What's your Georgia story?

#51
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VolinWayne said:
My favorite memory is definitely the Dobbs to Jennings miracle. I've never been on such an emotional roller coaster. In a matter of seconds we went from Georgia fans all arpund me barking in my face to me just laying on the ground screaming at the top of my lungs in disbelief. The most amazing thing was the walk out of the stadium back to the car with my brother-in-law (who is a big Georgia fan) and it was absolutely nobody talking. It was like the whole stadium was in shock.
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Ahhh the Ole Shock and Vol!!

No cool story like most here. Just watched from home and saw that prayer of a pass go into the endzone. I knew Jennings would give life or limb to catch it if he could.
 
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My story is the Hail Mary game in Athens I was there. I got pissed off when Georgia scored in the final seconds and began leaving to beat traffic. As I was walking out past their concession stands I seen on a tv the entire final play and ran back to the stands to celebrate.
 
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McDad said:
Whether it be attending an unforgettable game, fighting with rival fans, your first game with your parents, or whatever, the UGA game has been part of our history for decades.

What's your best story from a UT / UGA game?

Ill start:
The hail Mary. I was stuck in traffic in Atlanta listening to the game on UGA radio. It was dark. UGA scored for the lead. All the cars around me were honking their horns in celebration. My phone was blowing up with texts from a Florida fan I worked with rubbing it in.
We all remember the incredible play. The Georgia announcers were so angry. I actually heard people cussing and yelling in cars close to me. After things settled a few seconds later a lone, proud car horn could be heard celebrating on I 75 north...and that was me. My Florida "friend" sent a one word reply to my text, "unbelievable".
Rode all the way home to middle tennessee with a huge grin on my face!
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1. Not a UGA/UT story but dad was a UGA employee on the GA Experiment Stations in my hometown. His research position afforded him professor status, so access to tickets. Can't even remember the game but when I was in the 11-12 range he took me to a game in Athens. My first college game. Was quite impressive as a youngster.

2. My son bought me tickets for my birthday in '21 to UT/SCar. In '23 he got me (us) tickets again for UT/GA in Knoxville. THose were pretty special. UT came out the gate on fire, then Kirby said not so fast my friend. Son was then older and fresh out of HS. He doen't have a die hard team that he goes nuts over, but he obviously had a good time and was in low key awe of the whole UT home game thing. Those were his only 2 college games so far. He never played in front of more than a couple hundred in HS probably. He's no dummy either. I'm pretty sure the UGA tickets were strictly for a return trip to Gus'. I've been to maybe 5 or 6 games over my lifetime. My grandparents lived off John Sevier Hwy and gramps would drop me off top of the hill in front of the big church and have an easy trek down to the entrance on that side.

3. Even with dads UGA career, me and my brother both have somehow always been UT fans. My path to that was having been in HS with Gault when he got recruited. But, my most memorable UT moment was on a visit to my grandparents. We have some really close friends from AL and me and their youngest were 4 years apart but did alot together. They were with us on that visit. He wanted to see Neyland, so we drove over there. Can't recall exact year, but likely early 80's. I was already driving. It was spring and some gates were unlocked and we went in and watched some kickers kick, and some QB/Receiver route practice. Somehow we were able to roam around unquestioned. Went all the way to the top, counting how long it took for spit to reach the ground. Place was pretty empty, and I guess no one really noticed us at all up there. WE GOT LOCKED IN. He was tall and lanky and we found one gate he could squeeze through but I couldn't so he squeezed back in. We finally found a place to climb out. On the side that faces up the hill toward the big church where the entrances had a walkway over the gulley and chain link wings out over the side, we scaled those chain links wings out, and back in and fianlly got out. But, not before running routes on the field and throwing touchdowns with ghost balls when we found out we had the whole stadium to ourselves. Bless those old VFL's that played on theat old astro turf. That had to be rough. But, we had a blast.
 
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McDad said:
Whether it be attending an unforgettable game, fighting with rival fans, your first game with your parents, or whatever, the UGA game has been part of our history for decades.

What's your best story from a UT / UGA game?

Ill start:
The hail Mary. I was stuck in traffic in Atlanta listening to the game on UGA radio. It was dark. UGA scored for the lead. All the cars around me were honking their horns in celebration. My phone was blowing up with texts from a Florida fan I worked with rubbing it in.
We all remember the incredible play. The Georgia announcers were so angry. I actually heard people cussing and yelling in cars close to me. After things settled a few seconds later a lone, proud car horn could be heard celebrating on I 75 north...and that was me. My Florida "friend" sent a one word reply to my text, "unbelievable".
Rode all the way home to middle tennessee with a huge grin on my face!
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My first UGA game was in 1981; my girlfriend's family were season ticket holders on the 40-yard line. I believe they played the University of California, and the Bulldogs won. I was too busy staring at her, Georgia girls were beautiful and that accent........damn!
 
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When I was young, my bedtime was before the night game finished. If we were watching a game on Saturdays that bedtime could be amended, but not if it were a blowout or a game we were losing. In 2006 we were getting late in the 2nd, so off to bed I went. Waking up in the morning and watching highlights absolutely blew my mind.

 
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I've shared before, but.... We were with our church at a members house for that Dobbnail boot game. When Georgia scored, my pastor ran circles around me, his wife brought me a Georgia towel to "wipe my tears", and everyone was rubbing it in. Then, it happened, their cheers turned to silence, and it was my turn. Best part, I took that towel back to my pastors wife, and simply said, "you're gonna need this".
 
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Watched a group of UGA fans bark their heads off to a kid that may have been 18. These fans were in their 40s. I said to the kid “this is why you shouldnt do drugs” and one of the UGA fans looked at me, started growling, and bit off a chunk of his red and black pom pom. This was in 2018 I believe
 
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rikberry31 said:
My Dobbnail boot story: We we watching the game at the house with a bunch of friends and my wife invited her girlfriend and her obnoxious, idiot husband who was total football retard. He was slobbering on and on how Georgia was gonna whip us. Every time he was in the room we played like crap and everytime he left good stuff would happen.
After the Eason girl threw the bomb for a touchdown at the end he was talking all manner of shite. Just before the last play, he stepped outside to get at drink out of the cooler during the commercial. I locked his azz outside. The Dobbnail Boot happens, everyone loses their minds and he's looking through the window knocking on the door like a fool. It was the best. To this day I take credit for changing the mojo and winning that game.
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Rik gets it!
 
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I will go against the grain on this one and use a GT/Georgia matchup in the mid 90s. 93 or 94 ish. They used to play the game on Thanksgiving.

There was some bad juju in the air that morning for some reason. Maybe it was the holiday, maybe people were still drunk from the night before, I really don't know-but things were certainly more tense than normal for a GT game.

Anyway, at some point-the Georgia mascot got just a bit close to the student section. I'm really not sure if he was pulled in or jumped in after someone who was jawing at him.

Fights everywhere man.

Just another day at a UT game but GT games were usually calm and organized affairs for the most part. Sterile. Just like all the concrete in the buildings in that jungle
 
#67
#67
My anniversary typically fell on the UGA game, we thought about going but ended up just with a night or two in Chattanooga. We decided we were going to watch it at the TacoMac downtown. It was about split right down the middle, maybe 55/45 vols to UGA fans. Had the most obnoxious couple sitting at the same long community table with us. Talked so much smack the entire game. When Georgia took the final lead they were really sure it was over and left, wish they would have stuck around for the Dobbsnail boot hailmary. Once it landed the place erupted, saw an 80 something year old with tears and a walker dancing around singing Rockytop. It was awesome.
 
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utvolpj said:
For worst: when I lived in AZ I would fly back to go to one game with my dad. We picked uga for 2001 (in 2000 it was UF/Gaffney "catch")
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2001 was my second game ever. Parents let me drive up from Chattanooga by myself as a high school Junior. Freedom, baby. Can’t remember exactly what happened with friends and tickets, but I ended up walking right by some officers holding my one finger in the air, and the officer stopped me and I was like “Oops”, but he ended up giving me a ticket…to the game. Then the 2:00 minutes of prevent defense happened. I knew diddly squat about football then, but I knew after 2 or 3 plays it was a hog wash. I was probably the first one out of the stadium after they scored their winning touchdown. I remember being furious. They’re my least favorite team in CFB to this day. I know. I’m a weird Vol fan.
 
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Top story is definitely the Dobbnail Boot. We were listening to the game on the way home from vacation. Got home in time to turn the TV on and watch the lead slip away with UGA’s late TD. My hope once again dashed, I’m watching with my oldest son and I can see on his face the love for all things Tennessee that I’ve instilled in my boys, the same love my Pappaw instilled in me. My son is full of confidence. “There’s still a chance Dad. It’s not over!” And then…….. a miracle! Jennings!!!!!! We jumped up and down, hugging each other and screaming. I think I cried honestly. My wife thought something bad had happened and came running in the living room. My younger son at the time comes in screaming and crying not knowing what I’m yelling about. It was an incredible moment that I’ll never forget because I shared it with my boys.

A distant second was a game I went to with my father in law against UGA & Richt’s Bulldogs in 2007. Couple of young Bulldog fans sitting right in front of us just talking trash nonstop. Any of you who remember that game know that trash talk didn’t last long. Vols won 35-14. Nice game from Arian Foster.
 
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Back when I took my cousin to a Georgia game in traded tickets to get three together located in the midst of a sea of red. He had recently lost his son and I wanted to help him in any way . Needless to say Fulmer did the fifty yard squid kick setting up David Green perfectly to beat us. Well of course this is when crack cocaine must have become relevant in Georgia because this one guys mouth was all over. I and my brother stayed put but cousin had to leave go stand by the rail.
 
#72
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I was at the Tennessee Georgia game in 1980 and the Vols were doing pretty good, when they brought in the fourth string running back. Some Walker guy, I don't remember.
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#73
#73
'97 - Jamal Lewis doing his thing

Edit: I started reading the thread and after a while my mind rewrote the title of the thread to "favorite Georgia game". I don't have a story. My bad.
 
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My cousin attended georgia in 2000. I came to party and go to game with him, my wife, and all of his college buddies. We sat in the student section down low and we wore georgia shirts. We had to rush the field or be run over by those further up. We partied the rest of the night at their apartment complex wearing our tn gear and had a blast. Great times!
 
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GVF said:
1. Not a UGA/UT story but dad was a UGA employee on the GA Experiment Stations in my hometown. His research position afforded him professor status, so access to tickets. Can't even remember the game but when I was in the 11-12 range he took me to a game in Athens. My first college game. Was quite impressive as a youngster.

2. My son bought me tickets for my birthday in '21 to UT/SCar. In '23 he got me (us) tickets again for UT/GA in Knoxville. THose were pretty special. UT came out the gate on fire, then Kirby said not so fast my friend. Son was then older and fresh out of HS. He doen't have a die hard team that he goes nuts over, but he obviously had a good time and was in low key awe of the whole UT home game thing. Those were his only 2 college games so far. He never played in front of more than a couple hundred in HS probably. He's no dummy either. I'm pretty sure the UGA tickets were strictly for a return trip to Gus'. I've been to maybe 5 or 6 games over my lifetime. My grandparents lived off John Sevier Hwy and gramps would drop me off top of the hill in front of the big church and have an easy trek down to the entrance on that side.

3. Even with dads UGA career, me and my brother both have somehow always been UT fans. My path to that was having been in HS with Gault when he got recruited. But, my most memorable UT moment was on a visit to my grandparents. We have some really close friends from AL and me and their youngest were 4 years apart but did alot together. They were with us on that visit. He wanted to see Neyland, so we drove over there. Can't recall exact year, but likely early 80's. I was already driving. It was spring and some gates were unlocked and we went in and watched some kickers kick, and some QB/Receiver route practice. Somehow we were able to roam around unquestioned. Went all the way to the top, counting how long it took for spit to reach the ground. Place was pretty empty, and I guess no one really noticed us at all up there. WE GOT LOCKED IN. He was tall and lanky and we found one gate he could squeeze through but I couldn't so he squeezed back in. We finally found a place to climb out. On the side that faces up the hill toward the big church where the entrances had a walkway over the gulley and chain link wings out over the side, we scaled those chain links wings out, and back in and fianlly got out. But, not before running routes on the field and throwing touchdowns with ghost balls when we found out we had the whole stadium to ourselves. Bless those old VFL's that played on theat old astro turf. That had to be rough. But, we had a blast.
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I grew up on a UT Forestry Experiment Station, awesome childhood.
 
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