Uga X Retiring As Winningest Mascot in Georgia History

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It’s the end of an era in Athens: Uga X is retiring as Georgia football’s official mascot.
The school announced Tuesday that Uga X, also known as Que, will retire from his role as the team's beloved mascot, allowing a new English Bulldog to fill his spot. Boom, a 10-month old puppy, will be collared ahead of Georgia’s G-Day Game on Saturday and become “Uga XI.”
Though he may be leaving his official role with the program, Que will leave behind a record-breaking legacy as the Bulldogs’ mascot. Since joining the program when he was 2 and 1/2 years old in 2015, Que saw Georgia amass a 91–18 record, which included back-to-back national championships in the last two seasons.
That makes Uga X the winningest mascot in Georgia history.
Welcome, Boom!
— Georgia Bulldogs (@UGAAthletics) April 11, 2023
We can't wait to have you on the sidelines as Uga XI!
Join us at approximately 3:50pm this Saturday at G-Day for his collaring ceremony.
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Uga X passed Uga VI, who reigned from 1999 to 2008, as the winningest mascot in program history. He also became the only other bulldog besides “Seiler’s Uga Three” to win a national championship.
All of this to say: Boom, aka Uga XI, has very big paws to fill.

Zach Koons is an editor and writer at Sports Illustrated who frequently writes about College Football and Formula One. He joined SI as a Breaking and Trending News writer in February 2022 before joining the programming team in 2023. Koons previously worked at The Spun and interned for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He currently hosts the “Bleav in Northwestern” podcast and received a bachelor’s in journalism from Northwestern University.
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