Shorter Alumni Group Calls Us The Bulldogs

From the release on the Coosa Valley News:

Shorter University Baseball will host the Shorter Hawks Baseball Alumni Football & Golf Outing on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 2 and 3, in conjunction with the Shorter football game against Georgia State University at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.


Baseball alumni will be treated to a tailgate prior to the 7:30 pm. kickoff with the Bulldogs on Sept. 2. The tailgate is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be held in the Yellow Lot adjacent to the Georgia Dome.

My take: Seriously?! We need to drop kick these country folk and send them back to Rome.  Nothing gets me going like people who call you by someone else's nickname.

Shorter Bringing The Noise on Sept. 2nd

The Shorter University football team appears to have called upon a secret weapon for its season opener with University of West Alabama on Aug. 28, as well as its much-anticipated clash with Georgia State University on Sept. 2 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

The weapon you ask? The 23 flavors of Dr. Pepper.

Those who have roamed the athletic offices at the Winthrop-King Centre over the past several weeks may have noticed the arrival of a colossal quantity of mini Dr. Pepper bottles – some full, most empty.

Eventually, every bottle – approximately 1,000 in the end – are being used in creating noisemakers that will be distributed among Hawk football fans as they travel to Shorter home and away games this season, one that begins on Saturday, Aug. 28 when the Hawks travel to NCAA Div. II foe University of West Alabama.

“Initially, we will try the shakers out on the road at West Alabama, and then I expect them to be in full force at the Georgia Dome against Georgia State,” said Shorter Director of Athletics Bill Peterson, who has witnessed first hand the invasion of Dr. Pepper amidst WKC halls. “It’s a fun idea and should be really helpful to our team.””

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