Every Dog has his day
The Georgia Bulldog mascot, Uga VI, passed away Friday and his funeral was definitely outside the norm for even the closest of family pets.
Here’s what the University of Georgia did for the four-legged Sanford Stadium symbol Monday, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The body of the dog, whose registered name was Uga V’s Whatchagot Loran, was flown to Athens from Savannah along with his master’s family in the university plane. It entered Sanford Stadium from the northeast corner and was carried inside his famous kennel on the back of a golf cart across the field. His entry was accompanied by the song, “The Battle Hymn of the Bulldog Nation,” which is played before Georgia football games.
Pallbearers Charles Seiler, his main handler, and Waldo Terrell, UGA’s chief groundskeeper, removed the kennel and placed it at the foot of a granite and marble mausoleum where Uga’s five predecessors are buried. Charles Seiler draped Uga’s jersey and collar over the kennel.
University of Arkansas mascot “Tusk” sent flowers and a card that you can see here. Yep, a Razorback does have a heart for those in the state of the Falcons.
Here’s some more on the burial:
Dignitaries included UGA president Michael Adams, who made opening remarks, members of the UGA athletics board, athletics department employees and friends of the Seiler family.
“There are probably some who think it odd to pay this much attention to an animal, a puppy, a dog,” Adams told the gathering of two dozen or so. “But we recognize Uga VI in a way that is very special to the University of Georgia. I would suggest to you that Uga is a very powerful symbol, symbolism of the tenacity and strength of the university, Uga VI, particularly. … I personally think this dog has exemplified that strength and tenacity very well.
The dog was loved much in the state of Georgia. I think his mother/father might be the most remembered, however, for attacking an Auburn player on the sidelines in 1996. You can see that video of Uga V along with a few clips of Uga VI from the Auburn-Georgia game this season below.
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[...] Every Dog has his day The Georgia Bulldog mascot, Uga VI, passed away Friday and his funeral was definitely outside the norm for even the closest of family pets. Here’s what the University of Georgia did for the four-legged Sanford Stadium symbol Monday, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The body of the dog, whose registered name was Uga V’s Whatchagot Loran, was flown to Athens from Savannah along with his master’s family in the university plane. It entered Sanford Stadium from the northeast corner a [...]