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“UGA VI Many old-timers say Georgia acquired the nickname, " Bulldogs, " because of the strong ties with Yale whose nickname is Bulldogs. Georgia ' s first president, Abraham Baldwin, was a Yale man and the early buildings on campus were designed from blue prints of the same building at Yale. But on Nov. 3, 1920, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal wrote about school nicknames and said " The Georgia ' Bulldogs ' would sound good because there is a certain dignity about a bulldog, as well as ferocity. " After a 0-0 tie with Virginia in Charlottesville on Nov. 6, 1 920, Atlanta Constitution writer Cliff Wheatley used the name " Bulldogs " in his story five times. The name has been used ever since. Opening 7 ”
