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05-06-2008, 10:37 PM
By CHIP TOWERS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/06/08
Think you know everything there is to know about Uga?
You can find out for yourself tomorrow night when a documentary about the University of Georgia's mascot airs on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS) television. The one-hour special is scheduled to run around 10 p.m. following the Georgia-Georgia Tech baseball game.
"Uga and His Family" was shot by Jeffries Eldridge and Jeff Corley of Valdosta, who followed Uga VI through last season. They start with Picture Day last August, reveal where Uga lives at the home of Sonny and Cecelia Seiler in Savannah and follow him on his journey to Athens for a game-day weekend.
"We kind of do a brief history of the mascots and then show what Uga goes through during a typical season," said Eldridge, whose company S.O. Productions normally shoots outdoor sports features for television. "It's really sort of a tribute to the Seilers and a behind-the-scenes look to all the work that goes getting Uga to and from games."
The documentary will air again on CSS on Sunday at 5 p.m. and is expected to be featured on ESPN-U and other sports networks later this year.
The documentary will be available on DVD this summer for "around $19 or $20," according to Jeffries, a portion of which will go toward maintaining the Uga monuments at Sanford Stadium.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/06/08
Think you know everything there is to know about Uga?
You can find out for yourself tomorrow night when a documentary about the University of Georgia's mascot airs on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS) television. The one-hour special is scheduled to run around 10 p.m. following the Georgia-Georgia Tech baseball game.
"Uga and His Family" was shot by Jeffries Eldridge and Jeff Corley of Valdosta, who followed Uga VI through last season. They start with Picture Day last August, reveal where Uga lives at the home of Sonny and Cecelia Seiler in Savannah and follow him on his journey to Athens for a game-day weekend.
"We kind of do a brief history of the mascots and then show what Uga goes through during a typical season," said Eldridge, whose company S.O. Productions normally shoots outdoor sports features for television. "It's really sort of a tribute to the Seilers and a behind-the-scenes look to all the work that goes getting Uga to and from games."
The documentary will air again on CSS on Sunday at 5 p.m. and is expected to be featured on ESPN-U and other sports networks later this year.
The documentary will be available on DVD this summer for "around $19 or $20," according to Jeffries, a portion of which will go toward maintaining the Uga monuments at Sanford Stadium.