ATHENS, Ga. — There will be a new Dawg between the hedges when the Georgia football season kicks off this fall.
The University of Georgia announced Tuesday that mascot Que, aka Uga X, will officially retire. Boom, a 10-month-old English Bulldog, will take over the duties as Uga XI.
The program will hold an official ceremony for Boom before Saturday’s G-Day Game in Athens.
Channel 2 is the official TV partner of the Georgia Bulldogs and will preview G-Day Game with an all-new Bulldogs Game Day at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
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All 10 official bulldogs who have served as Uga have been part of a line of pure white English bulldogs owned by the Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler family in Savannah. Boom will continue that tradition.
Que was around for all of UGA’s games during the 2015 season, but was officially named mascot during the November 2015 against Georgia Southern University.
Uga X will retire as the winningest mascot in Georgia history with back-to-back national championships, two SEC titles and wins at the Rose, Sugar, Orange and Peach bowls.
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