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How did you become a DAWG fan?

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  • ChopperChopper Posts: 1,350 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    grew up in Snellville. Born in 77. There was no question.

  • PedroPedro Posts: 377 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    dad was a dawg, mom was a nole, uncles played for nd and UF.


    one word Herschel walker.

  • Denmen185Denmen185 Posts: 7,489 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited 1:35AM

    Got into watching American football, NFL highlights, in the early 80's (born and raised in England). For the last 5 years before transferring to Atlanta in 1988 I would take the Monday after the Super Bowl off work to watch live coverage of the game (England 5 hours ahead so didn't end until 4am or so). The year after relocating a guy I worked with who was a UGA Grad invited me, the wife and 2 kids to a game. For the next few seasons we would go to the first and last home game of the season. When my wife and daughter tired of going my son and I got season tickets 😊. This continued for 5/6 years when we lived in Cobb County and an additional 4 years while living in Greensboro NC until my son graduated from UNC Chapel Hill and he moved DC.

    Still a huge Dawg fan but attend very few games in person.

  • PerroGrandePerroGrande Posts: 6,214 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited 6:07AM

    Dating myself here….both parents were UGA grads, but mom was from a big Tech family and remained loyal to them throughout her life. Her family had season tickets, so I watched that car drive out on Grant Field a lot as a kid. Dad and I went and enjoyed the trip to the Varsity, but we secretly rooted for the NATS' opponents, our little pact. The Dawgs were seldom on TV in those days, so I grew up listening to the radio with dad (began pre-Munson). He got a kick out of me being such a fan as a little guy.

    One of my first memories as a Dawg fan was getting a long but kind lecture on not taking football too seriously. It was '65, when Bob Taylor ran the hook and ladder (flea flicker in the media) for the end of the game, ~75 yd TD (+2 pointer) to beat the National champs (Bama), in Athens in the opener. Those Dawgs were undefeated and I believe my favorite player—Taylor, was the leading rusher in the SEC. Hopes were high. We played FSU almost half way through that season and they delivered our first of several losses and broke Taylor's leg in the process (held a Nole grudge ever since)! After losing the game and Taylor, I cried so hard dad had to have that counseling session with me. I could tell he was amused by it, though. I also remember going downtown on Thanksgiving and riding the Pink Pig at Rich's, and then going to the Scottish Rite UGA-GT freshman battle—quite a tradition!

    My favorite Dawg growing up was Jake Scott and I went for #13 on all my jerseys when I played baseball and football. Although we were far from great during my years in Athens, a few years later Herschel put the CFB Cosmos back in order. Kirby carrying on the tradition very well. Go Dawgs and whip the lizards today!

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