We really went back-to-back

Shiny, shiny.

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So what....now we are supposed to be in Awww of Georgia?

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Not at all. Just asked what you actually thought about having to play Stetson Bennett and if your thoughts changed after you played him.

We gave him so much sh*t, myself included, but looking back on his resume (especially in the playoffs) the kid was a baller.

I thought that he was pretty average after the '21 SECCG but he made me a believer at some point in the 2022 season. He was an exceptional QB.

But our offense really wasn't anything spectacular outside of Brock Bowers. Yeah we had Darnell Washington but he didn't make a huge impact catching passes.

We had a good O-Line absolutely but they broke down several times and Stetson had to scramble and make great plays with his feet.

Why doesn't he get credit for the amazing 4th quarter comeback against OSU? Instead we just say "OSU blew that game". If that game was flipped we would be saying "Stroud led an incredible comeback that will be remembered for decades"

I think it's time we give the man his due.

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An average QB who benefited from playing on some of the most stacked teams in cfb history

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Pretty solid take although I would posit that he also had a HUGE chip on his shoulder and sometimes that makes people work harder and compete more....but in reality there havn't been many QBs who started in the SEC in recent years, at least on teams with winning records, who didn't stand a good chance of being as successful as Bennett. It is impossible to quantify how much of the success is due to Bennet but he was the starting QB so at least some of the success was on him. The 4th quarter of the 2021 title game was all Bennett in my opinion...running on adrenaline and feeding off that chip. I could be wrong though....

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An average QB who benefited from playing on some of the most stacked teams in cfb history

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How does this offense rank among the past 5 national championships??
Past 10?

Brock Bowers 942 yards 7 TDs
Ladd McConkey 762 yards 7 YDs
Kenny McIntosh 504 yards 2 TDs
Darnell Washington 454 yards 2 TDs
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint 337 yards 2 TDs
Kearis Jackson 320 yards 0 TDs
Dom Blaylock 227 yards 1 TD
Arian Smith 198 yards 1 TD
Dillon Bell 180 yards 3 TDs
AD Mitchell 134 yards 3 TDs
Daijun Edwards 101 yards 3 TDs

Rushing
Kenny McIntosh 829 yards 10 TDs
Daijun Edwards 769 yards 7 TDs
Kendall Milton 592 yards 8 TDs
Branson Robinson 330 yards 3 TDs
Stetson Bennett 205 yards 10 TDs
Ladd McConkey 134 yards 2 TDs
Brock Bowers 109 yards 3 TDs

Very accurate passer and a gamer with heart. QBs like that are quite rare. Put them on a team stacked with 5 star talent and you'll win a ton of games, like Georgia has done. Hopefully his replacement is some 5-star headcase who can't make it happen between the ears.

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He was helped by the amazing O-Line,

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like all teams, the OL was a hodge podge.

Some guys ranked significantly higher than others.
Broderick Jones and Tate Ratledge were high school studs.
Warren McClendon and Xavier Truss were just better than 3 stars.
Devin Willock was a mid 3 star.

It was an amazing OL.
But their blocking was helped by the tight ends and backs.
Their pass blocking was helped by our ability to run the football and by our quick pass game (which destroyed Oregon and South Carolina).
And as has been mentioned, having a senior QB with wheels helped them out a ton.