“ ‘Russ,’ the five-year old half brother of Uga VII, will serve as the Georgia Bulldogs’ mascot for the game against Georgia Tech on Saturday in Atlanta. Russ may also serve as the mascot in Georgia’s bowl game but will not be next in the line of permanent Uga mascots. Uga VIII will not be selected until sometime after the first of the year. ”
The weekend after Thanksgiving, Georgia faced off against Georgia Tech in the annual matchup of Clean, Old Fashioned Hate.
Georgia Tech was headed for the ACC Championship Game. Georgia was looking to recover from an abysmal season, including a 4-4 record in the SEC. Tech was favored to win, and win big. Everyone was talking about the players in Gold and White that Georgia didn’t land, and what it would have been like had they suited up in Red and Black.
Tech entered with playmakers all over the offense. Georgia was struggling. They had been gashed by Tennessee and humiliated. They lost to Kentucky but someone managed to win the turnover battle to take down Auburn a few weeks before.Their quarterback hadn’t been living up to expectations. The secondary was undersized. Where would this team end up in the bowl pecking order?
first michael jackson and now this!? i feel like he looked wayyy fatter at the last game, did anyone else notice that? poor Uga :( it’s a sad day for the bulldawg nation.
ATHENS — Thompkins got the Fox era off to a winning start with a career-high 25 points in a 67-59 victory over New Orleans of the Sun Belt Conference. Thompkins, who made 7 of 11 field-goal attempts and had 12 rebounds, is lighter and leaner than a year ago and absolutely is the go-to player for the Bulldogs.