potential NFL star, I’m sure everyone that can help us win will play plenty. Thay’s CMR ‘ way. Sorry for typos. It’s dark.
Terza
June 27th, 2010
9:51 pm
What happened to the stupid fleabitten mutt that croaked last year? Stuffed or cremated?
Dr. Dave
June 27th, 2010
10:05 pm
If Sturdivant is healthy then he is the best OL on the team, and should start at LT. This also allows Boling to move over, and dominate from his position.
BS Patrol
June 27th, 2010
11:13 pm
Well I declare! Down heah in Bobwhite country we don’t make sucha fuss over the mutant livestock. A simple .22 caliber will do. (I’m not joking)
Seriously, It is perverse and unnatural to breed this dog. These dogs must be inseminated @ cannot give natural birth. Our neighbors had one that slobbered at least five gallons a day.
BS Patrol
June 27th, 2010
11:50 pm
One Answer,
How did you even understand One Question’s Question? I am from mars @ my wife is from Venus.
She has many husbands and I have many wives. We know many things. How do you decipher these things? Is this a student on your planet?
Grandad
June 28th, 2010
2:27 am
@ huh?
June 26 1:04 PM *FromtheBARstool*:
My response was to “FromtheBARstool”:
from the above…..^….. date & time.
I’ve had all my meds today, thank you.
.
June 28th, 2010
6:48 am
Terza=Sanchez June 27th, 2010 9:51 pm
How old are you, twelve? No one is responding to your stupid troll azz, but you keep trying, don’t you? Does mommy know you are on her computer, ya little puzzy?
schmeckdawg
June 28th, 2010
8:46 am
For all of you DAWGS/UGA fans, I heard over the weekend that UGA VIII will be introduced at this years Homecoming Game.
Dawg Trainer
June 28th, 2010
9:31 am
Does it really matter if Russ OR UGA VIII is the mascot? Smokey IX will be the alpha male regardless. The only UGA worth his dog food was the one that tried to bite the Auburn player…he should have been cloned.
Milburn Drysdale
June 28th, 2010
12:38 pm
Smokey is a gay hound
FromtheBARstool
June 28th, 2010
12:45 pm
Smokey is still a valuable and WORKING BRED of DOG. The Bulldog is a fat doorstop with breathing problems.
unedumacated
June 28th, 2010
1:26 pm
I love the all white bulldog as UGA, but couldn’t give a care if it is from the same family line or not. That is just a bunch of bull that all of the rich blue blood donors like.
ca dawg
June 28th, 2010
2:15 pm
i really do wish we would worry less about a pure white coat and more about fielding a healthier and more robust mascot. go back and look at UGA I OR UGA II; they’re much leaner and athletic looking than UGA VI OR VII.
dawgtrainer: i hope smokey IX can block, because you may need him up front this year. i wish you guys the best under dooley, as he seems to want to build a program in the right way, but i think it might get ugly in athens this fall.
gdawginkalamazoo
June 28th, 2010
3:29 pm
Congrats to Isner and Bubba Watson for representing UGA well this past week. Damn good dawgs! Keep up the great play and keep making the bulldog nation proud!
Why is that
June 28th, 2010
3:40 pm
According the the Board of Regents, UGA has a student
enrollment thats 65% Female Students, and 35% Male Students.
Why is that?
Old Guy
June 28th, 2010
3:43 pm
We have a great record when Sturdivant starts.
AltamahaDawg
June 28th, 2010
6:54 pm
Does it have to be an all white bulldog? No, it does have to be. Does the bulldog have to be of UGA bloodline? No. Do we really have to take a dog, outfitted in the school colors, and parade it around as a mascot for the sports teams. Nope, don’t HAVE to do that either. Why do any of it? It’s called tradition! If we don’t adhire to the tradition of an all-white UGA bloodline mascot, then what is damn point in the first place?
GaDawg
June 28th, 2010
9:22 pm
@76-Dawg
I’m with you on your support of The Seiler family, and their loyal support of the University of Georgia. I am certain that Sonny knows what he is doing in producing our mascots for us. Leave him alone; let him do his job!