Playing favorites

By chazz

May 25, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this

hands down. Kevin Butler’s big kick against Clemson. 21 points down at half, My first trip to Sanford Stadium as a UGA student. I thought the stadium was going to fall down.

By alabamadawg

May 25, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this

What ever happened to Jimmy the Greek Poulos, and Glen Harrison ?? Jimmy was a few years older than me, but was a very nice person, very down to earth, and a thrill to watch run with the ball.

By dawgforlife

May 25, 2008 7:42 PM | Link to this

Andy J and the win over Tech in 1971 is certainly a favorite of mine, too.

But for sheer favorite game from beginning to end, I think I have to go with 51-7!

By jason

May 25, 2008 7:46 PM | Link to this

This is going to sound strange, but my favorite game was probably Penn St. in the Sugar Bowl, 1982. I know it was a loss, but it was the first game I can remember watching, and becomeing a die hard Georgia Bulldog fan. Another great game was the 1984 Citrus Bowl against FSU. The 17-17 tie was important to me because my brother is die Noles fan, and that was the first time I saw these two teams play.

By Scott

May 25, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this

Anytime we beat Florida!!

By Michael

May 25, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

My all time favorite game has to be vs. Auburn in 2002. I remember breaking the arm of the couch jumping up and down. Alot of people might forget who Michael Johnson is, but i wont!! And also, even tho it was a loss, WVU in the Sugar Bowl in 2005.

By FlDawg

May 25, 2008 8:21 PM | Link to this

Gotta be FL in ‘76…Gators led a halftime, probably by less than they should have. We kickoff, hold them and on 4th down, Doug Dickey runs a trick play (the original 4th & dumb). We stop them and go on to score more touchdowns than they got 1st downs in the 2nd half. Classic win!

By FLA DAWG

May 25, 2008 8:27 PM | Link to this

Certainly the NC Victory against ND was one of the most masterfully coached and executed defensive games in college football history. To have beaten ND in NO for the NC was an incredible experience for Ga Fans.

I think it ties though with “The Miracle On Duval Street” that same year. “Lindsay Scott, Lindsay Scott, Lindsay Scott……….,,”.

I was fortunate to have been at both. While leaving the stadium at Jax we heard that Ga. Tech. had tied ND and everyone when crazy.

By S.E. Dawg

May 25, 2008 9:29 PM | Link to this

This would be one of my favorites, the four overtimes against the tigers in auburn alabama. My wife and I were thinking we were going to lose and left with a couple of minutes left in the game. We were just about to get into the vehicle and heard someone shout that we had tied it up. Knowing we couldn’t get back into the game we drove 10 miles to our hotel room. The hotel had the TV on in the lobby and the game was still going and people there thought we had gone crazy. We were able to get to our room and finish watching the game on TV. Needless to say we’ve never left any other game early since that day.

By Robert Thompson

May 25, 2008 9:37 PM | Link to this

1990 I think,Uga/bama game they miised a field goal with time running out.The game was great because we were not and we defintly needed a win.Ray Goff never stood a chance.

By Big Dawg

May 25, 2008 9:59 PM | Link to this

My all time favorite game is the 1971 Ga vs GT game on Thanksgiving night at Grant Field when the Dawgs drove the length of the field in the last couple of minutes and Jimmy Poulus scored snatching victory from defeat. Also my second favorite game is the 1967 Cotton Bowl victory over SMU.

By lakedawg

May 25, 2008 10:41 PM | Link to this

I agree with S.E. Dawg and the first overtime game UGA played under the new rules - against Auburn. Back and forth and back and forth what seemed like forever. At the time, we were driving through L.A. (lower Alabama) to go to Panama City and the game kept fading in and out on the radio, but I refused to switch to an Auburn station even though they were plentiful where we were. I was constantly on the edge of my seat with the game and with the frequent absence of a radio signal. Of course there are plenty of other favorites, but this one seemed to captivate me because of the situation.

By spike

May 25, 2008 10:43 PM | Link to this

Mine is the 1978 game against Tech. It was a cold day and people had been camping out on the bridge since Thursday night. We were down when Buck Belue replaced Jeff Pyburn. Heck, there were people on top of the Chemistry building. Belue brought the ‘Dogs back along with Amp Arnold to beat Tech 29 to 28.

By minookadawg

May 25, 2008 10:57 PM | Link to this

1988/89 Mazda Gator Bowl. My friend’s dad caught the flu and his family invited me to travel with them to Jax for the game. I was a huge Tim Worley fan, but Rodney Hampton dominated for the Dawgs. On the other sideline were CFB stars, Andre Rison, Blake Ezor, and Tony Mandarich. Seemed like we were poised to KO the Spartans of Mich State many times, but Rison would always make an incredible play to keep them alive. This epic battle was capped off by a victoriuos post game celebration in honor of Coach Dooley’s last game. He could not have shown more class. My friend and I met him at the team’s hotel. He was about to get on the elevator, when we caught his attention. He invited us on and signed autographs as the elevator traveled up to his floor. I was just an elementary school kid, so it was like meeting the president. It was a night I will never forget. Thanks for the memories, Coach Dooley!

By SuprDave

May 25, 2008 11:03 PM | Link to this

Gotta be the hobnail boot game. P44 Haynes…That drive…Greene to McMichael. Holy Cow! I think I just peed a little bit thinking about it!

By Dorsey Hill

May 25, 2008 11:48 PM | Link to this

A couple not so obvious choices:

How about the 1965 game at Michigan giving the Wolverines a beat down in the big house?

How about the 1985 Fla. game? UF had been named # 1 the prior Monday for the first time in school history. UGA crushed a team loaded with bought and paid for soon-to-be All-Pros 27-3.

The 1986 Auburn ‘hose game’ is another. Our starting QB was out. We were unranked. Auburn was #6. Beat ‘em 20-16 (I think.) A few of our fans decided to get a closer look at the turf at Jordan-Hare and were met with water cannons. Then they turned them on the fans in the stands. Auburn=No class and sore losers.

The 1997 Cocktail Party is another favorite. Our only win over UF vs. SOS when we were 17.5 point underdogs.

Finally, beating UT in 2000 at Sanford after losing to Tenn. 9 straight (a longer streak than the gators ever had by the way) was a nice change.

As you can see, I like the underdog role. Due to CMR I’m having to adjust to being the favorite all the time.

By Dog Fan

May 26, 2008 12:15 AM | Link to this

1978 UGA 29 - gt 28

By realdawg 2

May 26, 2008 12:22 AM | Link to this

the 1973 win over tennessee in knoxville—dawgs win 35-31 0n a andy johnson fumble that andy picked up and ran into the endzone with only a couple of minutes left—this was the first time i ever heard larry munson is why this is my favorite game

By Fort Worth Dawg

May 26, 2008 12:30 AM | Link to this

I agree with Chazz - I had picked the Butler kick against Clempson before I read any responses. The kick went 60 yard and may have never come back down. Clempson nearly scored again but we held. That was the only game I remember where the UGA students stayed after the game for at least 30 minutes screaming. I spoke in a whisper for about 2 days after that game.

By DearingStDawg

May 26, 2008 12:34 AM | Link to this

2002 Georgia-Auburn: I was a freshman in high school and went with my friend, his dad, and my dad. I was so dejected that we had choked away the SEC title that I almost couldn’t even watch Greene’s TD pass. When Michael Johnson caught it, that was the wildest celebration I’ve ever been a part of- I’ve never hugged so many random people in my life, and I was just 14. I have a framed picture of that play in my room.

By DearingStDawg

May 26, 2008 12:45 AM | Link to this

Oops, forgot to mention a few. This year had a bunch of great games; I was at Bama, Florida, and Auburn and each one was incredible in totally different ways. In 1998 we beat South Carolina 17-3- I was in 4th grade and that was the first road game I ever went on.

Five big Tech games stand out. In 1997, we had almost turned off the TV before Bobo brought us back 27-24. In 1999, when we “lost” after the “fumble,” I broke a Christmas tree ornament and actually cried (I was 10), I was so angry. Obviously, no one can forget 2002; 51-7 is all that needs to be said. The 2005 game was unbeliveable- the sick looks of the Tech fans as they left the stadium were priceless. The 2006 Tech game was epic; I was sitting in the student section under the scoreboard, so Massoquoi caught that pass literally 30 feet in front of me.

Some more: 2001 and 2003 Tennessee were the only two times I ever saw my mother scream at a TV. Thank you Verron Haynes and Sean Jones. The 2006 Auburn game was the first “real” road game I ever attended as a college student- totally ridiculous.

Wow, picking your favorite game is like choosing the best Beatles album. Hopefully next season will give us all a bunch more games to add to our lists.

By Zach

May 26, 2008 1:35 AM | Link to this

Most fun I have ever had attending a game was the 45-20 Blackout win over Auburn last year. Loudest I have ever heard Sanford. Also like 51-7 over nerds in 2002.

By Almost 60

May 26, 2008 3:36 AM | Link to this

It would have to be Belue-to-Scott because of the smug looks I saw on nearby Gaytor fans turning to jawdropping disbelief in an instant. Beautiful. But, I would like to pay homage to the ‘57 Tech-GA game at Grant Field which ended “The Drought” of eight straight losses to the insects. I actually attended that one as a nine year-old. I’ll never forget the jubilation of the red and black-clad fans as Theron Sapp burst over the goal line for the game’s only TD, and then again, as they joyfully left the stadium. I can guarantee you, the really old-time fans would agree on that one.

By Vince

May 26, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

Would have to say the Florida win last year and Coach’s ways of coaching for emotion as much as X’s and O’s. That was incredibly fun to watch and I loved how the players described the feeling of playing with freedom and joy after having messed up for 30 yards of penalties after the end zone thing. We’ve already messed horribly with Coach’s permission, so hey, don’t have to worry about avioding mistakes anymore and just play for broke. A good life lesson about living in grace —— hey, live all out for God since God has already paid the price.

Vince

By prospero

May 26, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this

Many great games. A personal favorite: 1984 Cotton Bowl. Texas was sure they were national champs until the clock struck 10 to 9.

By 2001 UGA UT

May 26, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this

I was singin Rocky Flop in the stands, surrounded by orange on the river side of Nealand Stadium when Verron caught that DG pass. Nothing beats it, that I’ve seen in person

By Bobbo

May 26, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this

Lindsay Scott,Lindsay Scott,Lindsay Scott!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nuff Said!

By david

May 26, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

My favorite game is any game that “The Dawgs” loose.

By HedgeRippin

May 26, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

Favorite Dawg game ? Would have to be stripping the hedges clean after the Jackets whipped the Dawgs between the bushes in 1984. Ohhhh, the cries to fire Dooley were loud.

By Matt Mccamy

May 26, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

Alabama 2007. This game had eyerything . It was Scott’s first great call as well. I think Larry will always be the best, even Scott says that, but all of DAWG NATION is in for a great future with Mr. Howard in my opinion. GO DAWGS !!!

By wmac

May 26, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

I time Florida hung 52 on Georgia at home was my favorite Georgia game.I was at that game and enjoyed watching every minute. I also think that Georgia has one of the best stadiums in the country.

By 51-7

May 26, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this

Hey David, I think you forgot your spelling book today. It’s LOSE, not LOOSE. I think you have a screw LOOSE. Idiot.

By 1eyedJack

May 26, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this

The 21-0 spanking of Alabama and the Hound’s Tooth Hat in 1976. Pass over the middle to a wide open tight end for a TD and the crowd erupts into a maelstrom of noise and the stadium shook. My first game at Sanford stadium, 50 yard line, FREE ticket. Priceless!

And what a party afterward on Fraternity Row!!

By Old Dawg

May 26, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

Y’all must not be as old as me. My favorite game was the 1959 Georgia Auburn game. Fran Tarkington threw a touchdown pass to Bill Herron with less than a minute left to tie the game at 13-13. Then our kicker Durward Pennington calmly kicked the PAT to clinch the win and the SEC title. Why was Durward so calm? Later he said it was because he thought our Dawgs were ahead — so no pressure on him!

I also recall some students holding up a banner at halftime saying, “You Can’t Beat Our Butts!”

By SwinfordDawg

May 26, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

Man, how can i choose a favorite game? There have been so many good games over the past hmmmmm………. seven years. I think thats right. Those bugs in atl sure are giving us some nice practice before our bowl games. Id say if i had to choose my fav ga vs tech game it would be 51-7. It was such a fun game to be at (nevermind the cold and rain) . It was amazing to see Boss Bailey block that field goal.
P.S. Thank you for putting a stain on this blog nerds. Appreciate it. Maybe if you put as much effort into supporting your own team as you do writing on the UGA blogs on AJC then yall might actually win one of these years.

By Proud dawg

May 26, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

Id have to say definitely the Verron Haynes catch… A mid 50s inebriated Tennessee woman in front of me turned and started pounding me in the face with her bourbon soaked pom pom after they scored towards the end… she and her husband were quickly escorted out by a state trooper, but I just wish she was there after the catch so I could have enjoyed the look on her face! We even stayed and sang “Rocky Top” in satire after the game until we were politely asked to exit the stadium!

By old gold

May 26, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

Is this all you people have to do ? Hey, why not set up a special TV channel to show only old UGA games? You dimwits would pay $100 per year for that would’nt you. Anything to keep you off the intenet. My favorite was ‘85 in Atlanta. The fog was everywhere. Henderson and Worley spent the whole night in their own backfield.

By Mike

May 26, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

Why cant this rag tag of a paper have an all-time Falcons game? Mine is the 1998 NFC title game to go to the Super Bowl. Greatest win/team ever. Miss those days. To hell with Georgia.

By fshrmnglf

May 26, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

The entire 1980 season and the Sugar Bowl against ND.� Being in the stands for the 71 & 78 comeback wins against the trade school are most memorable.

By fshrmnglf

May 26, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this

The entire 1980 season and the Sugar Bowl against ND.� Being in the stands for the 71 & 78 comeback wins against the trade school are most memorable.

By GATOR CHOMP

May 26, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this

IF IT AINT THE FLEAMUTTS DREAMING ABOUT OLD TIMES AGAIN LIVING IN THE PAST WHAT A BUNCH OF FLEAD OUT STRAY DOGS GET A LIFE U LOOSERS!!! TEBOW “REPEAT” HEISMAN WINNER “BOOK IT”

By Dawg Fan

May 26, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this

To Old Gold and Mike—you obviously have nothing better to do than read the GA Blog. If it bothers you so much, why do you read it and post messages there? Oh yeah, Falcons went on to be blown away in the Superbowl and Tech hasn’t done much of anything else lately, so it makes you feel better to bash GA. Get in your licks and feel better because you said something negative about UGA.

By Stu

May 26, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this

Easily the championship game against ND. A tight game to the end, I can still remember the announcer screaming = with about one minute to go - “Woerner intercepts and Georgia’s going to win the national championship.”

I was in a buiding in NC, by myself working as a security guard while I was in grad school, and I screamed with tears running down my face as my hero, Vince Dooley, was carried off the field. It still brings tears as I think about it.

By Clell, UGA class of 1991

May 26, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

I love this question because of the memories it brings. The feelings of elation and remembering friends and family at the time of each victory. I’ve been going to games since I was a very little fellow. I can remember almost all of the above posts—where I was, what I did before and after the game, and who I was with.

In recent memory, witnessing the roof of the Georgia Dome almost get blown off with the blocked kick against Arkansas and basking in the glory of our first SEC championship was surreal. I felt like I was floating watching the players and fans celebrate!

GLORY GLORY TO OLE GEORGIA AND TO HELL WITH GA TECH. HOW SWEET IT IS!

By Clell, UGA class of 1991

May 26, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

1st SEC in 20 years I meant.

By Clell, UGA class of 1991

May 26, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

1st SEC in 20 years I meant.

By GATOR CHOMP

May 26, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this

I do nut know the differze beetwween LOOSE and LOSE…like David Above. Hookd un fonix werks fo me!

By I'm a Fleabag

May 26, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this

Hands down, the best game was 2006 when Tennessee came back from being down at half time and kicked our butts on our own field. 51 points!!!! That was fantastic.

I’m actually very jealous of the Vols, like every Ga. fan.

By spike

May 26, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this

One other one… The Outback Bowl against Purdue. The Dogs were down 24-0 and came back for the win!!

By PaulDawg

May 26, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this

21-0 over Alabama in 1976 in Athens. The Junkyard Defense dominated and Johnny Davis, the AL fullback who had never been stopped for a loss was stuffed several times by Meatcleaver Weaver. The celebration was like nothing I have ever seen.

By Bonaire Dawg

May 26, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

2003 in Knoxville. When Sean Jones picked up that fumble, it seemed like he and the rest of the Dawg convoy were running forever. I ran out of breath screaming! Maybe it’s not my favorite game, but I can’t remember ever being more jubilant over a single play.

By Quincy

May 26, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

You tell ‘em “Dawg Fan” and “Swinford Dawg.” Those Star Trek watching, Dungeon and Dragon playin’ nerds ain’t got nothing on the STATE university. Ha. You’re right Swinford, if they would just put as much energy and commitment into supporting them Yeller Jackets like we do our beloved Bulldawgs then they might be better than us. That’s how the games are decided, you dang right. Forget the fact that our recruiting base is much larger, leading to the fact that guys like me can hide over here in Athens for 3 - 4 years without taking much of anything. My favorite class I took was that “Coaching” class.

Now they’ll say they’ve won a national title more recent than we has, but we all know that a little school like that couldn’t have really done that. Not with the big STATE university just down the road. And how about that disgrace Joe Hamilton. Glad we don’t have anything like that ever happened to our grand program. I mean, what a joke those nerds are. Next they’ll remind us of H. Walkers Russian Roullette ordeal, or the fact that our best two players from the big-two sports (Dominique and Herschel) never graduated from these hallowed halls. I guess I’ll have to hear about Jan Kemp or that Harrick Sr/Jr situation. As if I didn’t hear about that enough on Jay Leno and David Letterman. Hey, is my buddy Odell Thurman out of prison again? Dawg Fan and Swinford, let’s meet up with Odell for a cold one.

Oh yeah, my favorite game is still the 51-48 game in Atlanta. Although we tried to get that one changed to show a “w” it will always go down as a loss. Dang it.

By Georgia Fan

May 26, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

Anybody that attended the hobnail boot game has to have it as their all time favorite. It absolutely crushed the souls of Tennessee fans. Georgia has certainly broke the hearts of alot of opposing fans over the years, but I have never seen anything that approaches the looks on their faces after that game. Most of them have probably blacked it out or convinced themselves that it never happend. It was really that tragic for them.

By Durden

May 26, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

I know i am a relative newcomer as a young UGA student, but going to the Blackout Game last season and seeing that team come alive in the 3rd Q was awesome! It was made even better by the fact that Colin Cowherd had the audacity to broadcast from Tate on Friday and picked Auburn to Win! He didn’t even stay for the game!

By Dawg Boy

May 26, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

I would have to go with the 1991 UGA v. Clemson game under the lights at Sanford Stadium in a nationally televised ESPN game. Clemson, if I recall, was #2 in the country and we whipped the dog &@^$ out of them in Eric Zeier’s first start as QB. And oh yeah, the Braves clinched the NL West Division crown about an hour before the game started, their first of 14 in a row. I can still remember hundreds if not thousands of people doing the tomohawk chop in the stands. Incredible game! Glad I was there.

By SCBird

May 26, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this

Quincy Carter’s 5 int performance in 2000 against South Carolina!

By R. E.

May 26, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

To me its the 3 overtime game at Auburn in the rain.

By R. E.

May 26, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this

To me its the triple overtime game at Auburn in the rain.

By Dark Corner Dawg

May 26, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

I would have to say the big Kick by Butler is one that I will always cherish in Bulldog history. I was listening to Larry on the radio and at halftime I had to run to the convenience store to get my dad some more Coke for his Jack Daniel’s. While I was gone my Dad told me that my die hard Klimpson cousin had phoned and asked “Whats wrong with the Dawgs?” The rest is wonderful history listening to Larry make the great call and for a second or two wondering if Butler’s kick was good. I called my cousin back after the kickoff in which Klimpson ran it a good ways back. My cousin argued that there was still time on the clock and that Klimpson was gonna try for a field goal, but nooooo time had expired! Go DAWGS!!!

By somany

May 26, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

Gosh, There are so many great ones.. Like Steve hanging 50+ on us in our own house. The Vols crushing us the past two years. Time and time again, the hungover sullen trips back north from Jacksonville. Upset loss to Vandy on Homecoming. Clemson bursting our bubble in 1981. Letting George Godsey run all over us on our turf. Really hard to decide.

By ATL Guy

May 26, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this

My favorite game was the 52-17 THRASHING that the Gators laid on you puppies in 1995. I think it’s hilarious that a freshman on your sorry campus this year will have only seen THREE wins against the Gators so far IN THEIR LIFETIME. Chomp!

By george

May 26, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA I like someone from UGA saying that another school has no class. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM UGA has the least class of any school in the country. Just last year stomping on a schools logo, (VANDY at that) storming the field after a touchdown not a win, and whining like the biggest group of Idiots after not making it to the nc game after not even playing for your own division championship and losing twice( once by 20 plus points) Yea what a joke to say another school does not have class.

By george

May 26, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA I like someone from UGA saying that another school has no class. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM UGA has the least class of any school in the country. Just last year stomping on a schools logo, (VANDY at that) storming the field after a touchdown not a win, and whining like the biggest group of Idiots after not making it to the nc game after not even playing for your own division championship and losing twice( once by 20 plus points) Yea what a joke to say another school does not have class.

By Slam Adams

May 26, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

GEORGIA 16… UAB 13 October 2003. Best Game Ever.

By george

May 26, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA I like someone from UGA saying that another school has no class. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM UGA has the least class of any school in the country. Just last year stomping on a schools logo, (VANDY at that) storming the field after a touchdown not a win, and whining like the biggest group of Idiots after not making it to the nc game after not even playing for your own division championship and losing twice( once by 20 plus points) Yea what a joke to say another school does not have class.

By S.E. Dawg

May 26, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

George(ia), have a happy memorial day. And bless our troops abroad.

By heeldawg

May 26, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

The best game ever is coming this season, in Miami…

By Cuz

May 26, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this

My favorite game would have to be the 1981 Georgia-Florida game. I partied in Athens all night, got a few hours sleep. I went to the Clarke Co. airport and got on a Cessna with my buddy Burke piloting and flew over Georgia at about 12000 feet to JAX. When we got over Fla we dropped to 3000 feet and I almost lost my breakfast from the turbulance. Got on a shuttle and was given some liquid medication by some Dawg fans and made it into the stadium. Our team was fired up having already tasted defeat by Clemson that year. The Gators came out flat and Herschel ran over them like a freight train. By the end of the game, the entire stadium was red and black. Not a single piece of orange clothing in sight since UF wore white that year. 44-0. We laughed, we cheered, we hugged complete strangers. We left after the band quit playing and made our way back to the airfield. We were in the air when a pilot came over the radio and said, “The Dawgs have just taken off from Jax international”. All radio protocol must have been broken as I heard, How bout dem Dawgs, Go Dawgs, barking and cheers, one after the other. Jax international told us to quiet down. I fell into peaceful slumber somewhere past the St. Mary’s river and did not wake till we landed in Athens. What a great day. And what a great day to be a Dawg*.

By Bill W.

May 26, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

My fav was GA/FL in 1997 when the Gators were favored by 20 at kicoff and the Dawgs won by 20. Robert Edwards had one of his best games that day.

By I-DOG

May 26, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this

Many memorable games mentioned:

Three Auburn games stand out for me, the hose ‘em game 20-16 in the late 80’s, UGA’s first overtime the quadruple marathon against AU, and of course the 2002 SEC East clinching featuring Michael Johnson in the back of the end zone.

For TN: The hobnail was a classic, but I also have a soft spot for the much less heralded 1987? TN game where we crushed them at home and a downpour started in the 4th quarter, but nobody cared about the weather. The OL dominated. Larry Munson said “Lemont Tellis and Todd Wheeler are burying people along the offensive lines, JUST BURYING PEOPLE!

SC Bird: I was there and it had to be one of the lowest points in UGA football over the past 20 years and thus a great moment for USC.

We were confident going into the game, one of UGA’s most talented teams in years (coming off the Goff years and first few Donnan) and we absolutely got it handed to us by your Gamecocks. It was a stunning upset!

By I-DOG

May 26, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

Gator Chomp:

Dawg fans can remember old times fondly because we didn’t play for 50 plus years before we won an SEC title the way the Gators did. UGA actually has a long and storied tradition with some valleys but many peaks. The current success of the Richt era, the mostly difficult 90’s, the storied 80’s. The painful 50’s when tech was actually a powerhouse and the great teams of the 40’s

Florida Football seamingly started about 1992 and going back any further only dredges up painful thoughts for Gators fans.

Old Gold:

I would absolutely pay $100 a year on my Sat system to watch nothing but old UGA games. Excellent idea.

Of course, we Dawg fans have the recent past, present and future to enjoy including not having lost to tech in this century! finishing 2nd in the polls last season, 2 recent SEC titles, finishing in the top 10 5 out of last 6 years and having a pretty good squad returning for 08.

tech?… not so much

By UGASlobberknocker

May 26, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this

I only go back to my freshman yr in 1975..but Ive had season tix since then..33 yrs and counting. I have attended over 200 games home and away. Here is my Top 10 for that period..(couldnt limit it to 5.) After the first 2..its an 8 way tie for 3rd.

1975-2007.

1-Ga over NDame for Natl title 1-1-01 2-GA over Fla 1980. Run Lindsay! 3—Georgia 21 Alabama 0 1976. for many reasons not the least of which was the party on S Milledge afterwards. 4-Ga over Tennessee 2000. Finally. 5-Ga over Clemson 1991 the same night the Braves clinched worst to first..what a crowd 6-Geogia 16 Tenn 15 1980. Who was that truck, Bill Bates? 7-Georgia 10 Texas 9 Cotton Bowl following 1983 season..we won on late td and cost Tex the natl title. 8-Georgia 37 Fla 17-1997.sweet sweet sweet. 9-Georgia 29 Georgia Tech 28 1978..best GA Tech game in 33 yrs IMO.Down 17-0 at one time. 10-P44 Haynes..Ga whips Tenn in 2001: Richt is for real.

Honorable Mention: 2007 Auburn Black Out game 1975 Ga/Tech game..on natl tv TG night..42-0 at halftime. 1986 Ga beats Auburn between the Hoses 1985 (I think) Butler long FG beats Clemson 1981 Georgia 44 Tenn 0 1982 (might have been 1981) Georgia 44 Florida 0

I attended all 15 games above except the 1984 Cotton Bowl.

I hope to add a new one to the list this year The only game above that I did not attend was the 1984 Cotton Bowl.

By **UGA**

May 26, 2008 7:04 PM | Link to this

Gotta be Bobo and co. against Auburn in a 4 ot win.

By Lowcountry Dawg

May 26, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

Florida 1982. They were supposed to beat us that year. I forget who their QB was, but he was pretty good. Final Score Georgia 44 Florida 0. Yeah, Florida was supposed to win, but never had a chance. Early in the game, Jeff Sanchez made an interception in the end zone that started the landslide.

By R. E. H.

May 26, 2008 7:34 PM | Link to this

Some one explain to me what these techies mean when they keep talking about tickle piles, sounds a little like their door swings the wrong way.

By Homey Dawg

May 26, 2008 8:02 PM | Link to this

Lets not forget the Tech game in 1978. One of the great come from behind victories.

By S.E. Dawg

May 26, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

I would say another of my favorites would be GA vs GT. At half time the tech band placed their logo over the G a midfield. A lone UGA cheerleader tried to scoop it up but missed. After that I couldn’t tell you a note the band was playing. Every UGA fan booed the whole time the band was on the field. A freshmen Bobo had to come into the game and through his first touchdown pass. A Tech lady near us looked at the program and said “oh my gosh he’s a freshmen”.

By GATOR CHOMP

May 26, 2008 8:39 PM | Link to this

By the way I love men in leather. Is that bad? My dad doesn’t like it that I like guys since I am a guy, but oh well.

By dan

May 26, 2008 9:45 PM | Link to this

1998 at LSU. My senior year at UGA, my wife was in grad school at LSU and she got us tickets in the LSU student section. Many lead changes and a UGA 28-27 win.

By Cuz

May 26, 2008 10:00 PM | Link to this

Lowcountry, that was Florida 1981. In 82 we beat them by the same score as 80, 26-21. I believe Wayne Peace was Florida’s QB in 1981. The Gators had this awesome All-American defensive lineman who was supposed to keep Herschel from gaining a yard. Needless to say he was not a factor in the game.

By Buckets

May 26, 2008 11:08 PM | Link to this

There are a bunch, but MY personal favs are 51-7 over GIT and the BLACKOUT over Aubarn…I was there for both.

By Over the crocs

May 26, 2008 11:21 PM | Link to this

51-0, 44-0, 26-21, 26-21, 10-7, 37-17, 42-28, 75-0, plus about 50 more.

By Bird-Dawg

May 26, 2008 11:38 PM | Link to this

My favorite UGa. game I have to go with the 1980, 26-21 win over the lizards. Buck and Lindsey will forever live on in my memory. I was unable to attend or view on TV but the venerable Larry Munson paints as vivid a picture as any HD Plasma set I’ve ever seen.

As far as GeorgiaTech games, I love any Tech game where they lose, obviously. I am even more enamored when they get embarrased. Like the year Reggie Ball “Forgot” what down it was and basically shot his team in their collective foot.

Tech will never have a GREAT team. They may eventually have a good team with CPJ. Tech can’t recruit GREAT players. Calvin Johnson was the best player I’ve seen come out of Tech in recent years and now look at him. He is not even performing in the NFL. Look at his last game against Georgia

I think he caught ONE pass. Pitiful for an All American. Greg Blue rung his bell a time or two.

Tech fans will always be beligerent towards Georgia fans because they know they will always lose to the Dawgs. Sure, they may win one from time to time but as the saying goes “Even a blind hog finds an acorn sometimes” or “Even a BROKE clock is right 2 times a day”.

I love it, thats what tech is, A BROKE CLOCK.

Georgia Tech reminds me of the Hillary Clinton campaign. Why doesn’t Hillary just quit? Obama is going to win the nomination, she is just spending money for no good reason.

Why doesn’t Tech just quit trying to put a competitive football team on the field? The worst thing Tech ever did was to get out of the SEC. The reason they did was they couldn’t compete. They tried to find their way as an independent for several years, that fell flat.

Then along came the ACC. They are “Bush league”. Tech can’t even play there.

I say to the Tech fans, Encourage your AD to just disband the football team and stick with something you know like…..basketball or lacrosse. Football is too difficult for the North Ave. Trade School.

Quit football and become Georgia fans during the football season. Georgia can even schedule a game against another SEC team and play at Ga. Tech’s stadium…… Nope! can’t do that, not enough room in the stands for the Georgia fans, let alone fans from another SEC school.

Hey Tech fans, How’s it going to feel when Clemson comes to the Ga. Dome to play BAma and they blow away any attendance records Tech has ever had?

Tech Sucks!

By brett

May 26, 2008 11:46 PM | Link to this

my favorites would be the sec championship over ark, the but kicking we gave florida last year, and the black out wins. i would say any win over tech but they come so often.

By jordan dog fan

May 27, 2008 12:01 AM | Link to this

My faverite win was agains Ga Sothern - because my moms boyfriend neihbor went there and said they would beat us and they didn’t and we we beat them really bad. They have a good team and i did not know they had won more national championschips than Georgia but we really beat them bad.