The release from Karen Huff is as follows...
Uga VIII, the mascot for University of Georgia athletic teams, has been diagnosed with lymphoma. He is responding well to treatment, and the mascot is expected to continue appearances at athletic events as his health allows.
The dog missed the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 30, 2010, because of a gastrointestinal condition that prevented him from traveling with the football team. Further diagnostic tests revealed the more serious medical condition.
Uga VIII, whose registered name is Big Bad Bruce, is being treated by specialists at the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine; his primary veterinarian is his namesake, Dr. Bruce Hollett. Dr. Hollett has provided medical care for the Uga line for many years, said Sonny Seiler, Uga’s owner, in announcing this mascot during the 2010 football season.
Uga VIII is the great-great-great-great-great grandson of the original Uga. He was introduced to Georgia fans at the Oct. 16, 2010 Homecoming football game against Vanderbilt. Uga VIII was born Sept. 12, 2009. The Seilers, of Savannah, have provided mascots for UGA sporting events since 1956.
If Uga VIII is unable to appear at athletic events, Russ, the half-brother of Uga VII, will fill in for him. Russ filled in at the final two games of the 2009 season following the death of Uga VII as well as the first six games of 2010. He also was present at the Liberty Bowl game last month because of Uga VIII's illness.
From UGA their own selves... here's a look back at his first day on the job...
((HT: University of Georgia))
Here's to hoping the big fella gets well soon...
Showing posts with label 100 Things Bulldogs. Show all posts
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Hanging Out With A College Football Legend, Plus Signing Books
As you may know OSG Sports is selling a book. It's on the right of your computer screen called 100 Things About The Georgia Bulldogs....
Saturday before Georgia faced and ultimately defeated in state rival Georgia Tech Brother Jon and myself signed copies of our book for those in the Bulldog Nation who purchased our book at the UGA Bookstore right next to Sanford Stadium. For Jon and I it was great to meet and great and personally thank Bulldog fans for purchasing our book which Bulldog fans did in mass quantities, the bookstore ran out of copies. The crowd was large but Jon and I knew our book wasn't that popular. The legend was sitting next to us.
Vince Dooley joined Jon and I signing our book and a variety of books the coach penned including one on gardening. You see Coach Dooley has a green thump as well.
After the introductory handshakes and catching up with Coach Dooley, someone informed coach that he's not on our top 10, he's actually #11 (and a chapter yours truly wrote.) Dooley gave us some good digs on that. All good natured though.
Bulldog fans who revere Coach Dooley had their chance to interact with the legendary coach, even if it was a less than a minute. All felt inclined to share the fondest memories of the Bulldogs and the classy Dooley took it all in and truly loved sharing those memories with the Bulldog nation.
By the way, Coach Dooley and my attention was divided between the fans and the TV to our left showing the Arkansas/LSU game. I'm not sure if Dooley had an interest in the game but for me born and bred in Arkansas I certainly did. Their was a reason I wore my lucky red sweater Saturday (See below). It worked out for both causes.
There was the young woman of college age who informed coach Dooley ever since she was three a poster of his likeness has hung in her room. That news surprised Dooley whose last season on the sidelines was 1988, well before this young Bulldog fan was born.
Perhaps the best moment was a older couple who found a poster of a "Vince Dooley Roast" over 20 years ago in an elevator. They had it framed and have been waiting for an opportunity to give it back to Dooley. Saturday at the UGA Bookstore that couple got that chance. Coach Dooley was very pleasantly surprised. I have a feeling that framed poster will hang in a prominent place in the Dooley household.
When we finished Vince Dooley asked Jon and I to sign separate copies of our book. Talk about putting me on the spot, my mind went blank. My first thought was he should be signing my copy (which I forgot.) I wrote a few lines thinking Coach Dooley for his time helping me with the book and what a honor it was to get to know him.
It was a great two hours at the UGA Bookstore. Keep buying the book.
Below is a brief clip of our book signing Saturday with Vince Dooley.
Saturday before Georgia faced and ultimately defeated in state rival Georgia Tech Brother Jon and myself signed copies of our book for those in the Bulldog Nation who purchased our book at the UGA Bookstore right next to Sanford Stadium. For Jon and I it was great to meet and great and personally thank Bulldog fans for purchasing our book which Bulldog fans did in mass quantities, the bookstore ran out of copies. The crowd was large but Jon and I knew our book wasn't that popular. The legend was sitting next to us.
Vince Dooley joined Jon and I signing our book and a variety of books the coach penned including one on gardening. You see Coach Dooley has a green thump as well.
After the introductory handshakes and catching up with Coach Dooley, someone informed coach that he's not on our top 10, he's actually #11 (and a chapter yours truly wrote.) Dooley gave us some good digs on that. All good natured though.
Bulldog fans who revere Coach Dooley had their chance to interact with the legendary coach, even if it was a less than a minute. All felt inclined to share the fondest memories of the Bulldogs and the classy Dooley took it all in and truly loved sharing those memories with the Bulldog nation.
By the way, Coach Dooley and my attention was divided between the fans and the TV to our left showing the Arkansas/LSU game. I'm not sure if Dooley had an interest in the game but for me born and bred in Arkansas I certainly did. Their was a reason I wore my lucky red sweater Saturday (See below). It worked out for both causes.
There was the young woman of college age who informed coach Dooley ever since she was three a poster of his likeness has hung in her room. That news surprised Dooley whose last season on the sidelines was 1988, well before this young Bulldog fan was born.
Perhaps the best moment was a older couple who found a poster of a "Vince Dooley Roast" over 20 years ago in an elevator. They had it framed and have been waiting for an opportunity to give it back to Dooley. Saturday at the UGA Bookstore that couple got that chance. Coach Dooley was very pleasantly surprised. I have a feeling that framed poster will hang in a prominent place in the Dooley household.
When we finished Vince Dooley asked Jon and I to sign separate copies of our book. Talk about putting me on the spot, my mind went blank. My first thought was he should be signing my copy (which I forgot.) I wrote a few lines thinking Coach Dooley for his time helping me with the book and what a honor it was to get to know him.
It was a great two hours at the UGA Bookstore. Keep buying the book.
Below is a brief clip of our book signing Saturday with Vince Dooley.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Buy our book....PLEASE!
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| Our Book//Courtesy: Triumph Books |
It's somewhat of a trivia and "Things You Might Not Know" kind of book and a lot of fun to read. If you are a Georgia Football fan or a fan of SEC Football in general you'll enjoy reading up on some little known facts and history on one of College Football's oldest teams.
If you have any interest, the book is now available at Amazon.com, just follow the link RIGHT HERE
Or head on over to our publisher, Triumph Books. Their website has it listed to buy RIGHT HERE
Brother Jon is listed on the cover as the primary author, Brother Wilkie and I (Brother Phil) are the co-authors. Brother J-Dub provided moral support (just kidding dude).
Anyway, we'd really appreciate it if you took a look at our work and pass it on to anyone you think might be interested in it.
We hope you continue reading our site too, thank you, we are ever so grateful for it. Our viewership has increased 25% over last year, we continue to grow and hope that trend will continue.
And...oh...like us on Facebook...we like to be loved. In the meantime, we thank you...courtesy of Andrew Gold...and yes, this song was done way, way before the Golden Girls. Thanks YouTube:
Friday, July 16, 2010
UGA Media Guide Recalled Due To Damon Evans; Buy Our Book, Too...
((HT: AJC-Tucker))
Some periodicals get caught in time... some don't... and some get caught some of the time...
For that, the HQ introduces you to the 2010 UGA football media guide...
And for the low, low cost of $50,000 the University is going to reprint the guide after getting around to omitting a section having to do with a certain ex-athletic director...
From Tucker:
"The timing made it a very unusual circumstance,” Georgia associate athletics director Claude Felton told the AJC. “After discussions among Alan Thomas in the development office, [interim AD] Frank Crumley and myself, we felt like the best thing under the circumstances would be to do a partial reprint.”
14,000 copies will go under the knife. 21,000 were in the original printing and most of them are in boxes...
The HQ told you that other publications weren't necessarily so lucky..?
Like this one... ((pictured, thanks Triumph Books))
Just so you know the book, "100 Things Bulldogs Fans Should Know And Do Before They Die" is available on pre-order through Amazon.com and other such outlets.
It's due for a release next month...
There is a section in the book on Damon Evans, and we couldn't get an addendum in there in time for it to hit the presses as a corrected work. That's fine with Brother Phil, Brother Wilkie, and myself. You just won't get the paragraph on his demise since it happened right at the time it went to the printers.
He's still important in UGA folklore... just for two entirely different reasons...
Some periodicals get caught in time... some don't... and some get caught some of the time...
For that, the HQ introduces you to the 2010 UGA football media guide...
And for the low, low cost of $50,000 the University is going to reprint the guide after getting around to omitting a section having to do with a certain ex-athletic director...
From Tucker:
"The timing made it a very unusual circumstance,” Georgia associate athletics director Claude Felton told the AJC. “After discussions among Alan Thomas in the development office, [interim AD] Frank Crumley and myself, we felt like the best thing under the circumstances would be to do a partial reprint.”
14,000 copies will go under the knife. 21,000 were in the original printing and most of them are in boxes...
The HQ told you that other publications weren't necessarily so lucky..?
Like this one... ((pictured, thanks Triumph Books))
Just so you know the book, "100 Things Bulldogs Fans Should Know And Do Before They Die" is available on pre-order through Amazon.com and other such outlets.
It's due for a release next month...
There is a section in the book on Damon Evans, and we couldn't get an addendum in there in time for it to hit the presses as a corrected work. That's fine with Brother Phil, Brother Wilkie, and myself. You just won't get the paragraph on his demise since it happened right at the time it went to the printers.
He's still important in UGA folklore... just for two entirely different reasons...
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