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You can find them at Dick Ferguson's in Athens.

Heroes have graced the field before you. Men with hearts, bodies and minds of which the entire Bulldawg Nation can be justifiably proud. The tradition of unbridled excellence demonstrated by these individuals and many others spans more than a full century.

And now a new breed of Bulldawg stands ready to take the field of Battle. To assume the reigns of their Georgia forebears and continue that tradition understanding that there is no tradition more worthy of envy, no institution worthy of such loyalty as The University of Georgia. As we prepare for another meeting between the hedges let all the Bulldawg faithful rally behind the men who now wear the red and black with two words - two simple words - that express the sentiments of the entire Bulldawg Nation. GO DAWGS!

They are for academic success as opposed to athletic success (the white bones).

Total NCAA Team Championships: 21
Men's championships: 7
Women's championships: 14
Coed championships: 0

Breakdown by Sport:
Men's baseball: 1
Men's golf: 2
Women's golf: 2
Women's gymnastics: 6
Women's swimming & diving: 4
Men's tennis: 4
Women's tennis: 2

October 30th, 1897 - In a football game played between the University of Georgia and the University of Virginia in Atlanta, Georgia standout Richard Vonalbade ("Von") Gammon was fatally injured in a play. His death stunned the state, and Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Mercer disbanded their football teams. Headlines in the Atlanta Journal proclaimed "Death Knell of Football." Nationwide, newspapers and clergy had joined to call for the abolishment of football. At the time, the Georgia General Assembly was in session and quickly passed a bill to outlaw football at state institutions. The bill only awaited Gov. Atkinson's approval. At this point, a letter that Von Gammon's mother had written her state representative was made public. in the letter Rosalind Gammon wrote:

It would be the greatest favor to the family of Von Gammon if your influence could prevent his death being used for an argument detrimental to the athletic cause and its advancement at the university. His love for his college and his interest in all manly sports, without which he deemed the highest type of manhood impossible, is well known by his classmates and friends, and it would be inexpressibly said to have the cause he held so dear injured by his sacrifice. Grant me the right to request that my boy's death should not be used to defeat the most cherished object of his life."