Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett grew up in the state and is well aware that the Bulldogs haven’t won a national championship in 41 years.
But Bennett, a senior from Blackshear, Georgia, insists the No. 3 Bulldogs won’t be carrying that burden when they play No. 1 Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T on Jan. 10 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN App).
“Maybe I’m not capable of holding that weight on my shoulders, but no, I’m just treating it as a football game,” Bennett said Monday. “Do I know that means a lot to a lot of people? Yes. Am I trying to play some kind of savior by winning a national championship for millions of people? No. I don’t think that’s my job.
“My job is to go out there and throw completions to very talented people we have on this team. And I think it’s as simple as that.”
The Bulldogs will try to avenge a 41-24 loss to the Crimson Tide in the Dec. 4 SEC championship game. It was Georgia’s seventh straight loss to Alabama, which also defeated the Bulldogs 26-23 in overtime in the CFP National Championship at the end of the 2017 season.
“They’ve also been a problem and a thorn for any team they’ve played besides ours,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “We have that in common with a lot of teams they’ve played. They have a really good football team, really good coach, really good program. It starts with really good football players and they’ve done a good job recruiting those.”
Bennett was a scout-team quarterback while redshirting in 2017. He was on the sideline at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta when Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa threw a 41-yard touchdown to DeVonta Smith on second-and-26 in overtime to break Georgia’s hearts in the national championship game. It was perhaps the Bulldogs’ best chance to end their title drought.
Bennett, a former walk-on, is coming off one of his best performances of his career. He completed 20 of 30 passes for 313 yards with three touchdowns in a 34-11 victory against No. 2…
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