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Georgia football: Three replacements for Baba O’Riley at Sanford Stadium

By Kyle Funderburk

ATHENS, GA - SEPTEMBER 16: Georgia football running back Kregg Lumpkin (#6) runs for a touchdown against the UAB Blazers on September 16, 2006 at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia. Georgia defeated UAB 34-0. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
ATHENS, GA - SEPTEMBER 16: Georgia football running back Kregg Lumpkin (#6) runs for a touchdown against the UAB Blazers on September 16, 2006 at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia. Georgia defeated UAB 34-0. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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AUSTIN, TX – MAY 06: Singer Brantley Gilbert performs onstage during the 2017 iHeartCountry Festival, A Music Experience by AT&T at The Frank Erwin Center on May 6, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images for iHeartMedia )
AUSTIN, TX – MAY 06: Singer Brantley Gilbert performs onstage during the 2017 iHeartCountry Festival, A Music Experience by AT&T at The Frank Erwin Center on May 6, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images for iHeartMedia ) /

An edited version of “Friday Night” by Brantley Gilbert

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Who better to start this list than an artist from just 15 minutes up U.S. Highway 129 from Athens. Gilbert is from Jefferson, which just so happens to be my home town so there may be some bias in this. And the song “Friday Night” was written about Jefferson High School, a team I’ve covered numerous times for my local newspaper.

So clearly with references to high school football in Jefferson specifically, Gilbert would have to edit the lyrics so they go with college football in Athens. But looking at the lyrics, that shouldn’t be too difficult.

It would be the perfect replacement for “Baba O’Riley” because it’s not a political ballad by a british band. It’s an upbeat song about football performed by an artist who has spent much of his life around Athens.

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