Culture and Lifestyle Activities and Entertainment Sports Brave Georgia Fan Chugs 1980 National Championship Coca-Cola Four decades of waiting will make you do crazy things! By Meghan Overdeep Meghan Overdeep Meghan is a senior staff writer at Southern Living. She has been scouring the Internet for the buzziest Southern news since joining the team in 2017. She has never met a story she couldn't tell. Meghan is passionate about animals, current events, history, gardening, and making people smile. You can find her skiing or taking pictures of her dog.Previously, Meghan was the weddings editor for The Knot. She also worked for many years as a freelancer with bylines at InStyle, The Food Network, HGTV Magazine, Runners World, and more. She graduated from Syracuse University with a B.S. in Magazine Journalism. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on January 14, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Georgia fans were popping all sorts of bottles after the Bulldogs' National Championship win over Alabama Monday night. For Dawgs who held onto the commemorative Georgia Bulldogs National Championship Coca-Cola bottles from 1980, not even a lack of carbonation could make their celebratory chugs fall flat. Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images After decades of promising to do so, brave UGA fans finally got the opportunity to drink their 41-year-old bottles of Coke. One of them, 57-year-old Wesley Mullins of Savannah, shared a video of himself chugging the vintage beverage on Twitter. "Go Dawgs, baby!" he said after downing the entire bottle. UGAWire's Joe Vitale followed up with Mullins the next day to see how the ancient Coco-Cola was treating him. "It tasted OK, just flat as you know what," he said. "I feel like crap. … I think that was from the bourbon not the 1980 Coke." When Vitale commented on Mullins' bravery, the battle-hardened Bulldogs fan replied with humility. "Bourbon will make you do that," he explained. "Plus, over 40 years of waiting." The things we do for football! Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit