For licensing purpose and the all - important " aww " factor , collegial football game teams like their mascots — and few are as popular as Uga , the handsome English bulldog of University of Georgia fame .
" I had hoped that Georgia would adopt some original nickname that would stand out,“Blake wrote , sum that , " The ' Georgia Bulldogs ' would fathom good , because there is a certain self-regard about a bulldog as well as ferocity , and the name is not as unwashed as ' Wildcats ' and ' Tigers . ' Yale is about the only team I recall right now that has the name . "
One workweek after Blake ’s narration ran , Cliff Wheatley of theAtlanta Constitutionreferred to Georgia as the Bulldogs several times in his recap of the squad ’s tie at Virginia . The new soubriquet quick caught on , and it was n’t long before the sidelines start to see asuccession of caninesoffering their moral support . A lover named Warren Coleman read his English bulldog , Mr. Angel , to game from 1944 to 1946 ; another bulldog , Butch , served as a mascot from 1947 to 1950 ( before he was tragically fool by law who mistook him for a stray ) .
The Uga blood start in 1956 , when a Canis familiaris possessor namedCecelia Seilerdressed her bulldog in a children’s - sized team Garden State and film him to dwelling house games . Uga I patrolled the field for a ten before his son , Uga II , take up the curtain . Uga V , who reigned from 1990 to 1999 , appeared on the blanket ofSports illustrate . Uga X , the current English bulldog in residency , has been rooting for the squad since 2015 .
In deference to the dog ’s post , the University of Georgia goes to considerable duration to verify Uga is comfortable during the game . His kennel is breeze - conditioned for the warmer months and his jerseys are custom - made . When one of the Uga clan passes , they ’re entomb on arena grounds in a marble vault . Apparently , not even decease will prevent a loyal Georgia mascot from showing their support .
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