There is a new factor in the Warnock-Walker race.

[GaYellowDawg]

Vince Dooley passed away yesterday. He was Herschel's coach and probably the most important figure in Georgia athletics history, and recorded a campaign commercial for Walker this fall.

I was a 13 year old in 1980 when the Dawgs won a national championship. I absolutely worshipped the ground that Walker and Dooley walked on. I lost all respect for Herschel over the years as I heard of his domestic abuse, but I still respected Dooley right up to the point where he stumped for Trump in 2016. He tarnished his reputation with me at that point - it was like a knife to the heart. I haven't felt the same about him since. But anyone who is Republican or independent in Georgia who's been a UGA fan? They will go to the polls and vote for Walker as a tribute to Dooley.

I hope this isn't the case, but I think this happening so close to the election will throw it to Walker.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. "throw it"? I think it will have no measurable or noticeable effect. . . nt

[GaYellowDawg]

3. I hope you're right

I want Senator Warnock there for another 6!!

[brooklynite]

2. Meaningless...

Any voter this enamored of Dooley was already enamored of Walker.

[GaYellowDawg]

4. Not necessarily.

Enamored of Dooley doesn't mean enamored of Walker. I've been a Georgia fan for over 40 years and I know the room.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

10. I can't say this is good news. But it is good to have perspective

from someone who "knows the room."

I don't presume to understand Georgia politics. But I get Georgia football. And what you are saying makes sense and it is worrisome.

I'm going to remain optimistic that the character of Gabriel Warnock brings him victory in the end.

[budkin]

5. I disagree. People already have their minds made up.

This won't change much, if anything at all.

[GaYellowDawg]

6. I suppose so.

I want Sen. Warnock to win this one so badly that I can freak out about anything, I suppose.

[Xavier Breath]

7. By the title of the thread

I thought perhaps yet still another almost baby mama had come forward. Well, maybe tomorrow.

[H2O Man]

8. The sky is falling

[pstokely]

11. does he even have any connection to younger voters?

and transplants who might not even care about any SEC teams? their loyalty might be with a B10 team with some many of them from up North