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UGA to celebrate national championship with parade and ceremony

Bulldog offensive lineman Chris Brown celebrates after Georgia's national championship win on January 9, 2023.
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Bulldog offensive lineman Chris Brown celebrates after Georgia's national championship win on January 9, 2023.

Fresh off an historic second consecutive national championship, the Georgia Bulldogs will be honored in their hometown on Saturday.

The festivities will start at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 14 with a parade down Lumpkin Street, followed by a Dawg Walk at 1:00 and a ceremony in Sanford Stadium at 2:00. Campus will open to visitors at 7:00 a.m. and gates at the stadium will open at noon. Lumpkin Street will be closed to vehicle traffic from noon until 1:15 p.m.

Tickets will be made available to the public starting at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday.

For more information, see the UGA Athletic Association's website.

Martin Matheny is WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which is heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He lives in Normaltown with his wife, Shaye and dog, Murphy.