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The identify Uga is synonymous with the Georgia Bulldogs, a perennial powerhouse among the many high faculty soccer groups within the nation. These English bulldogs are so revered that after they die, they’re buried in a mausoleum at Sanford Stadium. However Uga can be a household pet, and Rattling Good Canines! offers readers a uncommon glimpse into the private historical past of those nationally acclaimed mascots. Full of colourful anecdotes―akin to Uga V’s well-known lunge at an Auburn participant, his look in a number of Hollywood movies, and Sports activities Illustrated’s choice to place him on the quilt of its 1997 faculty sports activities concern―Rattling Good Canines! offers the backstory to greater than fifty years of collegiate sports activities historical past. Wherever Georgia performs soccer, its well-known mascot is there. At residence video games he stays cool in an air-conditioned doghouse or sits perched atop a bag of ice. When Herschel Walker gained the Heisman Trophy in 1982, Uga IV grew to become the one four-legged attendee on the Heisman banquet. And that―imagine it or not―is only a small a part of the historical past of the Georgia mascots. Lavishly illustrated with greater than 5 hundred images and pictures of memorabilia from the Seilers’ personal assortment, this version options greater than eighty new pages of fabric on Uga VI, Uga VII, Uga VIII, and Russ, the tremendous sub―together with an Uga VIII photograph album that’s positive to be a fan favourite.
Publication of this ebook was made attainable, partly, by the President’s Enterprise Fund by way of beneficiant items of the College of Georgia Companions.
A portion of the proceeds from gross sales of this ebook advantages the College of Georgia Faculty of Veterinary Medication.
Writer : College of Georgia Press (September 1, 2011)
Language : English
Hardcover : 280 pages
ISBN-10 : 082034088X
ISBN-13 : 978-0820340883
Merchandise Weight : 2.65 kilos
Dimensions : 10.2 x 0.9 x 10.2 inches
