Why are we Dawgs??

Of course the most basic answer to this questions is....."What else would we be!". But there is another thread going on here ( dawgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=268 ) that got me to thinking of just why it is that I am a Dawg. Or, as the new rally slogan so perfectly puts it, why "I'm Georgia".

I was born in GA and spent the first 7 or so years of my life in Hapeville. Man I wish we had never moved now! Anyway, we soon moved to FL. I was just really getting interested in college football ,so by default I became a Gator fan. My family took our yearly trip to Jacksonville to see the UGA/UF game. The year of my first trip I was the ONLY one in our group to wear orange and blue. After attending the Bulldog breakfast, tailgating at the baseball park before the game, and then the game itself, I realized I had chosen the wrong team. Not to mention that the UGA fans were so much more friendly than the UF fans. Then you add in my grandfather to the equation and I had no choice but to be a Dawg for Life.

My grandfather, Carl, lived in Hapeville also. He transformed part of his basement into a den.....and the other half into "The Georgia Room". There wasn't one inch of that room that didn't have something Georgia on it. He was the absolute biggest fan of ANYTHING I'd ever seen in my life. He NEVER missed a home game! I loved him so much that there was no way I was NOT going to be a Dawg fan!! He passed away not too many years ago now and I miss him so much. Funny thing, it just so happens to be the year that UGA and CMR won the SEC Championship. Larry Munson even mentioned his name during one of the UGA games after he passed. I will firmly believe, until the day that I die, that CMR had a little "help" that year calling plays.

So, win or lose.....That is why I am a Bulldog! That is why I am Georgia!

GOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!

-Kevin

*weep* *weep* Sentiments like that is why I am a dawg. *weep* *weep*

I just want to give a shout out to any UGA personnel or players that might read this forum:

WE ARE STILL THE SEC CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD! WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN DETHRONED! SO LETS PLAY LIKE THE CHAMPS THAT WE ARE AND MAKE A RUN FOR A REPEAT TITLE!!!

I think that about sums up how we should approach this Tennessee game. Whether a Joe or a true frosh is runnin the show, we are the ones with the hardware and we ain't givin it up without a fight! (A Dawg fight that is!)

since I posted reflections and words from those who've offered reasons for the brotherhood of the Dawg Nation. However, since this thread is entitled "Why are we Dawgs?", I believe the words of this anonymous writer best suit my reply.............

GEORGIA football is...

a year round obsession with the Dawgs,
parking Friday at 4:30 and saving spaces or getting up earlier than you
do during the week just to get that tailgating spot,
it's standing on "The Bus", Loud Music, Red Cars and Georgia Tags.
It's seeing your best friends pull into the parking lot,
catching up with all your Bulldog buddies and tailgating, tailgating, tailgating.
It's Champagne after a win and just the right red and black clothes and shoes.
It's leaving Tuesday for Jacksonville and getting chills in 95-degree F weather when the team takes the field.
It's G Day and Picture Day and Signing Day and Bulldog Club meetings and getting into practice.


GEORGIA football is the players:
Herschel, Hines,
Henderson and Worley,
Belue to Lindsay Scott,
Zeier to Hastings;
It's Tate, Garrison,
Edwards and Hampton.
Greene to Johnson
and David Pollack.
It's Ben Smith, Chuck Carswell, Olandis, Bobo to Allen, and Champ and Boss.
It's watching your personal favorites and pulling for that special walk-on player.
It's the Redcoats spelling out G E O R G I A,
UGA attacking that AU guy Baker and Hairy Dawg.
GEORGIA football is GOOOOO DAWGS.....SIC'EM woof woof woof woof!
It's hating orange and bees and gators and cocks.
It's Munson and his cigar and "Whaddaya got Loren?"


GEORGIA football is
Coach Dooley dancing down the sidelines,
Erk with a blood-streaked forehead
and Coach Richt yelling, "How 'bout them Dawgs" .
It's missing Lewis Grizzard and Catfish and wishing for just one more article about Tech.
It's Silver Britches and Red Helmets with the "G".
It's ringing the bell and winning and bowl games.
It's watching the team warm up,
standing for the national anthem,
"high five's" after touchdowns and yelling at the referees.
It's road trips without tickets, and "I need 2".
It's Guthries, Steverinos, The Varsity and the Blind Pig.
It is meeting the team and hugging the players
and the stadium shaking with the cheer.....GEORGIA.........BULLDOGS!


GEORGIA football is
those feelings that you never get over
like beating Florida,
Overtime at Auburn,
Hobnail Boots in Knoxville,
the party after beating Clemson,
and partying on Bourbon Street as SEC CHAMPS!
It's last minute drives to win the game,
watching your favorite player leave the field for the last time,
one foot in and one handed catches,
interceptions and unbelievable touchdowns
and holding your breath over last minute field goals.
It's those wonderful memories that keep you coming back again and again
even when things don't look so good.
GEORGIA football is Sanford Stadium and the Hedges and PRIDE,
and "IT'S GREAT TO BE A GEORGIA BULLDOG!!!"


GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NC DAWG.

AMEN FROM THE BACK PEW..................................


LET THE BIG DAWG EAT........

DAWG stuck in Fla.

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dawgbite1

wow............ uh..... yeah that about sums it up. WOO HOO GOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!! BTW, anyone have or know where I can get a copy of that old Junkyard Dawgs song? Who was it by? etc..