The Farmer's Dog to celebrate UGA's Uga, Tennessee's Smokey, UConn's Jonathan, Tulsa's Goldie and Washington's Dubs, the beloved real dog mascots that are icons of their campus communities
NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- College sports' NIL era has produced deals for quarterbacks, point guards and some of the biggest names in college athletics. Now, the dogs are getting in on it.
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