ATHENS -- Uga VI, who had represented the University of Georgia as the football team's mascot since 1999, will be buried Monday at the stadium where he was often the center of attention.
The English bulldog died Friday night of heart failure a few weeks shy of his 10th birthday. stadium. Like his predecessors, he will be interred in a private vault inside Sanford Stadium.
A private ceremony will precede the burial. The Rev. Claude McBride, former chaplain for the football team, will officiate.
Sonny Seiler, a Savannah lawyer whose family has provided all of the university's mascots since 1956, emphasized the ceremony will not be public. The identity of the dog that will soon become Uga VII is still a secret. But, Seiler assured, ``That's been taken care of.''
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October 24th, 2024
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