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Georgia to introduce Uga XI 'Boom' before G-Day

Palmber-Thombsby: Palmer Thombs04/11/23palmerthombs
Uga XI
Photo courtesy of UGA Sports Communications

Georgia will introduce a new mascot on Saturday. No, the Bulldogs aren’t taking up a new name. It’s not that crazy. Instead, Uga X, better known as Que, will go into retirement after guiding the team to two straight National Championships while Boom, a 10-month-old English Bulldog, will be introduced as Uga XI during a pregame ceremony at G-Day.

The ceremonial collaring of Boom will start with eight minutes on the pregame clock at approximately 3:50 p.m. ET and will take place on the 20-yard-line of the northeast corner of Sanford Stadium. Fans are encouraged to find seats early to watch the ceremony.

Que, who was two and a half years old when he began his reign as Georgia’s mascot in 2015, retires as the winningest mascot in Georgia history. He compiled a 91-18 record with the two titles, a pair of SEC Championships and victories in four of the six New Year’s Six bowl games (Rose, Sugar, Orange and Peach). Prior to Uga X, “Seiler’s Uga Three” was the only Bulldog to reign over a National Championship, and Que passes Uga VI, who reigned from 1999-2008, as the winningest Bulldog in program history.

The retirement of ‘Que’ comes just months after he did not travel with the team across the country to Los Angeles for the National Championship. The Seiler family said that it is simply “too far for the nine-year-old dog” to travel.

Georgia’s current line of solid white English bulldogs began with Uga I, “Hood’s Ole Dan,” born Dec. 2, 1955 in Columbus, Ga. The mascot tradition began shortly after i 1956 when Sonny Seiler brought a bulldog that was given to him as a wedding present to Georgia’s first home game of the season. Wally Butts, head coach at the time, asked for permission to use the dog as Georgia’s mascot, and the rest is history. Since then, every official Uga has been owned by and lived with the Seiler family in Savannah, Ga. and makes the trip up to Athens or around the southeast on Saturdays in the fall.

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