{"id":179747,"date":"2023-01-07T10:55:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T10:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/uga-georgias-beloved-bulldog-mascot-will-miss-the-college-championship-game\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T10:55:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T10:55:10","slug":"uga-georgias-beloved-bulldog-mascot-will-miss-the-college-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/uga-georgias-beloved-bulldog-mascot-will-miss-the-college-championship-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Uga, Georgia’s beloved bulldog mascot, will miss the college championship game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not having Uga on the sidelines for games is not all that unusual, according to Seiler. He did not make the trip to South Carolina because it was going to be so hot. And he similarly did not make trips to Missouri or Mississippi State because they are extremely long drives, and the weather was extremely cold.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, this is not really earth-shattering,\u201d said Seiler, who said he’d been \u201cdoing media\u201d all day Friday once word began spreading on social media. \u201cWe’re not doing a lot of long away games right now. I don’t think a lot of people know that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Credit: Jason Getz \/ Jason.Getz@ajc.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Credit: Jason Getz \/ Jason.Getz@ajc.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Uga IV missed the 1988 Liberty Bowl, and Uga VI did not try to make the 10-hour flight to Hawaii in 2000.<\/p>\n

Just as tough on Seiler is that fact that he won’t be in Los Angeles to watch the Bulldogs take on the Horned Frogs. He has witnessed Georgia’s past two national championships in person. But there are some things he’s looking forward to about watching the game at home on his basement television.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a helluva one to have to miss because I’d love to see us win another one,\u201d Seiler said. \u201cMy place is with my dog. And we’ve got a younger dog here, Que’s son, actually, he’s 6 months and he’s in training. So we’re going to try to get him acclimated to things. We’ll throw a jersey on him and turn the TV up loud to get him used to the noise and excitement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it’ll be good for me to get to actually watch a game instead of me having to sneak glimpses on a jumbotron.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n