Georgia football has the best live mascot and it’s not a close race
Georgia football is one of many schools that use a live mascot, and Bleacher Report chose violence by not giving Uga the top spot on the list.
Instead, the graphic showed him ranked at No. 6 on this list, which automatically makes us think they wanted attention with this tweet.
Part of us believes that this ranking is an old one that JWP Sports is trying to gain some traction off of since they didn’t link it, but still, Uga should never get ranked behind Smokey from Tennessee.
Thankfully the talking season is almost over, and while this list doesn’t matter — it does to a certain extent because Georgia has a better mascot than most of the ones that landed on this list.
At what point will Georgia get the respect it deserves? It’s one thing not to give it to the football team — we will take that chip on the shoulder — but to rank Uga outside the top 3 when other credible sources have put him No.1 in the country is even more disrespectful.
Regardless of what some rankings suggest, Georgia football has the best live mascot.
I found this 2016 article that includes Uga in the top five, but still, behind a hound dog — Uga is clearly superior in all ways. So it does appear that JWP Sports wanted to jerk some chains on the ole Twitter machine, but it gives us a perfect chance to remind people why Uga should be No. 1.
https://twitter.com/JWPSports/status/1562185215287500800?s=20&t=Dkv0l5MfTJ9uUojdRgTICw
If we’re being even more honest, the more exotic live mascots are technically cooler than a hound dog. It would be one thing if Georgia got beat out by Mike the Tiger or Ralphie the Buffalo, but a horse and his rider, a leprechaun and a hound dog should not be in the top five. That 2016 article puts those more exotic animals at the top, and why I still disagree, it’s better than a hound dog.
Uga can be vicious — ask that Auburn player. To be a live mascot, you have to be likable, and I feel like being able to pet and interact with them is a huge plus. No one wants to pet a leprechaun. And aren’t Ralphie and Mike the Tiger wild animals? They cannot get pet or rubbed. Look at what happened in the Sugar Bowl game when innocent Uga almost got trampled by Texas longhorn Bevo — it still brings up bad memories.
Live mascots are fantastic. However, Georgia started using live mascots as early as 1894 with a bull terrier named Trilby and, at one point, used a goat. Sonny Seiler began using his dogs in the early 1950s, and the rest is history. Yes, these other schools have had live mascots for a long time too, but Uga is king.
No one can touch Uga because he is the best and has been a staple at the University of Georgia. When people see him, they immediately know where he belongs. The leprechaun takes off his costume. The horse goes out to the pasture. Mike the Tiger stays in his cage. Ralphie also goes to the field, and I could continue, but you get the point by now.
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When people see Uga, they know, and they can interact with him like he is their dog. Georgia has the best live mascot — a hill we will gladly stay on for the rest of time.