Comments on Georgia Sports Blog: Funeral for Uga VI

hey, I left that comment to lit you people know th...

2008-07-02T20:53:00.000-04:00

hey, I left that comment to lit you people know that bashing on the Seilers for wanting to have their family pet's funeral is really not right. Not to hear people attack me on how i personaly felt when i learned of Uga's death Acting as if I did not care about Uga at all.

And when a dog is the only thing in your life, and, just as an example. If a dog is the only thing in your life, and

Anon 12:21 said,"After I heard the news of Uga's d...

2008-07-02T08:40:00.000-04:00

Anon 12:21 said,
"After I heard the news of Uga's death, i shut off my TV and went up to my bedroom, and sat down for about an hour without a word. I dont think i have went five minutes without thinking about Uga since then."

Is this a joke? Are you serious? I cried when we lost to Penn State and the national title in '82. I almost cried when I learned Herschel left. But back

It's very sad to beleive that UGA fans would act l...

2008-07-02T00:21:00.000-04:00

It's very sad to beleive that UGA fans would act like this about Uga's funeral. The Seilers owned Uga, and it was their decision to make on the funeral. In the begining, the idea was, that Uga belonged to the Seilers, but they would willingly share him with the university, and take him to all of the events.

So all of you shooting down the Seilers for making Uga's funeral private,

Perhaps it's time for the Seiler family to call it...

2008-07-01T22:45:00.000-04:00

Perhaps it's time for the Seiler family to call it a day and have another University of Georgia family sponsor UGA. I'm sure many would love the opportunity and would do an equal if not better job than Sonny. But nope - that will never happen. Sonny, Swann, et al love the attention and the constant notoriety that comes with being UGA's first family.

As for Seiler discussion above,

GXtra has a free (edited) video of the funeral. It...

2008-07-01T17:05:00.000-04:00

GXtra has a free (edited) video of the funeral. It can be found at http://tinyurl.com/65fcn5.

I'm sure many of us would jump at the chance to be...

2008-07-01T10:40:00.000-04:00

I'm sure many of us would jump at the chance to be Uga's owner now. But back in 1956, many of the "perks" the Seiler's now receive were not there. Driving the dog to over 300 games - back and forth from Savannah, is no treat. Devoting your time to take the dog to events - where the University gets publicity, is not an easy thing. Having to smile and be nice to complete stranger for hours on end

EmotionalFescue:I'm not bashing the Seilers. I'm n...

2008-07-01T09:29:00.000-04:00

EmotionalFescue:

I'm not bashing the Seilers. I'm not saying that all public figures should have funerals, parties, weddings, etc open to the public. I don't have a problem with Seiler not wanting folks to show up.

I'm just pointing out the inconsistency in releasing the date, time and place to the press, allowing a newspaper to take and publish photos, and, most of all,

I could be wrong, but it seems like some of you ar...

2008-07-01T08:59:00.000-04:00

I could be wrong, but it seems like some of you are saying that when ANY public figure dies his or her funeral should be open to the public?

Most famous individuals have private funerals or private burials. What's you reason for being there? ''I'm a fan.'' So farking what. I have one word for y'all: 'empathy'

And what's more pathetic is that when the dog's owner asks

c said, The University airplane is not a private h...

2008-07-01T08:52:00.000-04:00

c said,

The University airplane is not a private holding. Sanford Stadium is not owned by the UGAA; it is owned by the Board of Regents. Any bets that the University physical plant employees owned the vault, and university police provided security?

By the way, the UGAA isn't totally private, as the open records court cases show.

I have no problem with the plane, vault

Mackie: The ABH story said the epitaph will be cho...

2008-07-01T02:21:00.000-04:00

Mackie:

The ABH story said the epitaph will be chosen later. I'd vote for something incorporating "The Big Dawg" or something like that.

Wonder if there's any chance they might throw it open to public nomination/voting?

Just FYI, the UGAA is a privately funded entity wh...

2008-06-30T23:55:00.000-04:00

Just FYI, the UGAA is a privately funded entity which does not use Georgia State Tax Dollars. Georgia Law prohibits University System athletic departments from using state funds.

To paraphrase Kevin Spacey's character in "Midnigh...

2008-06-30T23:43:00.000-04:00

To paraphrase Kevin Spacey's character in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil":

"No matter what you do for the rest of your life, you will never be as famous as UGA."

Every DAWG fan will get their chance to pay their respect to UGA when they attend a game. If the funeral was open to the public, there's no telling how many people might show up and how they will act. This

Hey PWD:Is it customary to have a temporary plaque...

2008-06-30T23:02:00.000-04:00

Hey PWD:
Is it customary to have a temporary plaque on the tomb or is the one shown on AJC.com going to be the final one. I just noticed it didn't have a quote at the end such as "Damn good dawg" or "not bad for a dawg" like some of the others have.

Also if I misspelled anything or messed up any of the tomb readings I request that readers don't call me a dumbass for not getting it

In other news,http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/met...

2008-06-30T22:46:00.000-04:00

In other news,

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/06/30/georgia_tech_tarrant_rape.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

It's not the fans I worry about behaving themselve...

2008-06-30T22:11:00.000-04:00

It's not the fans I worry about behaving themselves, it's the media. We all know how they react a funerals.

I truly thought so. I couldn't tell on the work c...

2008-06-30T21:45:00.000-04:00

I truly thought so. I couldn't tell on the work computer speakers. Effin Vol fans; I should've known.

@ andy Not only is it a fake, it not even a good ...

2008-06-30T21:41:00.000-04:00

@ andy

Not only is it a fake, it not even a good fake.

If the UGA airplane flies S. Seiler and the dog fr...

2008-06-30T21:26:00.000-04:00

If the UGA airplane flies S. Seiler and the dog from Savannah it looks less like a "private ceremony."

Frankly, I have no problem with UGA flying Seiler to Athens and letting him bury the dog at Sanford. Its the mascot, for Pete's sake. I am amused at the claim that it's a private family affair using the University jet and Sanford vault, though.

That's gotta be fake. Unless someone can prove ot...

2008-06-30T21:17:00.000-04:00

That's gotta be fake. Unless someone can prove otherwise. That can't be real. He wouldn't say that.

But is that really Munson? Is it a joke? Somethi...

2008-06-30T21:14:00.000-04:00

But is that really Munson? Is it a joke? Something sounds fishy. It was a link sent to me in an e-mail by non-Dawgs. . .

Hobnail,I claim the same rights to the University,...

2008-06-30T20:22:00.000-04:00

Hobnail,

I claim the same rights to the University, but I don't claim a right to someone else's pet. I agree that thousands of fans would probably do the same thing that the Seilers do, but the fact is that they don't do what the Seilers do. If the Seilers want a private ceremony to remember their family pet, I believe in honoring that request. I think that getting pissed off about

I was thinking about going to the bridge and try t...

2008-06-30T19:46:00.000-04:00

I was thinking about going to the bridge and try to get photos of the funeral but once I saw your blog post yesterday I could not in good conscious go against the wishes of the Seiler family. He was a DGD and will be sorely missed.
Hopefully UGA VII will be at the Countdown to Kickoff Gala! I can't wait to welcome him to the fold!

don't forget about Cornbread! And I'm sure Johnny ...

2008-06-30T18:43:00.000-04:00

don't forget about Cornbread! And I'm sure Johnny Rauch and Erk Russell are there as well.

I think the fact that Uga V passed the bone earlie...

2008-06-30T18:41:00.000-04:00

I think the fact that Uga V passed the bone earlier in the year to VI, we all kind of new it was coming. I was attending UGA at the time Uga V passed, and I remember being sad, but they changed the collar, and we got to let V rest for a little while before he passed. It seemed a little more inevitable. Uga VI's passing just seemed so sudden.

RIP VI.... You're having dinner with Lewis

PWD:I need a Munson Mix incorparating "ballsack."T...

2008-06-30T18:33:00.000-04:00

PWD:

I need a Munson Mix incorparating "ballsack."

Thanks