Mascot Uga VIII sidelined from bowl by illness; ‘Russ’ returns
MEMPHIS — Uga VIII will miss the Liberty Bowl on Friday because of illness.
Georgia’s bulldog mascot is sidelined with a “gastro-intestinal condition,” the university announced late Thursday afternoon, and did not make the trip to Memphis.
“Russ,” the former interim mascot, again will fill in, as he did for the final two games last season and the first six this year. Russ has bowl experience, having been in Shreveport for Georgia’s victory over Texas A&M in last season’s Independence Bowl.
Uga VIII took over as Georgia’s mascot at the Oct. 16 homecoming game against Vanderbilt.
Georgia plays Central Florida in the Liberty Bowl at 3:30 p.m. Friday.
– Tim Tucker
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First
December 30th, 2010
5:39 pm
First???
sandman053
December 30th, 2010
5:39 pm
Damn good Dawg!
sandman053
December 30th, 2010
5:40 pm
Dang missed first by that much!
bat hunter
December 30th, 2010
5:44 pm
go dawgs! to heck with tech…
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
5:49 pm
Like the Dawgs now RUSS is fighting not to have a losing record. BBB ie Uga VIII is a whimp.
ATL-AU
December 30th, 2010
5:50 pm
Uga VIII is sidelined with a “gastro-intestinal condition,” … Translation:: he is sick to his stomach about being the mascot for such a worthless fan base, a worthless team, and a worthless bowl invite that is hardly deserved.
Tdawgmoney
December 30th, 2010
5:51 pm
Sounds like “ole big bad” has already gotten “sick at his stomach” at the level of play of his beloved Dawgs….like the rest of us…..
Russ Is Back « Year of the Dawg
December 30th, 2010
5:57 pm
[...] to the AJC, Uga VIII will not be prowling the sidelines of the Liberty Bowl due to suffering from an illness. In his place will be Russ, our [...]
ATL-AU
December 30th, 2010
5:59 pm
ATL-AU why don’t you move back to Alabama.
DawginOH
December 30th, 2010
5:59 pm
What a trooper that Russ is. Get better soon, Uga VIII!
AltamahaDawg
December 30th, 2010
6:09 pm
uhh, if it’s such a worthless bowl, how is it hardly deserved? Contradict yourself much?
Bryan G.
December 30th, 2010
6:10 pm
I mean…I don’t want to go either. I voted with my feet probably more than I should have this year by staying home.
Slaw Dawg
December 30th, 2010
6:13 pm
Yeah ATL-AU. Why don’t you move back to Alabama. Your marriage to your sister will be legal there.
ATL-_AU
December 30th, 2010
6:14 pm
My Moma kicked me out of the trailer back home in Alabama and I like the life style around Atlanta…like Piedmont Park!
not true
December 30th, 2010
6:15 pm
are you sure GA is telling you the truth Tim? UGA llla left to sign a contract with the Atlanta Braves, haven’t you seen the headlines the last few weeks?
Steve
December 30th, 2010
6:16 pm
They probably forced thepoor little guy to watch the GaTech bowl game. It made everyone’s stomach turn.
Use academics as an excuse that you can’t get good players all you want, but we all know those players are being pushed thru the system just like any other major school. Simple fact is, your team sucks, your campus is ugly, the surrounding area is riddled with crime, and your coaching staff thinks an offense that died a horrible death in division 1A over two decades ago will work.
It’s no wonder Tech fans are always so angry when they post on these boards. I would also be angry if that was my favorite school.
Paul in RDU
December 30th, 2010
6:17 pm
Uga VIII has a gastro-intestinal problem? Sounds like too much left over turkey to me.
42-34 Dawgs STILL Run This State!
December 30th, 2010
6:19 pm
Both Russ and Uga VIII have one thing in common – both are UNDEFEATED against CPJ’s maggots!
Mark
December 30th, 2010
6:29 pm
I hate to be this guy. However, I’m alumnus of UGA and a season ticket holder since 1987. I thought I’d never say this but the program just feels adrift. Caleb suspended again, Uga VIII misses the bowl game. Mark Richt is probably a nice man and a decent coach but Georgia has lost direction and focus under him. He made a lot of money so don’t feel sorry for him. It’s time for a change and that will be even more evident when Crowell signs with Alabama and Drew with Auburn.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
6:32 pm
3-3 RUSS or 4-4 BBB aka Uga VIII I think I like Russ better. Russ should have been given to chance to finish this year anyway. Hell. Russ didn’t get arrested the whole year. I guess the bowl game and a chance to have a winning record is his reward.
Innocent Bystander
December 30th, 2010
6:40 pm
Perhaps Uga VIII was skipping his academic meetings too…
td
December 30th, 2010
6:43 pm
Mark
December 30th, 2010
6:29 pm
Well Mark, if you have lost faith in the program then I guess it might be time for you to retire as a fan, turn in your tickets, put that gear in the closet and take up golf on Saturday afternoons.
reebok
December 30th, 2010
6:44 pm
georgia’s got good depth at dog
HBreed
December 30th, 2010
6:46 pm
Russ should get honorary status of Uga 7.5.
reebok
December 30th, 2010
6:46 pm
Steve – Hi.Tech fan here. Not angry. Not happy about the season, but not angry. Sorry if you’ve had bad experiences with less-than-classy Tech fans. Good luck against Central Florida tomorrow.
jomps
December 30th, 2010
6:47 pm
Tell Russ to keep his sorry ass at home…
NoGaGator
December 30th, 2010
6:50 pm
I’ve missed Russ, the Temporary Mascot’s banter.
Welcome back!
. . . . . .7-6 we hope
December 30th, 2010
6:53 pm
Welcome back Russ, no spraypaint this time.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
6:55 pm
Russ is hating the butt painting, but he wants to get a winning record.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
6:59 pm
The ACC all up in that SEC &*&%&% 7-0 but an INT on the UT 30.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
December 30th, 2010
7:02 pm
I don’t think we really lose a lot with Russ filling in for UGA VIII. Good hard-nosed Waycross farm DAWG.
wxwax
December 30th, 2010
7:02 pm
Georgia’s breed of bulldog seems to be extremely unhealthy. Seems like every time I turn around one of them is sick, dying or dead.
And when you seem them on the sidelines, they look listless and downright bad.
Is this a problem with bulldogs in general, or just the batch Georgia gets?
DollarDawg43
December 30th, 2010
7:03 pm
Mark I’m a third generation Dawg with a daughter who has been already accepted, meaning we will have our fourth generation represented beginning next fall semester. You’ve had season tickets since ‘87? A lot of us (and I mean a LOT of us) have had season tickets a lot longer than that and we are much more loyal to our beloved UGA than you appear to be.
True, we have had two seasons that have been tough to take but now is not the time to get weak. Anybody can jump on the bandwagon when things go great. Dawg up man, never back down on that bark!
heeldawg
December 30th, 2010
7:08 pm
ATL-AU, enjoy your moment in the sun before the world comes crashing down around your ears. Perhaps not this week, perhaps not the next, but the lie that this Auburn season has been will be exposed sometime in the future. Cam will finish out his mercenary NFL audition year and move on to the pros, the NCAA will make an example out of your outlaw program, and Auburn will return to being Auburn next season (translation: second best team in your own state)–or worse, if the whole truth comes out. Which could mean the NCAA Death Penalty, loss of SACS accreditation, and/or expulsion from the SEC.
Yeah, we have a “worthless” fanbase. I’m sure Auburn and Bobby Louder know exactly what things are “worth.”
(Thanks, by the way, for taking the students who couldn’t get into Georgia all these years.)
Marks no Dawg
December 30th, 2010
7:12 pm
Pay no attention to Mark. He is a pretender. If he is really a Dawg he is not much of one.
Auburn Rules
December 30th, 2010
7:13 pm
Hey you cannot feed a dog TURKEY. But I guess with the Turkey Season UGA has had he is sick to his stomach.
DollarDawg43
December 30th, 2010
7:15 pm
ATL-AU, heeldawg is dead on in paragraph one. When all is said and done (and it will take 2-3 years I am guessing), the memories of 2010 will be distant and the punishment meted out that time will make all of what you are bragging about now hardly worth the pain you will feel then.
I’ve always respected AU and have enjoyed the unusual connection it has to UGA but, trust me, none of what you will enjoy this season will be worth it when the NCAA finally gets through with you.
Savannah, GA
December 30th, 2010
7:16 pm
Dawgie Russ deserves a photograph for working tomorrow.
Dawg
December 30th, 2010
7:19 pm
wxwax–Any pure breed, such as the line of English Bulldogs from which the Ugas descend, are more prone to health issues. Bulldogs, like Pugs and Boston Terriers, are marked by a sort of squashed face which means shorter nasal passages and an increase in respiratory infections. Bulldogs are also not a small breed (50 pounds is not uncommon) and on a smaller frame leads to joint issues that may require surgery. The GI issue that Uga VIII is currently experiencing, however, is not a breed-specific issue…just a nice way of saying diarrhea or vomiting from eating grass.
As for the listless look on the sideline…my only explanation is that, sadly, there hasn’t been much to cheer about in recent years as a dawg fan.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
7:21 pm
fake still@the bar are you watching your new playing UNC. Derek Dooley will OWN the dawgs.
RedPantsDawg
December 30th, 2010
7:21 pm
A 6-6 season gives the best of us stomach problems.
wxwax
December 30th, 2010
7:21 pm
Thanks Dawg!
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
7:23 pm
they’re telling me this bar stool is upside down, but it suuuuure feels right to me!
Joe T
December 30th, 2010
7:23 pm
Gastro-Intestinal? Oh UGA VIII…….break out the Pepto-Bismol!!
PATRICIA WALKER
December 30th, 2010
7:26 pm
POOR PUP I LOVE HIM AND RUSS WISH I COULD BE THERE FOR THE GAME BUT I’M STUCK HERE IN FLORIDA AS ALWAYS
dawgdoodie
December 30th, 2010
7:27 pm
AFA 14 GT 7… nuff said…
UGA's look sickly
December 30th, 2010
7:28 pm
Honestly, the last 2 UGA’s did not look very healthy in their debut. I hate to say it but I saw a short run for UGA VII and unless someone works on VIII, from the looks of things on the sideline shots, this poor dog doesn’t look to be long lived.
"Chef" Tim Dix
December 30th, 2010
7:35 pm
What, no “they spray painted my ass”, post from Russ the temporary mascot?
Oh the humanity!!!
ack
December 30th, 2010
7:37 pm
Wow Richard, you screwed up “your” and “you’re” twice in one sentence; you’re just a special brand of retard, aren’t you?
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
7:38 pm
“Chef” maybe we can go in the archives to cut and paste the “BEST of RUSS the Temporary Mascot” postings.
KJG
December 30th, 2010
7:39 pm
I’m an Auburn fan but I LOVE UGA. Bless his heart. I hope he isn’t sickly–losing 3 UGA’s in a couple of years would be extremely sad.
Asheville Dawg
December 30th, 2010
7:41 pm
I’ve been sick all year watching my ‘dogs play.
Billybob
December 30th, 2010
7:43 pm
RC,
Tell that to Atl-AU…..I bet there is one auburn booster who is quite nervous at the moment and just hoping and praying the link between him and Cam’s brother(who actually received the pay for play money and then gave it to his ‘pops’) is never established……
missmollie
December 30th, 2010
7:44 pm
Go Dawgs!!! We are pulling for you!!! In the words of the legendary Bear Bryant: “The best team
most always wins in the last few minutes, based on desire, hard work, knowledge and conditioning”.. “Also when the going gets tough, the tough has to get going”,,,.
gt
December 30th, 2010
7:48 pm
need to switch to the AMERICAN BULLDOG better breed, that English(unpatriotic) Bulldog is as inbred as some of the fans and has all the genetic problems that come with that, more sickly than the russina royal family was. somebody take off the voer and let that gene pool breathe a little!
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
7:51 pm
gt you know that can’t happen. Uga has to be ALL WHITE. You know the southern plantation attitude at UGA and all.
Michelle Barron
December 30th, 2010
7:51 pm
Tim Tebow would never miss anything due to anything
Kerry
December 30th, 2010
7:53 pm
You Dawg fans who keep repeating Tech scores like a mantra enjoy yourselves all you want. The thing is… Tech alumni and fans have lives that don’t depend entirely on what a bunch of kids does on Saturday afternoons. College sports are fun to follow, but the biggest reason for going to college is to get an education. Unfortunately and shamefully, most UGA football players end up either unemployed and homeless, or have menial jobs in custodial or sanitation workers.
UGA fans don’t seem to care about anything but football, and they don’t care if their players are enrolled in silly majors that no parents who are paying the bills would send their kids to UGA for. The very few football and basketball players who graduate have no job opportunities and end up unemployed or working in menial jobs that hardly require a college degree.
Georgia Tech is a real school with serious academic standards, and that includes scholarshipped athletes. UGA has a long history of being a party school, where parents send their kids for an easy degree, even if the degree itself is practically worthless.
Jan Kemp exposed the crap going on at UGA with athletes being enrolled in courses a ten-year-old kid could pass. That was almost three decades ago, and nothing has changed. If anything, the abuses are more blatant today. Way too many illiterate morons are being recruited, and the very high arrest rate shows clearly that Richt does not care if his players have any morals or self-discipline.
The bottom line is that most Tech fans have very good jobs and productive lives that don’t depend on Tech’s football record for their happiness in life. It would be great to beat UGA more often, but when you put scholar-athletes up against thug-athletes, it’s usually no contest.
It’s pretty pathetic to see UGA’s retarded fans who typically have never been within miles of a college classroom and who live or die with UGA’s weekly results on the football field.
So keep on posting scores all you want, especially since you’re home with plenty of time on your hands. I wish you well, maybe you’ll get lucky and get your old job back at the Waffle House before your unemployment checks stop coming.
jdo
December 30th, 2010
7:59 pm
UGA III is Sofa King we tod ed. Faq
Russ Dangerfield
December 30th, 2010
7:59 pm
They’re gonna paint my butt again.
missmollie
December 30th, 2010
8:03 pm
Kerry you really hit a nerve!!! You really have a gift of the pen….down the road be very careful how you use it….That last paragraph was a lick below the belt…
showing your butts
December 30th, 2010
8:07 pm
just a thought, but do you dog fans think you might want to wait and see how you do against central florida before you run your mouths on here
Gator
December 30th, 2010
8:12 pm
Probably Nick Fairly’s fault……I remember every UGA fan blaming him for everything else!
love russ
December 30th, 2010
8:14 pm
I am a huge UGA fan, but I have sincerely The Temporary Mascot Formerly Known As Russ….please tell me he will be back.
air force
December 30th, 2010
8:14 pm
i love paul johnson. he is such a great coach.We tech fans are so lucky! At least we have basketball…. O WAIT THAT PAUL SUCKS BIG JOHNSON TOOOO!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!
DAWG
December 30th, 2010
8:17 pm
So Kerry…what are you doing on here this lovely evening before New Year’s Eve???????????????
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
8:18 pm
Uga is just sick of the NCAA, college athletics, and most of all these fans that think they are the next Vince Lombardi. UGA knows you have two kind sof people in sports. You have the competitors that played and know the game and you have those that watch sports and think they know it all. It turns my stomach also. It is not about the kids or the game anymore. It is about filling the luxury suites with spoiled boosters, and going to the right bowl that is usually politically chosen. I am sorry I am just venting befor the new year.
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
8:21 pm
Also when is the NCAA going to list what a player can do and not do after scoring a TD. Just make a list of do’s and don’ts. Way too much gray area. Kansas St. got screwed, just like AJ with LSU last year.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
8:23 pm
Gator
Nick Fairley got to paint Russ’ butt tonight. He had to paint it white not the Bright Red he painted Murray’s backside.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
8:25 pm
hit a single
the player can’t do anything to celebrate and call attention to himself. If it is a group thing then it is supposed to be OK.
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
8:32 pm
still@the bar – You are right but the Tenn. players have saluted all night and nothing called. Officials are from the same league as the Kansas State game. Even Mark May and his crew agree that it was a terrible call. They showed footage of the Tenn. players.
saban
December 30th, 2010
8:32 pm
Hear Central Florida is playing their b team to keep the score close for the first half.
Once Vegas gives the word Central Florida will put a beatdown of the dawgs for the ages.
And by the way Boise State 50 Georgia 3.
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
8:33 pm
saban – Have you taken the Denver Bronco job yet?
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
8:35 pm
Hit a single I am not defending the call. That is just what the rule is. the KSU player is a SR and this is his last game and basically the last play. The refs could have let it go.
Alos that and simular calls are the reason I stopped really betting big money on football. Just bet between friends now.
Statistics Major
December 30th, 2010
8:39 pm
Ever seen a sick yellow jacket? Yea, Coach Johnson
Laura Mohr
December 30th, 2010
8:42 pm
RRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
saban
December 30th, 2010
8:45 pm
I have but do not tell anyone.
Do you know if Georgia will ever beat Florida again?
saban
December 30th, 2010
8:47 pm
Also how did UGA VIII`s sex change operation go?
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
8:47 pm
still@thebar – Yea you feel for the kid. You need to do like old Herschel use to do. Just hand the ball the ref and go to your teammates. No I wouldn’t bet either.
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
8:49 pm
saban – We will beat Fla. again, just like there were times when they didn’t think they would beat us again. They have had a heck of a run. Oh yea, your secondary looked paid off in the Auburn game. I believe old Cecil Newton got to those kids and paid them off. Of course it was with those Auburn boosters money.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
8:59 pm
Damn that HURT. Head to Helmet ouch
Paul Johnson
December 30th, 2010
9:14 pm
Hey Kerry, Ask your boss the assistant fry cook if Waffle house is hiring? I may need a job soon?
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
9:16 pm
Paul Johnson you will have to apply. Richt and Bobo already have their applications in.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
9:18 pm
Derek Dooley has the FIRE richt has lost.
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
9:19 pm
Paul Johnson – You can come back to the Naval Academy anytime. That is where you have discipline and brains.
Fred
December 30th, 2010
9:21 pm
Kerry
December 30th, 2010
7:53 pm
++++++++++++++++++
Your WHOLE post was uninformed BS or lying BS. I’d like to think you were lying and just not that butt stupid.
Techs athrelete’s don’t have to perform. Nor do they anywhere come close to the academic standards for admission as the rest of the students there. UGA has a better graduation rate over at least the last ten years, look it up, I did.
That “we have smarter boys” BS doesn’t fly. Stanford makes their players perform, and they do well in Football. Not to mention the service academies, (ever here of The Air Force Academy? I think Tech may have recently played them). Joe Paterno doesn’t let his boys slide through, and they are successful year in and year out.
Your whole pathetic attempt at an “argument’ is pathetic. I thought they gave a better education than that at Tech, but judging by YOUR post, I was sadly mistaken……….
Oh, and move out of your mom’s basement. She thinks that at 43 it’s time you got your own place……..
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
9:22 pm
Go Fred Go!
Fred
December 30th, 2010
9:28 pm
LOL Hit a single, it would go better without the typo’s wish I had edited before send.
athreletes? here instead of hear?
Typo’s just ruin a good beat down
Muck Richter
December 30th, 2010
9:29 pm
This post made by a Tech alumnus last month deserves to be read again by dawgtards:
Reading all these simple minded and illiterate comments from the THUGA rednecks remind me that I was right to routinely reject any UGA applicant for a job when I was the Personnel Director for a Fortune 500 Company, Naturally being a Tech Grad (IM 1976), I already knew of the educational gaps for THUGA grads and the redneck work ethics they brought to the job. Occasionally I would, against my better judgement, feed one of the poor things into some half-ass entry level job just to see if my opinion of their qualifications, or more than likely unqualifications, and without fail they had either already been fired or quit. The ones that managed to stay provided me daily glimpses of my mistakes.
It was sort of pitiful to seee the poor things come in with their degrees and actually think they were qualified. Frankly a degree from THUGA held about the same weight as Fort Valley State, ABAC, or Clark of Atlanta. Actually I preferred a degree holder from these Institutions of “higher learning” to THUGA as they knew which side of the 8-ball they were on and had better attitudes.
Think about the football team THUGA puts on the field. 96% of the players are academically provisionally accepted, with Adams, Richt, and their cronies knowing full well that they will use up all their coaching and tutors and elligibility and then have their asses kicked out on the street and soon be pushing grocery carts around Atlanta looking for a warm place to sleep. What a pitiful way to run the State’s flagship university. I am going to this week’s game where the Ga THUGS will undoubtedly whip my North Avenue Scholar Athletes once again. Brawn and brainless win out over brains any day of the week when you are talking mayhem on the field. But once again I am hoping that Tech stomps their sorry asses.
And another little reminder of why a crapping mutt is the least of your problems.
In the 1986 Jan Kemp trial, O. Hale Almand Jr., a lawyer for UGA, offered a justification for the favorable treatment accorded the athletes, citing a hypothetical player. “We may not make a university student out of him,” he told the jury, “but if we can teach him to read and write, maybe he can work at the post office rather than as a garbageman when he gets through with his athletic career.”
That trial exposed UGA for the football factory that it was, and exposed Vince Dooley as a fraud and a sleazebag. It also derailed Dooley’s plans for a political career. That’s why we see the decrepit old fraud doing TV commercials even now.
Mark Richt is just the latest in a line of sleazy UGA coaches who coddle athletes and discard them after four years of football. He recruits illiterate morons he knows aren’t smart enough for college, but he doesn’t care, as long as they help him line his pockets with millions of dollars each year.
UGA, perennial winner of the Fulmer/Richt Cup and the infamous Cesspool of the South.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
9:30 pm
Fred don’t talk about UGAs graduation rate when you look at the supposed majors your players take classes in. plenty of privite school 10th graders could graduate at UGA in some of the football majors.
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
9:30 pm
Fred, you still the man, I guess Kerry is moving out now.
tim
December 30th, 2010
9:31 pm
UGA is sick cuz he took a bite out of Vince Dooley for being a shuckster pushing his books and questionable products. Stay in your house Vince and UGA will too,
KimZ'spackage
December 30th, 2010
9:36 pm
Uga VIII ate a pair of my red panties that were laying around the house. His tummy hurts.
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
9:36 pm
still@thebar – Let’s don’t talk about majors. At Tech how many engineers are on the football team and don’t even mention the basketball team. You talk about a front screen for athletes. Tech is a joke when it comes to making people think their standards are that high. Oh God I said I wouldn’t even get into this again. If you want proof at Senior day next year at Tech listen when they introduce the senior football players, they don’t mention majors. But when they introduce the band they do. What is the difference? I know, they know, everybody knows!
DAWG555
December 30th, 2010
9:56 pm
@Kerry…or whoever the heck you are….you have posted this same post over….and over….and over. Don’t you have anything the least bit original to say? The only original thing you do is change your name every time you post. What a loser you are.
sec #1
December 30th, 2010
9:57 pm
Dawg fans…the auburn story is done…the NCAA has defended its ruling on Auburn and you can forget about anything coming about this unlike the reggie bush fiasco…the reason it took so long was a lawsuit was pending..
KimZ'spackage
December 30th, 2010
10:00 pm
Hit a single there are more than on the UGA roster.
seniors
11 Management majors
1 History Science Technology
1 Mechanical Engineer
1 Electrical Engineer
4 Civil Engineer
1 Aerospace Engineer
WonderDawg
December 30th, 2010
10:05 pm
I wonder how many Bugs were living through their UNC conterparts dreaming of an SEC win? Again…so sad…
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
10:18 pm
wonderdawg I know UNC was a better team than the Vols IF and Big If UNC didn’t get all the players in trouble early in the year. I think Dooley and the Vols will OWN right and the dawgs. Dooley’s Vols are real young and got better. the Dawgs were older and stayed the same. the Dawgs are seeing their new OWNER with an old UGA name.
This game ain’t over yet either.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
10:21 pm
LATE hit with 16 seconds REF let that call go to help the VOLS.
TXDawg
December 30th, 2010
10:22 pm
@Muck…comparing the athletics and academics from the late 70’s to now is reaching! Standards have gotten higher for every university. I agree CMR is a soft coach, but to have to go that far back to try to make a point is absurd!
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
10:22 pm
Refs penality on the last 2 plays too many men on the field 5 yrds and UNC gets to kick the fieldgoal. 1 sec left. GET IT RIGHT REFS.
Russ Dangerfield
December 30th, 2010
10:23 pm
UT fans are a-goin’ coon huntin’ after the game.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
10:28 pm
WONDERDAWG
Ran your dumba..Dawg mouth a little early right Bi..h? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. The Vols are going to own the mutts with the Fired-up DOOLEY at the helm. Wheel richt to the sidelines in his coffin.
WonderDawg
December 30th, 2010
10:32 pm
still@the bar-
Hey, you have life and HOPE! Maybe UNC is thinking…let’s win this for those BUG fans!
TXDawg
December 30th, 2010
10:36 pm
best bowl game so far this year!
WonderDawg
December 30th, 2010
10:37 pm
By the way still@the bar AKA: Angry Little Bee…so sad to live vicariously through another team…on another team’s blog…with emotion…
Bottom line is UGA is in your head 24-7-365 and the Dawg Nation thanks you and takes it as a compliment.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
10:37 pm
Sorry Wonderdawg. I have always been a TECH fan. I attened the Dean Smith Carolina Basketball camp from 78-82. MJ was a nobody freshman one year. So I and a UNC BBall fan, but I like the school too.
Even more football
WOW BREY liiks a LOT BETTER then murray. Murray loses games in the 4th qtr. Brey is trying to win games in the 4th qtr.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
10:39 pm
Brey need the flag for the continued Salutes.
Vote For Pedro
December 30th, 2010
10:39 pm
Russ is the only hero this team got
JE
December 30th, 2010
10:40 pm
That is bad blamine the season on the mascot
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
10:42 pm
For Sure the best Bowl game so far.
Nice pick. WOW
This kid Brey is going to tare it up next year.
Russ Dangerfield
December 30th, 2010
10:43 pm
It’s a shame either team has to lose this one. They’ve both been impressive.
stendek
December 30th, 2010
10:46 pm
Mark Wretch killed one UGA off! Making another one sick. Will lose bunch of mascots as long as this loser remains head football coach!
STENDEK
stendek
December 30th, 2010
10:49 pm
No team can defeat SEC so refs have to do it! These bums gave North Carolina victory on silver platter. Did not even disguise corrupt intent. No way in Hell NC player caught that pass. Halfway out of bounds. Guess all refs are paid off. Know these bestards were! STENDEK
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
10:54 pm
ok Stendek the refs were against the SEC but not a single flag on the UT QB for making a Salute after every TD pass, but that cost KSU a game earlier. The kid never dropped the ball and there was no camara shot to prove other wise.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
10:57 pm
SEC team in an SEC town in an SEC bowl please Stendek give it up. The refs tried to give it to UT on the second to last play when the UT player late hit the UNC player on the ground. Then the refs tried to say no time on the clock so UNC couldn’t try to tie it with a KICK. The refs were helping the VOLS at the end of the game. UNC had to beat the refs and the Vols.
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
10:58 pm
At the end of regulation when they spiked the ball with l sec. left and had too many men on the field, did they mark the 5 yard penalty from the previous spot or from the end of the last run? It looked like to me they marked it from the end of the run which would be wrong. I may be wrong.
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
11:00 pm
On the late hit that was not called, you will see that 49 blocked the vol player into the runner. I can’t believe with all the futher reviews they couldn’t see that. And I could care less who won the game. But he was clearly blocked into him.
Michael
December 30th, 2010
11:04 pm
An english bulldog suffering from this disorder just means it’s purebred. One of the world’s sickliest dogs. Bred to be sick. With bad hips. These defects are prized. And fans of the breed are the same who chastise Michael Vick for killing dogs. But these people will say dumb things like they can tell the dog is happy by whatever grunts or snorts it makes. It’s just happy to be alive and getting fed. I hear slaves liked their living arrangements too and did not want to be freed. Georgia even put up paintings in 1956 in its government building to commemorate slave’s contribution to Georgia agriculture. It’s “our heritage being celebrated.” Just like the Germans celebrating their heritage by honoring the death camps for their forced labor for anyone deemed unworthy.
Whoever writes the history says what’s good or bad and for now, breeding sickly dogs is good.
jdog
December 30th, 2010
11:15 pm
So much for SEC speed… UT belows!
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
11:15 pm
Michael not all slaves were treated bad either. Don’t do the same thing you complain about and paint with such a wide brush stroke. I like the look of the bulldog, but you are right. they have been too inbred to be healthy. English Bull Mastifs are the same way. They are too big and inbred that they have so so many health problems and short lives. These dogs both last only about 8 years and that is sad.
Russ Dangerfield
December 30th, 2010
11:17 pm
stendek.
Look around the room you’re in. Can you spot the idiot? No?
I didn’t think you could.
Hint: everyone else in the room can spot the idiot…..
Dr. Phil
December 30th, 2010
11:24 pm
Stick with Russ. We love ya, man.
Dazed and Confused
December 30th, 2010
11:28 pm
UT is a dirty team and deserved to lose. Bray is a bad sport and a cry baby.
what's important
December 30th, 2010
11:35 pm
Hey Michael, little deep for a dog with a stomach ache. Lighten up man, you’ll live longer.
Jab
December 30th, 2010
11:38 pm
little sissy bray calling at the end… boo hoo, your a grown damn man… What you get for your little cross chest cut gestures during the game ….homoz.
Jab
December 30th, 2010
11:38 pm
crying*
Hit A Single
December 30th, 2010
11:43 pm
Yea Bray has alot to learn! But so does the NCAA. That is a joke with Kansas St. Why not just list what can be done and what can’t be done. Talk about players drawing attention to themselves make the ones with the long hair cut it. They draw attention themselves without doing anything on the field.
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
11:52 pm
hit a single if the dredheads, Somoans, and prettyboys would get tackled more by that hair things would change a little. HAHAHAH.
the KSU thing was in the Big East and a home game for the Orangemen for the most part and the ref over reacted, but that is the damn rule. The Vols players did the same at least 3 times in their game with no flags. like I said befor people are CRAZY to bet real hard earned money on sports. Too many variables. In Poker I can figure the odds.
mdc33
December 30th, 2010
11:57 pm
why is this even news……its a mascot…
still@the bar
December 30th, 2010
11:58 pm
Hit a Single I will offer this bet. I bet ALL the Ohio State players do not honor their pledge to return next year to serve their suspensions. 1 will bet $500 on that.
still@the bar
December 31st, 2010
12:08 am
I guess Russ is like a Brunett girl. When the pretty Blonde stands you up on Friday Night you can always call the brunett that is still in her dorm room. Russ is also like a brunett chick because you have to take out the trash every once in a while. RUSS just say NO. If murry does his 4th qtr folding chair act you could end up with a 4-5 lifetime record. DON’T DO IT RUSS. At Least don’t let them PAINT your BUTT this time. Have some PRIDE.
Paul in RDU
December 31st, 2010
12:34 am
WonderDawg
December 30th, 2010
10:05 pm
I wonder how many Bugs were living through their UNC conterparts dreaming of an SEC win? Again…so sad…
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This is one of the most confusing posts I have ever read. Why would any GT or UNC fan be dreaming of an SEC win in the UNC-UT game?
captguitarman
December 31st, 2010
12:46 am
Would YOU want to go to Memphis for the Liberty Bowl? Smart dog. Hope he has a lot of patience. It will be a long, long way back for the puppies. The puppies can take consolation in the fact that GT collapsed this year and had to play (and lost – how mortifying) in the most laughable of these two Bowl games. If Uga had been on deck to go to Shreveport, he would have killed himself.
Halsey
December 31st, 2010
12:58 am
How sad. They need to use dogs that can handle the stress of being UGA, not dogs weakened by poor breeding practices.
59bulldawg
December 31st, 2010
1:48 am
Good ole Russ!
Terry
December 31st, 2010
3:17 am
Just give me a half bred mutt, they don’t have health problems like all those pure breds. My father in-law has had two pure bred German Sheppards and they stayed sick all time.
Stinger2
December 31st, 2010
4:55 am
I think Russ should get a double supply of treats for every day in 2011 for agreeing to fill in at the Liberty Bowl. He was kicked out but is loyal to the point that
his pride is put aside to serve again.
Added comment: How did this post about Russ get so far off the subject? I see no connection with he UT-UNC game
or the UGA-GT scores, etc. I realize that everyone can express their opinions however; why not comment about the subject of the blog?
BAMA FAN #2
December 31st, 2010
6:18 am
Russ is a good dawg but if Georgia needs a replacement I have a yorkie named crouton who
thinks he is a bull dawg!!! RTR
Stupid pet tricks | Get The Picture
December 31st, 2010
6:41 am
[...] don’t make me regret saying [...]
NOTagain!
December 31st, 2010
6:44 am
Russ thought he was done with this sideshow.
» SEC: Replay booth boots Tennessee in Music City Bowl John Clay’s Sidelines
December 31st, 2010
6:47 am
[...] Speaking of UGA, he will miss the game in Memphis, reports the AJC. He has tummy issues. [...]
option smoption
December 31st, 2010
6:48 am
Has Paul Johnson won ANY games when a team had more than a week to prepare for Tech?
sandman053
December 31st, 2010
7:15 am
I don’t think there should be a list of acceptable celebrations. Just hand the ball to the ref and go to the sidelines. They say next year they refs can call the touchdown back and make you replay the down.
Dave from GT
December 31st, 2010
7:22 am
Question: Has Paul Johnson won ANY games when a team had more than a week to prepare for Tech?
Answer; yes…. but he was coaching at the Naval Academy when that happened !
Hope that is not over your leg humpin head.
Dave from GT
December 31st, 2010
7:25 am
Replay booth is kinda like the Supreme Court ! Tenn = Obamacare, NC = Real Americans
Hope this “metaphor” is not to complicated for y’all. BTW O’Leary knows how to beat UGA, I got 50 on UCF !
UGASlobberknocker
December 31st, 2010
8:02 am
He’s just sick to his stomach over this whole season..just like the rest of us.
UGASlobberknocker
December 31st, 2010
8:08 am
Dave from GT, you would have been better off spending that $50 to settle your “900″ number phone bill. or maybe taking Air Force in the Independently Crappy Bowl. As it is , with your sorry bet, you wont have that $50 for that Dungeons and Dragons Club membership now. Bummer.
fla dawg
December 31st, 2010
8:58 am
it is unbelievable that our program has dropped off so much that the big news of the day is about our mascot. congrats richt. maybe after you sign the “dream team” you can start scouting for a “dream mascot”.
story of our program.....
December 31st, 2010
9:02 am
worms….
NoFKNdog
December 31st, 2010
9:07 am
The dog sucks as well. No doubt he was eating to much ****.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
KLP
December 31st, 2010
9:20 am
Wxwax, please quit turning around!
TVDawg83
December 31st, 2010
9:26 am
Steve…well said about georgia tech. LOL. Damn, I love that so much, I am adding it to my email signature.
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
December 31st, 2010
9:27 am
Well, one thing . . . there will be no a$$ painting this time. I am happy to have work. Even though they don’t leave a game ticket for me now that Big Bad Bruce is taking over I am still a bulldog through and through. How many running backs do we have for this game? I understand we may be short one or two again. I wonder how good this team would be if everybody showed up? Mascots included.
Douglas, Ga
December 31st, 2010
9:40 am
I don’t think Vlll can whip the Taco Bell chihuahua lets get rid of the Siler bloodline have a try out and the dog that shows the most fire gets the job. Vlll is like Richt real nice but just no fire. If we are bonded to a bloodline a Dooley would be coach. 2012 change em all!
michael
December 31st, 2010
9:42 am
Hopign UGA feels better soon
Dawg Doctor
December 31st, 2010
9:44 am
Get well soon UGA, dog gone it!
ROD
December 31st, 2010
9:46 am
ANY FINE GIRLS DOWN FOR AN ANAL 3 SOME
emmysmom
December 31st, 2010
9:47 am
DollarDawg43, why should we trust you?
nauti-dawg
December 31st, 2010
9:49 am
@ATL-AU “My Moma kicked me out of the trailer back home in Alabama and I like the life style around Atlanta…like Piedmont Park!”
Translation – He came to ATL because he’s queer.
Terrelle Pryor
December 31st, 2010
9:51 am
UGA VIII bought my jersey last month….think that had anything to do with it??
Terrelle Pryor
December 31st, 2010
9:52 am
I think my daddy tried to get 250k for it…..but you can’t get in trouble for asking!!
barrow dog
December 31st, 2010
9:54 am
RUSS the temp… welcome back. we’ve missed you. good luck and have fun in memphis
gatorboy
December 31st, 2010
9:58 am
Too sick to sit on the sidelines in his dawghouse and lick himself for three hours…what a wuss!
Marvin Mangrum
December 31st, 2010
10:10 am
You know, its sad when your mascot is something that has been inbred so much that this is what you have. It really, has been funny for years but it is past funny now. Georgia needs a player change, and quick. I mean, really, a freaking dog thats too sick to go to a freaking football game!
russ555
December 31st, 2010
10:13 am
Time for Georgia to get another type of bulldog. Those English bulldogs have been bred to where they can’t really function. They can hardly breath and have all sorts of other problems. Stop inbreeding those dogs to make them look cute and deformed.
just be real
December 31st, 2010
10:14 am
bees sting……dogs sniff their poo, others poo, others butts, and let their thingy poke out when you scratch their belly……but i hate them both. roll tide!!!
Russ the real dog
December 31st, 2010
10:21 am
I knew Bruce was a big sissy. I may be old, but suit me up. I’m ready to go, Coach. Just stay away from my rear with that paint. And bring a blanket, it’s cold in Memphis.
Damon
December 31st, 2010
10:21 am
HEY…I BE MISSIN THA GAME TOO1 AIN’T THAT NEWSWORTHY?
Bruce
December 31st, 2010
10:23 am
don’t lick yourself in the cold Russ…..your tounge will stick!
Russ
December 31st, 2010
10:38 am
enjoy your bowl bruce…the toilet bowl!!!!
Assistant Dog Coach
December 31st, 2010
10:45 am
We were hoping to redshirt Russ this year, but needed him sooner than planned due to a season-career-ending condition to our starting mascot.
Dawg Daze
December 31st, 2010
11:08 am
RUSS IS READY TO ROCK AND ROLL !!! SIC EM BIG DAWG !!!
ATL
December 31st, 2010
11:21 am
Is there a way we can blame our bowl loss on Nick Fairley?
crossdawg
December 31st, 2010
11:24 am
Maybe the Dawgs won’t show up drunk/hungover like the jackets appeared to be.
fuzzybee
December 31st, 2010
11:34 am
The mascot is a perfect representitive of the state of the UGA football program; sick, in-bred, and ugly.
fuzzybee
December 31st, 2010
11:40 am
But yes, I am envious that you can kick our a$$ so easily……
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 31st, 2010
11:50 am
WHY ARE THE COMMENTS OPEN?
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 31st, 2010
11:53 am
TECH JUST FUMBLED AGAIN.
still@the bar
December 31st, 2010
12:41 pm
Damn another uga player just got arrested.
Dumbest post on the blog goes to...
December 31st, 2010
1:24 pm
option smoption
December 31st, 2010
6:48 am
Has Paul Johnson won ANY games when a team had more than a week to prepare for Tech?
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UGA beat AU on 11/15/08 – On 11/29/08 they played GT in Sanford.
realist
December 31st, 2010
1:27 pm
They’ll both be dead within 3 years anyway.
LIVE from Liberty Bowl: A.J. and Russ are in, Uga is out | Jeff Schultz
December 31st, 2010
1:36 pm
[...] would’ve saved the bones for Uga VIII but, alas, he has a tummy ache and didn’t make the trip from his palace in Savannah. At least, that’s the word that [...]
THE TRUTH
December 31st, 2010
1:49 pm
UGA VIII is smarter than any idiot Georgia fan who travels to watch their sorry team play in a meaningless bowl(again). And for all of you dumbasses waiting for the NCAA to punish AU, don’t hold your breath. AU hasn’t even been accused of any wrongdoing. UGA should be the school being investigated, no team should have twice as many arrests as wins. There has to be a rule aqainst having too many criminals on one team. Athens PD is thankful for UGA football, without the team they would have to lay off half the force.
Russ Dangerfield
December 31st, 2010
2:04 pm
I can’t really understand why anyone would name a dog Russ or Bruce.
Marc
December 31st, 2010
3:24 pm
he didn’t show up for his doggy obdence class, russ the beast will be in.
Walmart Fans
December 31st, 2010
4:03 pm
An unintelligent, inbred and dying mascot at UGA. How fitting.
Young
December 31st, 2010
5:20 pm
So Uga is crapping all over everything. That’s no different than the thugs and goons on the team. Team. Sorry, I meant gang.
LIVE from Liberty Bowl: AJ and Russ are in, Uga is out | The Memphis News Press
December 31st, 2010
6:39 pm
[...] would’ve saved a skeleton for Uga VIII but, alas, he has a stomach ache and didn’t make a outing from his house in Savannah. At least, that’s a word that a Seiler [...]
Hunker Down
December 31st, 2010
6:56 pm
Its all your fault Russ
NOBODYYOUKNOW
December 31st, 2010
7:02 pm
What ever the mascot has he must’ve passed it on. The whole damn team is sick.
UCF
December 31st, 2010
7:06 pm
10-6 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHA – EAT LEGHUMPERS!
Retching Russ
December 31st, 2010
7:25 pm
I knew what was gonna happen……
Dixie Redcoat Band
December 31st, 2010
7:28 pm
Actually, maybe UGA could move to the ACC or MAC?
VRTECHFAN
January 1st, 2011
2:15 am
Well well well…I think UGA VIII just played hookey. He actually faked his illness so he would not be embarassed by Georgia’s performance! He didn’t want to be on the same sideline as those losers!! He figured he would have a coronary like UGA VII (RIP) and just pretended that he had an illness so he can watch the game at home. That’s a pretty smart dog!! Anywho, I would like to thank all those Georgia fans who mocked, insulted, and ridiculed Tech’s season. This game just made my 2010!! Happy New Year to all and THWG!!!!
NoFKNdog
January 1st, 2011
10:09 am
bulldogs = ****eaters
garindy
January 1st, 2011
1:52 pm
was this story the door-opener for the excuses to start flowing?
UGA VIII
January 2nd, 2011
10:05 am
Mark Richt da Preacha Man just makes me sick. I’m not showing up for another game until they get a new coach. Hope you like that loser Russ…
DawgLover640
January 3rd, 2011
5:51 pm
Anyone who has ever owned a bulldog knows you do NOT want to be around one with gastro-intestinal problems! Great job, Russ. Sorry the players (and Reich) let you down.
underdog
January 3rd, 2011
10:10 pm
how about we change our mascot from a bull dog to a pit bull dog gata