Georgia football starting quarterback Stetson Bennett did his thing and led the Dawgs to a national championship for the first time in 41 years.
There should be no one who hates this young man after what he did for the Dawgs yesterday.
No, it wasn’t pretty the entire game, but to go 4-of-4 for 83 yards and two touchdowns after having the Tide force you to fumble should show the size of his heart.
Stetson Bennett wasn’t going to be the reason Georgia football lost the title game.
Bennett did everything it took to win a national championship, and no one should put him down for anything. The results matter after this ball game, so there should be no ‘the offense should have been better, or he could have cost us the game.’
He didn’t, and we tried to tell those haters months ago that Bennett was the guy that would lead Georgia to a national championship.
A former walk-on took Georgia down the field, with the help of his running backs, put the team on his shoulders, and was smart enough to throw the touchdown pass to AD Mitchell on a free play and then to get it in Brock Bowers hands for the other touchdown.
When only a select group of people believed in him, and the rest wanted another quarterback, Bennett did it.
The entire performance wasn’t great, but the resilience he showed when Georgia got the ball back — from there on is when he cemented his spot in Dawg history.
Stetson going from that fumble to Tom Brady in 5 minutes is such a microcosm of his college career.
— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) January 11, 2022
When Georgia needed him, he delivered.
Bennett worked so hard to get to this point in his career, so why not him? He earned his spot, kept it, and did what no one wanted him to because they wanted to be correct. Well, those fans were wrong. It didn’t need to be pretty, Georgia just needed him to do enough, and he did.
The way he showed that grit and determination down the stretch when usually everything goes wrong for the Dawgs is why Bennett led the team to this moment.
His teammates love him. The coaches love the Mailman. Everyone should love that young man because he did what many believed was impossible.
He proved every single doubter wrong, including the media, who refused to give him credit where it was due. We all hope the crow that some of the Georgia fans, the talking heads, and media members have to eat gets cooked well because Bennett did it, and that is on the menu for dinner.
The Mailman deserves to celebrate his accomplishments because he did it. Bennett made it happen. Of course, it was a team effort, but you know what we mean — he is the first former walk-on to play quarterback and win a national championship.
His legacy is complete.