Georgia leaders request President Biden invite UGA football team to White House

ATLANTA – Georgia political leaders on each side of the aisle have joined collectively for a standard trigger: sending the nationwide champion Georgia Bulldogs to the White Home.

Georgia’s congressional leaders despatched a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to ask the College of Georgia soccer workforce to Washington, D.C. for a White Home ceremony.

Georgia has gained the Faculty Soccer Nationwide Championship for 2 years in a row, however weren’t in a position to meet the president final yr as a consequence of COVID-19 restrictions.

In that letter, signed by Sen. Jon Ossoff, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter, and extra, mentioned it was their hope that “this repeat championship workforce can be part of the numerous groups prior which were honored by the President.” 

“We hope you’ll be part of us in recognizing the great achievements of all College of Georgia’s soccer gamers, coaches, and workers who contributed to this championship season,” the group wrote within the letter.

The Bulldogs (15-0) are the primary repeat champs in main school soccer since Alabama went back-to-back a decade in the past. There seems to be a brand new dynasty rising from the Southeastern Convention.

Georgia turned in one of many all-time beatdowns in a giant recreation of their thrashing of the TCU Horned Toads, paying homage to Nebraska operating over Florida by 38 factors within the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, USC’s 36-point rout of Oklahoma within the 2005 Orange Bowl and Alabama’s 28-point BCS blowout over Notre Dame in 2013.

No workforce has ever scored extra factors in a nationwide championship recreation, courting to the start of the BCS in 1998.

The Related Press contributed to this report.