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Born in Atlanta, raised by my grandfather in Decatur. He was a Seminole fan but I am a Georgia boy. Athens was my second duty station. We did CSC sideline duty to raise money for the MC Ball. I was lucky enough to be tasked with "guarding " the starcase behind LSU's endzone when the dawgs won the SEC championship in 2005, that took things to the next level.
Never watched college football during my 24 years in Navy. After retiring, I would sit in Chicago bars on Saturday afternoons with college football on all TVs in the early 2010s...so many teams to watch, hard to form an allegiance. At the time, worked with a guy from Atlanta who was a UGA fan. Targeted those games, which there were few actually on the networks in Chicago. Made a commitment in 2015 to learn the UGA players, and watch as many complete games as I could. Pretty much wound up only watching the Belk bowl start to finish. Richt got fired and started following UGA news. Friend hosted me in Atlanta for the 2016 Chik Filet Kick-off game against NC, and I was UGA committed! Memorized entire 2016 roster, found a UGA alumni bar in Chicago, and watched every 2016 game start to finish. Went to Notre Dame game in 2017, and the rest of the season was, .....well beyond my wildest imagination! Enjoyed every minute! GO DAWGS!
Better late than never! Welcome to the good guys, brother
Awesome story and that ND game was very special to all Dawg fans, even the "new" ones!!
Sept. 13, 1997. My entire family went to USCjr and I grew up a Gamecock fan. Hope scholarship took me to UGA. I stole a USCjr flag at Morris Hall, probably a 15 foot tall flag, and took off running down Lumpkin. Became a Dawg immediately at that point. Glad the statute of limitations has run out. I've been holding on to that sin too long!
Moved to Athens in 1969 at age 10 when Dad took the job of Director of Admissions. We got 4 season tickets because he was Faculty. There were 5 of us in the family so my Mom, brother and sister took turns and me being the oldest child got to go to every game. When I turned 13 a friend and myself started selling programs which netted us 10 cents a program and we got in the game free. I sold my programs for the most part at Lumpkin and Broad and would usually pull down 10-15 dollars. (Pretty good money for a kid at that time). Then I would go to the stadium and sit with family. Back then it was bleacher seats and we were on about 35 yard line. Coast Guard took me away for 20 years and I finally ended up in Virginia. I've always remained a Dawg and Braves fan as has the rest of the family. GO DAWGS. GATA!
That’s was a great game! I remember watching that same game too, EPIC comeback win for the DAWGS!!! I was a 15 year old, 10th grade “kid” at that time.
The day I was born in Athens Ga. I became a Georgia fan.
Here's a fun bump for the new people...
maybe even spurring some FUN conversations you guys!!!
Nice bump @Kasey.
My dad went to Ole Miss. Mom was from Louisiana. We lived in Tennessee when Herschel was doing his thing. So we were steeped in SEC football from the beginning.
Moved to Atlanta in 1983. Every time I'd go to a friend's house on a Saturday during the fall, the parents would have the Georgia game on. Frequently there'd be lots of adults hanging out, eating, drinking, having fun. And the men were dam.n serious about the game. I think that's when the first seed was planted.
A few years later I landed in Athens as a student. Stayed for eight years. It was tough during the Goff era but it makes me appreciate Kirby's program that much more. I'm the only Dawg in my family, but you won't find a more loyal or passionate fan.
My mom was born and raised in Bogart. My granddad later moved to Athens. I was really young and it was early 80’s so this is me kind of piecing it all together now. He and a couple of his buddies took turns working a parking lot on Baldwin street just past the trestle. Don’t know if they owned it, had rights to it, or just picked up extra coin doing it. He had 5 grandsons, and would take each of us to a game every year. So twice a year (I have a brother) we would drive down to Athens from northwest Georgia. Get to Baldwin street really early and either take money from people to park or hang out with his buddy while he took money. Then head to his seats for the game. I remember a fair amount about those days in the 80’s but not a lot about the football. The whole spectacle was mesmerizing for 5ish year old boy from a cross roads in the middle of no where. I still get chills every time I set foot in that stadium.
The first UGA game I remember is when we beat LSU in the SEC championship game. Didn't know what I was watching but I've been a huge fan ever since
Beating Ramstein and Heidi ass in baseball and football was the next best thing to watching the dawgs on AFN. I still get the feels thinking about watching how many times Colt Brennan got sacked somewhere around 3 in the morning. Stuttgart represent.
Been a Dawgs fan since 80
My dad played at Georgia in the forties I was born into Georgia fandom and if you went to a ball game on my dad's tickets you better not root for anybody else or you'd never get another ticket
Came to Atlanta in 1988 as a transfer from an English company. I had taken the Monday off after the Super Bowl for the previous 5 years (5hr time difference) as a big fan of American Football. A guy that worked for me was a huge UGA fan and invited me and the family to attend a game and I fell in love with the atmosphere surrounding the game. For a few years we went to the first and last home game each season until my wife and daughter no longer wanted to go so the following season my son and I got season tickets for about 10 years including after transferring to Greensboro NC. This continued until UGA won the SEC in 2002 and the following season the guy that was getting the season tickets for us could no longer get 2 additional tickets per game as demand grew.
I'm from a town called Leamington in the UK. Was at university in England and had my third year as an exchange in the US. Had to apply for a bunch of schools and went for the one where it would be warmer than home, there would be girls who liked my accent, and there was a huge American football stadium (no one in the UK can understand how big college sports are).
First game was UGA vs Western Kentucky. I think Asher Allen took the first KO to the house, but fumbled the ball over the goal line and it was called back? From that moment on.. hooked.
My brother and I were the first in our family to attend UGA but my dad, who attended undergrad and graduate school at Mercer, still embedded the love for all things Dawg for as far back as I can remember. I was only 4 when Georgia beat ND in the Sugar Bowl for the Natty but I grew up with that commemorative Coke bottle on my shelf and still have it to this day.
My earliest memories of all things Georgia football were of him telling us about going to the Georgia-florida game when Spurrier was getting faceplanted by Bill Stanfill and getting into a skirmish in the stands with a bunch of rowdy gator fans.
Grew up in Decatur Georgia and attended Georgia State for Undergrad. We didn’t get a football team till my Jr year. UGA football filled that void for me. I like Georgia State Football but it ain’t the same.
My Dad got his PhD at UGA, so he was a fan. Being 9 when HW was a freshman sealed the deal.