A Couple of Sports Mascots

Uga, the Bulldog Mascot at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, has been around for 50 years. The complete line of dead Ugas are entombed in the walls of Sanford Stadium, near the main gate. There is a small bronze statue, and a memorial plaque for each heroic football mascot. Uga IV lounges in his air conditioned doghouse near the cheerleader's platform; he replaced the aging Uga V at a 1999 game against South Carolina.

Peruna the Horse, Dallas, Texas
Peruna was a shetland colt, and the beloved mascot of Southern Methodist University. His eternal resting place is in the shadows of Ownby Stadium, where the SMU Mustangs played their home games in the dark days before the Cotton Bowl. The grave is marked by a marble/cement Mustang with a bowed head, resting on its hind quarters and knees as if asleep.

Several other Perunas are rumored to also be buried in the same area.
[North Dallas, SMU campus, intersection of Mockingbird Ave. and Airline Drive.]

May 19, 2013

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