ATHENS, Ga. — The newest monarch of college football royalty has arrived, and he shall reign from atop a throne of bagged ice.
Once he was known as “Boom,” but on Saturday he took on the name of Uga, the eleventh of his name. In a “collaring ceremony” – yes, really – just prior to Georgia’s Red and Black Game, Uga XI accepted his coronation with humility and grace. Or maybe the 10-month-old thick king was just tired, whichever. It was a sunny, hot day, and English bulldogs don’t do well in heat.
Prior to the game, Sanford Stadium’s mammoth scoreboard ran a pictorial history of the 10 Ugas who have resided in the doghouse between the hedges. The line dates back to 1955, when Uga I was born in Columbus, Georgia. Each Uga received his own accolades prior to the game, and Uga I carried the honorary title of “Damn Good Dog.” His successor, Uga II, got the damning-with-faint-praise “Not bad for a dog,” while Uga III earned the quote “How ‘bout this dawg.
After Uga IX came Uga X, who – in the words of Georgia’s sports information department, “compiled an impressive 91-18 record, which included back-to-back College Football Playoff National Championships, two SEC titles and victories in the Rose, Sugar, Orange and Peach bowls.”
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