Georgia fans braving the cold to celebrate Dawgs’ trip to championship game

INDIANAPOLIS — Most Georgia fans are more used to the warm temperatures in the South, not the 19 degrees of Indianapolis, but that isn’t stopping some fans from making the trek.

Monday’s high was expected to be just 27 degrees, with temperatures plummeting to just 15 degrees by 11 p.m.

Despite the weather, many fans are looking forward to Monday’s 2022 National Championship.

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Inside the Indiana Convention Center, the Georgia Spirit Squad has been welcoming Bulldogs fans to the National Championship festivities.

Outside, though, most fans are trying to stay warm from wind chill making it feel close to single digits.

“It’s around 20 degrees now, you just got to think Orange Bowl mojo and Orange Bowl weather,” fan Bob Wright told Channel 2′s Chris Jose.

Unlike in Miami, there aren’t any shorts or flip flops in Indianapolis.

“You put your Georgia sweatpants on underneath your jeans. You triple later underneath your ski jacket,” fan David Wright explained.

Bob and David Wright drove up from metro Atlanta, but Heather Leo hopped on a plane.

“It was jarring. I mean, we were like, ‘Whoa! We’re not in the South!,’” she told Jose.

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Mark Harris, who always wears a kilt to UGA games, shared his secret for staying warm.

“A lot of energy, a lot of adrenaline and a lot of fine Kentucky bourbon that we picked up along the way,” Harris said.

Mark Harris, better known as “Flounder” on game day, and his siblings aren’t phased by the cold weather one bit. For them, this is a special moment.

“My mother called and she said my grandfather, who was our first generation to graduate from UGA, would be smiling down on his grandkids,” Scott Harris explained.

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Department of Transportation crews have been salting the roads and sidewalks around Lucas Oil Stadium to keep away the threat of ice before Monday’s game, but that won’t stop the 12 degree forecasted weather.

Sports bars ready for a huge gameday crowds and merch flying off shelves

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