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Uga VI

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Uga IV has reigned from the 1999 season to the present, and his official name was "Uga V's Whatchagot Loran." As of the end of the 2007 season, his record is 56-27. The pregame passing of the bone ceremony from Uga V to his heftier and friskier son, Whatchagot Loran, took place at the 1999 Georgia-South Carolina contest. Only a year old at his coronation, Uga VI stands as the biggest of all the Uga mascots weighing in at over 60 pounds — 15 pounds heavier than his father. The 2000 season ended in Hawaii, but due to the distance and a quarantine rule, Uga VI missed the O’ahu Bowl, marking the first time the Georgia mascot had missed the postseason game since the 1969 Sun Bowl. While his father, Uga V, catapulted the mascot into the national spotlight, Uga VI has been featured in Sports Illustrated, a 2001 Emmy-winning episode of Turner South's Liars and Legends, part of a college football segment on NBC Nightly News and was the special guest at a reception for the Georgia Congressmen in Washington D.C., in 2002.