University of Georgia

Located 60 miles northeast of Atlanta in Athens, Georgia, the University of Georgia was the first state-chartered university in the United States, making it the birthplace of the American system of public higher education. It was incorporated January 27, 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly, which gave its trustees, the Senatus Academicus of the University of Georgia, 40,000 acres (160 km²) for the purposes of founding a ?college or seminary of learning.? The university's motto is Et docere et rerum exquirere causas ("To teach and to inquire into the nature of things"). Today, it is the flagship university of the University System of Georgia.

Football

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Moving from North Campus toward South Campus—the more recently constructed campus where science and mathematics departments are located—one passes the Tate Student Center http://www.uga.edu/stuact/facilities-services/Tatecenter.html and, most notably, the 92,746 seat Sanford Stadiumhttp://georgiadogs.ocsn.com/facilities/sanford.shtml: home of the UGA Bulldog Football Team http://georgiadogs.ocsn.com/sports/m-footbl/geo-m-footbl-body.html. The white English Bulldog is UGA?s mascot and is properly known as "Uga" http://www.bulldawgs.com/history/mascot.asp. (UGA's mascot is another Yale influenced aspect of the University.) The Bulldogs play in the Southeastern Conference against teams such as the University of Tennessee, University of Alabama, and Louisiana State University. It also has a historic rivalry with Auburn, referred to as "the Deep South's oldest rivalry." The biggest rivalries, though, are between the Bulldogs and the Atlantic Coast Conference's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Florida Gators http://www.gatorzone.com/. In addition, UGA enjoyed a strong rivalry with the nearby Clemson Tigers for many years in football, especially in the 1980s. That rivalry is still intense in other sports.

Related Topics:
Sanford Stadium - English Bulldog - Mascot - Uga - Yale - Southeastern Conference - University of Tennessee - University of Alabama - Louisiana State University - Auburn - Atlantic Coast Conference - Georgia Tech - Florida - Gators - Clemson Tigers

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The UGA-UF game is held annually in late October/early November in Jacksonville, Florida: a supposedly neutral site. Often referred to as "the world's largest outdoor cocktail party," this event is a must-do for many UGA undergrads as well as alumni. The Bulldogs are cheered on in this game—as well as in all the others—by the 90,000+ fans that sell out every home game as well as the UGA Marching Band, affectionately known as ?The Redcoat Marching Band".http://www.uga.edu/~ugabands/redcoats/index.html

Related Topics:
October - November - Jacksonville, Florida

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Certainly, football dominates the UGA athletic scene. However, other notable sports teams include the UGA women's swim team http://georgiadogs.collegesports.com/sports/c-swim/geo-c-swim-body.html, the UGA equestrian team http://georgiadogs.ocsn.com/sports/w-equest/geo-w-equest-body.html, the UGA gymnastic team http://georgiadogs.ocsn.com/sports/w-gym/geo-w-gym-body.html, the UGA fencing club http://www.uga.edu/fencing/, and the UGA baseball team http://georgiadogs.ocsn.com/sports/m-basebl/geo-m-basebl-body.html and the UGA basketball teams (men's http://georgiadogs.ocsn.com/sports/m-baskbl/geo-m-baskbl-body.html and women's http://georgiadogs.ocsn.com/sports/w-baskbl/geo-w-baskbl-body.html) which play in the UGA Stegeman Coliseum http://georgiadogs.ocsn.com/facilities/2003/stegeman/index.shtml.

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