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Uga VI's Official Page
October 18, 2008 | General
Uga VI, 1999-2008
Record: 87-27
"Uga V's Whatchagot Loran"
UGA VI Slideshow
Georgia Mascot Uga VI Passes Away In Savannah
Uga VI taking the field at his first game- South Carolina 1999
| The pregame passing of the bone ceremony from Uga V to his heftier and friskier son, Whatchagot Loran, took place at the 1999 Georgia-South Carolina contest. Only a year old at his coronation, Uga VI stands as the biggest of all the Uga mascots weighing in at over 60 pounds — 15 pounds heavier than his father. |
| The 2000 season ended in Hawaii, but due to the distance and a quarantine rule, Uga VI missed the O’ahu Bowl, marking the first time the Georgia mascot had missed the postseason game since the 1969 Sun Bowl. Release... Alongside first-year head coach Mark Richt, Uga VI saw his third consecutive 8-4 season, which included a 26-24 win at then-No. 6 Tennessee for the Bulldogs’ first win in Knoxville since 1980. The streak of consecutive bowl victories ended at three for the beloved mascot as Georgia fell to Boston College 20-16 in the Music City Bowl in Nashville. Uga VI and Georgia experienced their best season in two decades as they 2002 Bulldogs won a record 13 games (to only one loss), and topped Arkansas to win the program’s first league title since 1982, and Uga VI roamed the sidelines as the Bulldogs defeated Florida State in the 2003 Nokia Sugar Bowl, 26-13. During his tenure as the Georgia mascot, Uga VI has seen the Bulldogs win a record 13 games en route to their first SEC Championship (2002) in the last two decades and snap a nine-game losing streak to Tennessee, including their first victory in Knoxville since 1980. He also saw Georgia's first win against rival Florida in the last eight years and was roaming the sidelines in Sanford Stadium in November for the team's sixth straight victory against Georgia Tech. Georgia has been to a bowl game each of Uga VI's eight seasons as mascot, including six victories in that span. |
| The wins kept piling up for Uga VI and the Bulldogs in 2003, as the team posted an 11-3 record and returned to the SEC Championship game before falling to eventual national champion LSU. Uga VI worked on his tan in sunny Florida as Georgia held on for a 34-27 overtime-victory against Purdue in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando. The 2004 season saw the Bulldogs post a 10-2 record, and Uga VI returned to Tampa for the second time in his young career, as Georgia earned a 24-21 win against Wisconsin in the Outback Bowl. In 2005, Uga VI has seen the Bulldogs win 10 or more games for the fourth consecutive season, picking up victories over then-No.8 Tennessee in Knoxville, No. 20 Georgia Tech (for the Bulldogs' fifth consecutive win over their in-state rivals), and No. 3 LSU in the SEC Championship along the way. The Bulldogs will make their seventh bowl appearance in Uga VI's tenure when they meet West Virginia in the Sugar Bowl on January 2. In 2007, Uga VI became the winningest mascot in school history and currently owns a record of 87-27. The mark surpassed Uga IV who ended his career with a record of 77-24-4. A changing of the guard occurred in 1999 when Uga V officially retired |
