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Vince Dooley narrates Georgia football hype video for national championship

The late Vince Dooley narrates a hype video for UGA football ahead of the national championship

The Georgia Bulldogs are ready to face underdog TCU Horned Frogs in the national championship. TCU is used to being the underdog and has several comeback victories this season.

Onetime Georgia coach Vince Dooley, who passed away in 2022, narrates a hype video ahead of the national championship game. This video will give Georgia fans some serious chills.

Dooley had been a critical part of the Georgia football program even after he stopped coaching and serving as the athletic director.

The Bulldogs have a chance to become back-to-back national champions. Dooley would have loved to see Georgia win another national championship, but at least he got to see Georgia’s national title win over Alabama last season.

Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart hugs Vince Dooley after defeating the Auburn Tigers in the SEC Championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

Georgia could finish the season undefeated and as national champions for the first time since 1980. It will not be easy. TCU is a tough opponent and has an excellent passing attack.

Kirby Smart emphasizes that Georgia must play connected in order to win. The Bulldogs will look to have some help from their rowdy fan base in the national championship game.

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Georgia to honor legendary coach, former Auburn player on Saturday

Georgia will honor its’ winningest coach in program history on Saturday, who happened to be a former quarterback for Auburn.

On Saturday, the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs will honor a legendary figure in their program’s history.

[autotag]Vince Dooley[/autotag], the former Auburn quarterback who became the winningest coach in Georgia Football history, passed away on Oct. 28. To pay tribute to his legacy, Georgia will wear commemorative patches on its’ jersey for the game with No. 3 Tennessee on Saturday afternoon at Sanford Stadium.

Dooley led Georgia to 201 victories and six SEC titles from 1964-88 and was the head coach for the Bulldogs’ National Championship team in 1980. Several players that Dooley coached at Georgia include wide receiver Lindsay Scott, defensive end Freddie Gilbert, and Heisman Trophy-winning running back Herschel Walker.

Dooley played for head coach [autotag]Shug Jordan[/autotag] from 1951-53. While there, Dooley threw for 699 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for 340 yards and three touchdowns over his three-year career. He earned a degree in Business Management from Auburn in 1954 and earned a masters in History from Auburn in 1963.

Prior to his long coaching and administration career at Georgia, Dooley served as quarterbacks coach at Auburn from 1956-63.

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Former Auburn player Vince Dooley passes away

A former Auburn player and coach, Vince Dooley has died at the age of 90.

Former Auburn captain and Georgia football coach [autotag]Vince Dooley[/autotag], passed away Friday night at the age of 90. The University of Georgia announced the news.

The Mobile, Alabama, native played at McGill-Toolen High School before playing quarterback at Auburn from 1951-53. He was a captain in his senior season and graduated with a business management degree.

He returned to Auburn in 1956 and spent eight seasons as an assistant coach, helping the Tigers win their first national championship in 1957. He left Auburn after the 1963 season to take over the Georgia Bulldogs.

He spent 25 years as head coach of the Bulldogs and became their all-time winningest coach with a record of 201-77-10. His teams won the SEC six times and eight bowl games.

His 1980 squad went 12-0 and defeated Notre Dame 17-10 to win the national championship.

He served as Georgia’s athletic director from 1979-2004. He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1978, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1984, and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.

Photos: Vince Dooley throughout the years

Take a trip down memory lane and look at some of the top photos of legendary UGA football coach Vince Dooley

Georgia Bulldogs former coach and athletic director Vince Dooley passed away on Oct. 28, 2022. Dooley helped the University of Georgia win a national championship in 1980. He remained heavily involved with the university following his coaching days.

Dooley played college football at Auburn from 1951-1953. Dooley served in the United States Marine Corps before becoming a football coach. He was an assistant at Auburn from 1956-1963. He coached at Georgia from 1964-1988.

The Georgia football coaching legend is the winningest coach in school history. Dooley won 201 football games during his career with the Bulldogs. He finished with a career record of 201-77-10. Dooley won six SEC championships.

Vince Dooley worked as the athletic director at Georgia from 1979-2004. Can you imagine serving as athletic director and football coach these days? That just doesn’t happen anymore.

Dooley’s impact on Georgia was so profound that the Bulldogs named Sanford Stadium’s field “Dooley Field” after the legendary coach. UGA and Bulldog nation is glad it named the field after Dooley in 2019, so he could celebrate the honor. Additionally, Dooley got to finally see Georgia win another national title in 2021.

Let’s take a trip down memory lane and look back at some of the best pictures of Vince Dooley throughout the years.

Legendary college football coach Vince Dooley dead at 90

RIP to a legend.

Former Georgia head football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley died Friday at the age of 90.  Dooley had been hospitalized due to complications from COVID and pneumonia earlier this month.

Dooley is Georgia’s all-time winningest football coach and the fourth-winningest coach in the history of the SEC with the 201-77-10 mark he registered from 1964-1988.  Only Bear Bryant, Nick Saban, and Steve Spurrier won more games in SEC play.

Just how long was Dooley at Georgia?

For Notre Dame fans, which we’re guessing most of you reading this are seeing as this site is named Fighting Irish Wire, 1964 was also [autotag]Ara Parseghian[/autotag]’s first year in South Bend and 1988 was the third year of [autotag]Lou Holtz[/autotag], which happened to be Notre Dame’s last national championship team.

Dooley coached Georgia to the national championship in 1980 which they secured after beating Notre Dame 17-10 in the Sugar Bowl.  Until 2017, that was the only time Notre Dame and Georgia had ever met.

Dooley is survived by his wife of 62 years, Barbara, children Deanna, Daniel, Denise, and Derek, 11 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to our friends at UGA Wire, the Georgia football family, and college football fans everywhere with the passing of an all-time great.

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Remembering SEC icon Vince Dooley

Remembering SEC icon Vince Dooley.

Former Georgia head coach and athletics director Vince Dooley has died.

He was 90.

“It is impossible to quantify what coach Dooley has meant to the University of Georgia,” the University of Georgia announced Friday. “He embodied everything that UGA represents and made where this program stands today possible. Dawg Nation, we celebrate and honor the life of a DGD! Thank you, Coach.”

Dooley served as Georgia’s head coach from 1964-88, compiling a 201–77–10 record. He won the 1980 national championship and six Southeastern Conference championships (1966, 1968, 1976, 1980–1982).

Dooley’s son, Derek Dooley, served as Tennessee’s head coach from 2010-12.

As Georgia’s head coach, Dooley played Tennessee seven times. Georgia went 4-2-1 versus the Vols.

Before becoming Georgia’s head coach, Dooley served as an assistant at Auburn from 1956-63. He played at Auburn from 1951-53.

“In loving memory of Vince Dooley, former Auburn player and coach and one of the most iconic figures in the history of the SEC,” Auburn University announced Friday. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Dooley family and our friends at the University of Georgia.”

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Marcus Mariota named as honorary captain when Oregon meets Georgia

Marcus Mariota was named as Oregon’s honorary captain when the Ducks meet UGA in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game.

The Oregon-Georgia game is a pretty big deal in the world of college football and the stars will be out.

In keeping with its tradition of recognizing notable team alumni, officials today announced that former Duck quarterback Marcus Mariota and former Bulldog tailback Willie McClendon will be honorary captains for their respective alma maters at the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game between Oregon and Georgia. The honorary captains will join the team captains at midfield for the pregame coin toss prior to the 12:30 p.m. PST kickoff on Sept. 3 in Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Mariota, the current Atlanta Falcons quarterback, played in Eugene from 2011-14.  The most decorated player in Oregon history, Mariota earned unanimous All-America and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year honors and was named the winner of the 2014 Heisman Trophy.  Mariota finished his career as the Pac-12’s career total touchdowns leader (135) and holds the career records for passing yards (10,081) and career passing touchdowns (105) at Oregon. He was selected with the second overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft, and spent his first four seasons with the Tennessee Titans. After a recent two-year stretch with the Las Vegas Raiders, Mariota signed a two-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons this past offseason.

Representing Georgia will be McClendon, who played under former head coach Vince Dooley from 1976-78. In 1977, in the only previous meeting between Oregon and Georgia, he scored the game-clinching touchdown in the fourth quarter to help lead the Bulldogs to a 27-16 victory. After rushing for 1,312 yards and scoring 13 touchdowns during his junior season, McClendon was named SEC Player of the Year in 1978. He was then drafted in the third round of the NFL draft in 1979 by the Chicago Bears. After his four-year playing career, McClendon went on to serve as an assistant on the Georgia coaching staff from 1989 through the 1993 season.

The 18th edition of the nation’s longest-running kickoff game will feature the defending Pac-12 North Division Champion Ducks squaring off with the defending College Football Playoff National Champion Bulldogs. Georgia is making its third appearance in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game after most recently defeating North Carolina 33-24 in Kirby Smart’s first victory as a head coach in 2016. Meanwhile, Oregon will appear in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game for the first time in the program’s history. This will mark only the second time the two football programs have met and will be their first meeting since that 1977 contest.

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Auburn fans recall their earliest disdain for Georgia

There’s not a lot of love between Auburn and Georgia fans.

There’s no love lost between Auburn and Georgia in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. For 128 years the two fan bases have absolutely hated each other and with the birth of social media, that hate fire isn’t going out any time soon.

For some the hatred began at birth, while others didn’t discover their true feelings until much later. Personally, my hatred began on November 15, 2013 on the eve of The Miracle in Jordan Hare. It was late Friday night in Auburn and I was at the Domino’s on Magnolia trying to enjoy my pizza in peace when I was barked at by a rabid Uga out of nowhere.

I could no longer enjoy my pizza. It was at that moment I knew, tolerance was no longer the answer.

Here’s what other people had to say about their first Georgia-hatred epiphany, and it’s not just Auburn fans here. Other fan bases had to chime in as well:

1. In the womb, don’t matter, still hating Georgia:

2. At conception:

3. As soon as they entered the world:

4. Alabama fan shares their thoughts

5. Tennessee fans also chime in

6. Speaking of Mark Richt 🙁

7. And Vince Dooley too 🙁

8. That “UGAly” behavior

This list of disdain is truly eternal. In summary, everyone hates Georgia. If you have been personally victimized by a Georgia fan, feel free to respond to the original thread. If you are a Georgia fan, why are you even here?

War Eagle.

Georgia football play of the day

Watch the Georgia football play of the day here

First, Happy Father’s Day to all the great dads out there, we appreciate you – especially those who have passed on their Bulldog fandom to those future generations!

In honor of this special day, I chose one of my father’s favorite plays in Georgia football history – “Run Lindsay, Run!”.

In Georgia’s championship season of 1980, the Bulldogs found themselves in a tight game with rival Florida. There was 1:35 remaining in the fourth quarter as Georgia trailed 21-20 and faced a critical third-and-11 from their own 8-yard line.

The rest was beautiful Bulldog history narrated by the great Larry Munson…

Watch it here:

PODCAST: Vince Dooley remembers Pat Dye

PODCAST: Vince Dooley remembers Pat Dye

Remembering Pat Dye — 1939 — 2020

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Nov 26,1992; Birmingham, AL, USA; FILE PHOTO; Auburn Tigers head coach Pat Dye walking off the field post game against Alabama Crimson Tide at Legion Field. Mandatory Credit: USA TODAY Sports

Former Auburn head coach Pat Dye passed away on Monday.

Dye served as Auburn’s head coach from 1981–92, winning four Southeastern Conference championships (1983, 1987, 1988, 1989). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Former Georgia head coach Vince Dooley joined the show “Tennessee Two-A-Days” and discussed coaching against Dye. Dooley also discussed coaching against Tennessee and Georgia’s 1980 national championship season.

The show can be listened to here or below.

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