Thursday, July 29, 2010

AJC: Dawg helmets were almost white

The AJC's Junkyard Blawg has an interesting column up on the history of Georgia's uniforms. Particularly noteworthy: We almost ended up with white helmets, instead of red, under Dooley, and we auctioned off last year's black helmets for charity.

Athens Bureau Chief Brian Huff in the comments:
The auction must not have gone extremely well. The UGA Bookstore is currently selling "Game Worn Black Georgia Football Helmets" for $300 a pop.
Now, for the low price of $300, you too can remember the anger you felt when you saw the Dawgs take an ass beating of epic proportions while wearing stupid black pants and helmets.

3 comments:

Brian said...

The auction must not have gone extremely well. The UGA Bookstore is currently selling "Game Worn Black Georgia Football Helmets" for $300 a pop.

http://www.bkstr.com/ProductDisplay/10001-152754-10210-32272331-1

IveyLeaguer said...

"The UGA Bookstore is currently selling 'Game Worn Black Georgia Football Helmets' for $300 a pop."

That IS idiocy. But I'm glad the helmets are no longer in the team's possession. Because wearing them was idiocy too. Hopefully we've gotten rid of the pants as well.

No more gimmicks, please. Let's take care of business wearing the best looking helmets in all of football, the traditional red ones with the Richt touches.

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Anonymous said...

They could make more money selling tickets to watch them all get thrown into a big wood chipper.