The world when UGA last won a national title

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The world when UGA last won a national title

A look back at the world when Georgia last won the national title (1980 season, game was on Jan. 1, 1981).

Led by Herschel Walker and coached by Vince Dooley, the Bulldogs were undefeated in 1980 and beat Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl.

In 1980, your phone was mobile because it had a really long cord.

The Chevrolet Citation was the best-selling car in the country in 1980 with 374,706 sales.

In 1980, your TV was really heavy and maybe still had a "rabbit ears" antenna that you had to adjust until cable TV was available in your area.

You may have owned a Betamax machine to record your favorite TV shows if you chose that over a VCR.

Top movies included: The Empire Strikes Back, Stir Crazy, Airplane!, Coal Miner's Daughter, Smokey and the Bandit II and The Blues Brothers.

Top songs were: Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) - Pink Floyd (above); Funkytown - Lipps Inc; Magic - Olivia Newton-John; Upside Down Diana Ross; Another One Bites the Dust - Queen; Lady - Kenny Rogers.

Top TV shows were: Dallas, The Dukes of Hazzard, M*A*S*H, The Love Boat, The Jeffersons, Three's Company, Little House on the Prairie.

Farrah Fawcett's popularity was soaring.

Gas cost $1.25 a gallon and everyone was freaking out about it. Seems really cheap now.

CNN began broadcasting from Atlanta in 1980.

Georgia's own Jimmy Carter was president in 1980 before stepping aside for Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Favorite toys/games in 1980 were the Rubik's Cube, Pac-Man, Centipede.

President Obama was a teenager (age 19) in 1980.

In 1980, our life expectancy was 73.7 years. If you were alive then, you have now burned 32 of those 73 years since UGA won the national title.

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Led by Herschel Walker and coached by Vince Dooley, the Bulldogs were undefeated in 1980 and beat Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl.

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