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Georgia fans give thanks, even if they don’t prefer Stetson Bennett, or pass on the cranberry sauce
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Georgia fans give thanks, even if they don’t prefer Stetson Bennett, or pass on the cranberry sauce
ATHENS — If there’s one thing all Georgia football fans can agree on, it’s that this is a time to give thanks.
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@MikeGriffith I assume you can’t disclose your source concerning Georgia aggressively pursuing Caleb Williams? Or did I miss something?
Good article Mike.
Our QB room, and competition for starter, is stronger with SB in it. Every position group should hope to have that kind of depth (and most at UGA do). May the pre-season battles be fierce, and the collective growth be obvious... and the truly best player (regardless of age) get the nod at gametime, with 2s and 3s fully ready in case 1 gets injured or falters. Go Dawgs!
Thanks, great article. We ARE very excited and very grateful even when we are critical. THAT is what being a fan is all about. If you don't have an opinion on everything related to your team, then are you REALLY a fan? If I watching my kids play sports, I'm going to be super-positive and cheering them on even in a complete blowout. For the local High School team, I'm not going to boo or be critical no matter what the score is.
The difference is that I'm not a "fan" of those organizations. I'm a SUPPORTER. I don't cry when the team loses and honestly I just want them to have a good time without injuries.
But I'm a Georgia FAN. It matters to me. I'm sorry if that hurts some feelings if players read my comments, but lets be real here. These aren't kids. With NIL deals, they aren't even "semi-professional" anymore. Minor League players don't get these types of deals and the deal sizes are only going to grow exponentially. For Top 5 programs, it IS the big leagues and Big League-ers get endless highs and lows from their fans.
I try to be as rational and logic as I can, but again. I'm a fan.
Take in to consideration the amount of improvement Bennett made between 20 and 21 season, do you think he can come back even more improved in 22? Some say he has hit his ceiling but they probably said the same thing last year. I still think he has the room and ability to improve more. What concerns me most is Vandagriff, will this 6th year flush Brock?
I don’t like to assume but if Kirby is shopping the portal for a qb then I assume he is not confident in Brock or Becks progress or, he realizes the lack QB coaching development at Georgia. I don’t know it Kirby is shopping the portal for a QB or not, have not seen anything else outside of Dawgnation but I haven’t looked either.
CKS has proven to be the master (or close to him) at building an elite program. Of course he is going to recruit players that can help from the TP. Mike Griffith is in error if he thinks that the majority of UGA fans did not prefer SBIV as their QB in '21. SBIV won the majority over over the course of the season. I hope that the Dawgnation editors are looking at Mike Griffith and his unrelenting criticism of SBIV. If his criticism of one single player continues he should be asked to move along and cover another team. SBIV is a GA folk hero. Give him some respect for his substantial accomplishments. EVERY UGA player needs to earn his playing time in practice every week in '22.
Competition makes everyone better. If players use the portal supposedly to their advantage, then so can the teams. The portal now opens up all kinds of possibilities. It looks like it will turn everything into a free for all at the end of each year.
I reread MG’s article and replaced Bennett’s name with Bryce Young’s. Pretty much all the same except Young had 2 losses instead of one. I bet the Bama writers won’t obsess over Young’s 1 TD, 2 interceptions and a pick-6….like MG has with Stetson’s 3 TDs, 2 INTs and a pick-6 in the SEC CG. I’m amazed at how so many people will blast Bennett for only scoring 24 points in each of his previous games against Bama prior to the NC game, while they ignore the fact that Justin Fields and Bryce Young only averaged 21 points in their big games. Go figure.
I agree. We don’t know whether Bennett has hit his ceiling. In truth, he hasn’t started that many games and, reportedly, he didn’t get many preseason reps with the 1’s this year or in the past. At the same time, there is clear improvement from last year to this year (for example, and without limitation, passes batted down at the line of scrimmage). I am hoping he leverages his in game experience over the last two years and comes out hot next year.
Nobody has ever said Stet was a bad QB, the opinion of many is that he is not the most talented QB UGA had on the roster last season. JT Daniels proved he can win for UGA and certainly had more arm talent than Stet. There is no doubt in anyone's mind whether they are pro or against Stet that JT Daniels would have had the same record as Stet and won the National Championship. Starting the season JT was #1 and Stet was 3rd string (according to CKS) and the only reason that changed was when JT did go down with an injury CKS felt more comfortable going with an experienced QB.
Enough already.
Outside of JT,who is no longer a DAWG, SB is the best QB to lead the team right this minute. For that I give thanks.