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Chapel Bell Broken
17 years 4 weeks ago #8549
by GooseDawg78
Chapel Bell Broken was created by GooseDawg78
I wanted to share this story on the Chapel Bell w/all of you:
I can honestly say, I was sooooo pumped up on Sat. night after walking down the exit ramps barking & hollering w/the rest of the Bulldog Nation at Alltel Stadium, if I'd have gotten my hands on the Chapel Bell rope, I too probably would have broken the bell...or my arm (whichever gave out first).
In all of my years attending UGA football games, I have never been more proud than when I saw the UGA sideline totally empty & an endzone full of rowdy BULLDOGS!!!
You wanna talk about getting a crowd FIRED UP! That celebration set the tone for the rest of the game, my voice was struggling by half-time, the atmosphere in the South endzone was ELECTRIC, Dawg fans had the stadium rocking all game long
CONGRATS TO THE ENTIRE DAWG NATION--especially the coaches & the players!!!
HOW BOUT' THEM DAWGS!!!
THE NIGHT THE BELL FELL
CAROLYN CRIST
Issue date: 10/29/07 Section: News
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Media Credit: KRISTIN BOYD
Fans traditionally ring the bell after each football victory, but a hush fell over North Campus around 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Police say Bulldog football fans broke the bell at the University Chapel while celebrating Georgia's win over Florida.
University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said a pedestrian told a University police officer the bell wouldn't ring. The officer inspected the tower with a flashlight and discovered the bell was damaged. It was hanging on support beams below.
The officer said he thought it unsafe and called the Physical Plant.
\"I don't know how or when it happened. We wanted to make sure the area was safe,\" Williamson said in a phone interview Sunday.
Officers were posted nearby to inform fans they couldn't ring the bell.
CHAPEL BELL HISTORY
• Late 1900s and 2000s: bell rings after football victories, graduation days or wedding days
• On Jan. 2, 1981, rope broken after victory against Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, the same year as Georgia's first college football national championship
• 1913: the bell was moved behind Chapel
• 1800s and early 1900s: the bell chimed class changes or informed students of daily mandatory religious services
• 1823: the bell tower topped the Chapel roof
I can honestly say, I was sooooo pumped up on Sat. night after walking down the exit ramps barking & hollering w/the rest of the Bulldog Nation at Alltel Stadium, if I'd have gotten my hands on the Chapel Bell rope, I too probably would have broken the bell...or my arm (whichever gave out first).
In all of my years attending UGA football games, I have never been more proud than when I saw the UGA sideline totally empty & an endzone full of rowdy BULLDOGS!!!
You wanna talk about getting a crowd FIRED UP! That celebration set the tone for the rest of the game, my voice was struggling by half-time, the atmosphere in the South endzone was ELECTRIC, Dawg fans had the stadium rocking all game long
CONGRATS TO THE ENTIRE DAWG NATION--especially the coaches & the players!!!
HOW BOUT' THEM DAWGS!!!
THE NIGHT THE BELL FELL
CAROLYN CRIST
Issue date: 10/29/07 Section: News
PrintEmail DoubleClick Any Word Page 1 of 1
Media Credit: KRISTIN BOYD
Fans traditionally ring the bell after each football victory, but a hush fell over North Campus around 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Police say Bulldog football fans broke the bell at the University Chapel while celebrating Georgia's win over Florida.
University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said a pedestrian told a University police officer the bell wouldn't ring. The officer inspected the tower with a flashlight and discovered the bell was damaged. It was hanging on support beams below.
The officer said he thought it unsafe and called the Physical Plant.
\"I don't know how or when it happened. We wanted to make sure the area was safe,\" Williamson said in a phone interview Sunday.
Officers were posted nearby to inform fans they couldn't ring the bell.
CHAPEL BELL HISTORY
• Late 1900s and 2000s: bell rings after football victories, graduation days or wedding days
• On Jan. 2, 1981, rope broken after victory against Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, the same year as Georgia's first college football national championship
• 1913: the bell was moved behind Chapel
• 1800s and early 1900s: the bell chimed class changes or informed students of daily mandatory religious services
• 1823: the bell tower topped the Chapel roof
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17 years 4 weeks ago #8594
by miss_uga
Replied by miss_uga on topic Re:Chapel Bell Broken
Wow! 
I hadn't heard about that! I certainly hope it will be fixed before our Homecoming victory this weekend!!
But I'm right there with ya! I'd have done my part in ringing the bell to the point of exhaustion, too!!!!
I hadn't heard about that! I certainly hope it will be fixed before our Homecoming victory this weekend!!But I'm right there with ya! I'd have done my part in ringing the bell to the point of exhaustion, too!!!!
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