Georgia football games this season will lose a well-known attraction.
Uga, the iconic mascot of the live bulldog, will be provided due to COVID-19 protocols.
“I perceive that the SEC and NCAA view the playing field as a ‘bubble,’ and the only other people allowed in the bubble are essential,” said Charles Seiler, manager and owner of the White English Bulldogs. “At the moment, no dogs on the ground. “
Uga X, whose call is Que, assumed the role of pet on November 21, 2015 after 3 months of hearings in some way. There are no plans to have the dog in Athens in the stadium right now.
“The concept is not having other people to meet with,” Seiler said, “and if you know anything about the dog, it’s kind of a magnet and it draws other people in and they check it out. “
The last time a Uga did not leave for a house game on November 21, 2009, when Uga VII died suddenly two days earlier.
“He’s the biggest celebrity in the area when Georgia plays,” said former Georgian offensive lineman Matt Stinchcomb.
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The 7-year-old dog, weighing 62 pounds, is busy on the sidelines of the visiting team, who have access to the fields avoiding in their niche leaving to take a photo with Uga, named through Sports Illustrated in 2019. as the biggest pet.
Uga has been living in a virtual world since a St. Patrick’s Day parade he was scheduled to attend in March was canceled due to the pandemic. His last concert was a convoy of UGA students at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography in Savannah.
Charles Seiler, whose circle of relatives has owned and maintained the bulldog lineage since 1956, sent photos and videos to UgaX School from his home in Savannah for use. He was a live component of the G-Day virtual game in April and participated two nights in a row at an alumni arrangement event.
The first Uga a wedding gift for Sonny and Cecelia Seiler in 1956 when they were still academics at UGA
“I feel like as the season progresses, networks discover what games they’re playing and what they want and want color or padding,” Seiler said. “If we’re not in Athens, we’ll practically do it or zoom in. “
He said Georgia assistant athletic director Josh Brooks was “a creative guy and was thinking of tactics to get the dog up and get things done. The challenge is in the end, the dog is very available and that’s what he does. so popular. ” and that we can’t get close. So his concert is a bit messy. Until we can locate something else, we are a bit stuck . . . At the end of the day, we have to stay with other people and Array