Sign of the times
Column by RICK MILLIANS
Call me crazy . Just to make sure I wasn ’ t dreaming I drove to Tennille . I wanted to see it in giant red letters on the white side of an old barn . 2021 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
I was not disappointed . Right there along Highway 15 , between Tennille and Wrightsville , the UGA Football Barn Sign had been updated with fresh paint .
The Georgia Bulldogs , ending a 41-year drought , are indeed the 2021 college football champions . It was a long time coming .
The old barn is one of my favorite landmarks . I have traveled past it before . A guy who now lives in Macon updates it several times a year . One of my favorites was : UGA 24 , JORTS 20 after Georgia beat Florida several years ago .
Others included : “ Be Smart . . . Commit to the G ,” “ Chubb for Heisman ” and “ Pressure is a Privilege .”
But the most prescient came after Georgia lost to Alabama in the 2017 national title game : “ We ’ re Not Going Anywhere .”
It was a vow coach Kirby Smart made after that defeat to the Tide . Boy , was he right . The barn in Tennille was just sign of how fans all over the state of Georgia got involved and rallied behind the Bulldogs . No matter your gender , race or political persuasion , you were a Dawgs fan .
Baldwin High and UGA classmate Gay Morgan emailed me a photo of a sign outside Raccoon Creek Baptist Church in Cartersville . It read : “ Athens is in the Bible . Y ’ all Seen Tuscaloosa Anywhere ?”
Everywhere I went this week , people were talking about the Dawgs ’ national title .
Photo taken from the UGA Barn Sign Facebook page .
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