I'm Brendan Loy, a 26-year-old graduate of USC and Notre Dame now living and working in Knoxville, Tennessee. My wife Becky and I are brand-new parents of a
beautiful baby girl, born on New Year's Eve.
I'm a big-time sports fan, a politics, media & law junkie, an astronomy buff, a weather nerd, an Apple aficionado, a
Lord of the Rings and
Harry Potter fanatic, and an all-around dork. My blog is best-known for its
coverage of Hurricane Katrina, but I blog about anything and everything that interests me.
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I grew up 20 miles from Athens and I'm a Georgia fan. It's too bad UGA VI didn't live to get the send off his predecessor did: a retirement ceremony at Sanford Stadium, with 90,000 fans chanting "Damn good dawg! Damn good dawg!"
Winningest mascot in Georgia history. Two SEC football championships and six bowl wins. Named "America's best mascot" by SI, and the only live mascot ever to be pictured on their cover.
Damn good dawg!
Posted by: ChrisN | Jun 28, 2008 8:38:34 PM
I always thought it was pronounced "Uh guh". Thanks for making me learn on the weekend. Jerk.
Posted by: David K. | Jun 28, 2008 9:17:28 PM
Hmm, you may be right. Let me check.
Posted by: Brendan | Jun 28, 2008 9:24:02 PM
Wikipedia confirms that David is right and I'm wrong. "UH-GUH." D'oh! Will fix.
Posted by: Brendan | Jun 28, 2008 9:25:03 PM
P.S. By the way, technically it was Uga V who was on the cover of SI.
Posted by: Brendan | Jun 28, 2008 9:26:09 PM
P.S. By the way, technically it was Uga V who was on the cover of SI.
Posted by: Brendan | Jun 28, 2008 9:26:43 PM
Another oool fact.....
The lineage for both Coca-Cola and UGA can be traced to Columbus, GA. Georgia and Auburn played their annual football wars in Columbus for decades.
Columbus is also home to the AFLAC duck and Ft. Benning.
Posted by: Ed | Jun 28, 2008 9:44:00 PM
But the coolest mascot of all is the LIVE TIGER on LSU's campus.
Posted by: | Jun 28, 2008 10:22:30 PM
Sweet, that means I didn't learn a thing! My weekend is still safe!
Posted by: David K. | Jun 28, 2008 10:55:58 PM
Good riddance. I hope he goes to mascot hell.
Posted by: JT | Jun 29, 2008 2:43:14 AM
That's an ugly dog.
Posted by: Leanna Loomer | Jun 29, 2008 8:42:11 AM
Sorry, JT. All dogs go to heaven. :)
Posted by: Brendan | Jun 29, 2008 9:03:33 AM