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Enough with the Stetson for Heisman stories. He was playing great football until that chatter got going. Stetson is a good football player. However, not even a foaming at the mouth DGD would attempt to make the case that he's the best player in America. Not even close.
I think you do Stetson a disservice by continually bringing up this Heisman hype. It was precisely when all this Heisman talk got going that Stetson started pressing and missing passes left and right. It also happened to coincide with A.D. Mitchell going out with a high ankle sprain which has made the offense sputter. Lay off the Heisman talk already! He doesn't need the extra pressure! Stetson has enough to worry about with FL, TN, Miss St, and KY on the schedule. Win those four remaining SEC games and the SEC championship, and then maybe, MAYBE, we will have some awards to talk about.
@BubbaBill As you can see, no matter what gets written, positive or negative, there will be people critical. It's the nature of the beast -- it's very interesting and those reading the comments should take note of how differently people can see the same thing.
Now look, admittedly, I am not a huge fan of Stetson Bennett, I think he is an 'OK" QB that has obviously had some good outtings, but is he elite? As in Heisman elite?? HECK NO. No, on this planet or in this lifetime. Right now, his percentage over the past few weeks on 3rd downs is back to the way he used to be on 3rd downs. LOW. Also, when was the last time he threw a pass for a TD? Yeah, I can't remember either. So, when you are talking about his Heisman chances, it is ridiculous that saying him having a good game against Vandy could improve the stat sheet for him. Vandy has a SORRY pass defense. If he does have a great game against them, it will because he is expected to, not that he did anything special. As the Truth Teller, I call it as I see it, good or bad. I have defended MG before, but this time, yeah, this article is a stretch at best.
I agree and I’m sure a bunch of the negative folks would have lost money in Vegas betting on Bennett’s odds of winning a NC in addition to being name MVP in BOTH play-off games, but who’s counting. I realize the Heisman usually goes to the player with the gaudy stats, but look up the definition and you’ll see that Bennett would be most deserving if he runs the table again this year even if he’s barely in the top 10 in the statistical category. According to the Heisman folks the award goes to the player who “epitomizes great ability combined with diligence, PERSEVERANCE and hard work”. Hmmm 🤔 I didn’t read anything there regarding stats, but it certainly sounds like Bennett. Stay tuned and Go Dawgs!!!
The reason SB isn't playing at least as well as (I thought he would) has nothing to do with Mike Griffith writing articles about him, either good or bad. Period!
I was all in on JT Daniels last year until he was injured and Stet jumped in and led us to the NC. Daniels is gone of course so that train has left. I will say this though, I watched last night's game WV vs. Baylor and a few snippets of other games and while JT has looked OK, certainly servicable, he doesn't look like (at least to my eyes) as good as he did at UGA. In fact he almost snatched defeat from the jaws of a victory last night by throwing a very ill advised pass to a totally covered up receiver with a minute and a half to play that was intercepted and gave Baylor a chance to win it.
That says to me that you can take a good(but not great) QB whether it's SB or JT Dainels and put them on a great "team" and they look amazingly better than perhaps they truly are.
All that to say this: I had been saying since before the season started that we were going to see something we haven't perhaps seen at UGA in many years. A high-flying passing attack that SB would set all kinds of passing records in. It could still happen, but at this point in the season from what my eyes tell me, SB is just not as good as I thought he was as a passer.
That doesn't mean I don't want him as the QB , I do, but whether because of injury or my over-estimation of him he doesn't appear to be quite as "special" as I thought he was.