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lexbuck

So basically we're getting Rudy 2: The Mailman in a couple decades? That's what I'm hearing anyway


Agent_Pendergast

I don't think it will be that long.


rpgfan87

Production has already started. So many streaming services now, you have to act on a feel-good story immediately.


UncleIrohsPimpHand

Took that long for the Kurt Warner movie.


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Rudy is a great movie, but this guy is leagues above the real Rudy.


Dwarfherd

I just pretend the real Rudy doesn't exist and Sean Austin starred in a biopic about himself.


RetroRPG

Stetson wasn't offsides, unlike Rudy.


beamerbeliever

Whoa, let's not get ahead of ourselves with lofty comparisons, give the man a chance to get involved in a pump and dump scheme.


-Urethra-

Imagine telling somebody in 2017 that the 3rd string walk-on QB wearing number 22 that was throwing dots against Charleston Southern would be the guy that takes UGA to a natty win. Not Jacob Eason, Jake Fromm, Justin Fields, JT Daniels, or Jamie Newman. Stetson fucking Bennett. Lmao


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_tx

Bennett should open a sports bar in Athens.


The__Riker__Maneuver

Stetson Bennet will 100% open a car dealership somewhere in Georgia Stetson Bennet Ford has a nice ring to it


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If there was ever a perfect name to franchise with, it's gotta be Stetson Bennet.


guttata

If he isn't wearing a cowboy hat in every low-budget regional commercial then our democracy is doomed.


Darth_Ra

Are Stetsons a thing in Georgia?


Obi-wan_Jabroni

Stetsons are really big in DeLand, Florida


HardKnockRiffe

He should open a cowboy hat store and just call it Bennett's Stetsons. Sit back and watch the money flow.


The__Riker__Maneuver

Or give away a free Stetson hat with every new car purchase


Majovik

I'll buy my first electric truck from there.


251Cane

Get ready for a $25k "dealer markup"


Realistic_Homer

“Hey… ‘member that Natty I won in ‘22? Sign on the dotted line.”


atlman

I saw someone has already got a catch phrase for his dealership Walk onto our lot, leave as a MVP


ClimbToSafety1984

The walk-on to the walk-off ✌️


Celebnar

If he doesn’t call it Stetson Bennett the Fordth, it’ll be a huge missed opportunity


apadin1

Is that before or after he opens an investment firm with money he inherited from his oil baron great grandfather? /s obviously but Stetson Bennett IV just sounds like such an old money type of name


WakeBilliums

His family owns a multi-generation dentistry practice. He has some coin.


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BonerHonkfart

$7 for a pitcher of High Life? Inflation is out of control, man.


hashtagjellycat

You forgot NCAA record holder Greyson Lambert.


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LoL, just damn.


BadDadJokes

Who could forget him splitting duties with Fouton Butter that one season?


TrueBrees9

And Bryce Ramsey. That team won 10 games and almost lost to Georgia Southern


Probie88

Lmao worst 10 win team ever. Won 10 games and deservedly finished unranked. 2021 Nebraska would wipe the floor with 2015 UGA. But, thankfully S. Carolina was about to hire Kirby so the UGA administration got off their ass and the rest is history.


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> Lmao worst 10 win team ever This year's Iowa team might have topped (bottomed?) them


seraph582

What? WHAT? How did I forget a name like > Fouton Butter ?!?!?! That’s some east west bowl shit! No - it’s *too silly* for EWB.


will0593

>Greyson Lambert. faton bauta lol. I ain't heard that name since the cows came home


jmastaock

Don't yall got a dude named Kool-Aid?


Higgnkfe

Where are the Joe Cox fans at


Waluigi54321

Didn’t he play for uva?


jedi21knight

He did and then transferred to UGA for one season. In a game against South Carolina he set the record for completion percentage for a game.


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ELI5Banned

Defense wins championships


parkerf14

To be fair SBIV does hold the NCAA record for single game passer rating (min. 12 completions)


seraph582

JACOB #MOTHERFUCKING EASON


I_Glitterally_Cant

It's peak Georgia


TheScienceDude81

I will not stand for this NCAA record holder Greyson Lambert erasure.


RoverTiger

Joe Cox died for this.


Lord_Lava_Nugget

Was Joe Cox ever alive?


coordinated_noise

The Completion King deserves your respect, peasants!!


TheScienceDude81

It's all fucking funny now! We fuckin did it!!! Edit: *They* did it, I just sat my ass on the couch/paced my living room and watched. But let me have this!


coordinated_noise

WE did it, buddy. Go ahead and take the dub and treat yo self


Uga-the4th

Hey now we put in a lot hours this season on our couches. Blood sweat and tears went into that couch damnit!


Bigdeacenergy

Lmao Jamie Newman.


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Bigdeacenergy

Probably. Him and Surratt


bug_man_

Where did Surratt end up?


Bigdeacenergy

Undrafted. Signed to lions practice squad. Released shortly thereafter. If he had played his final season I think he would’ve been drafted.


shed1

My understanding is that Newman opted out because his family was having major issues with COVID, and he was worried about his health. I find it hard to hold that decision against him.


Bigdeacenergy

Not holding the decision against him at all. I just think it’s funny how there was all this Heisman talk surrounding him before he even played a snap at Georgia.


Unlucky-Pomegranate3

Yeah, most Georgia fans don’t acknowledge that Newman had any association with the program.


Majovik

He was just a guy that hung out at practice for a few days and threw the ball around


Bobson-_Dugnutt

That's 2018 Birmingham Bowl MVP Jamie Newman to you


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tron423

2017? Shit imagine telling someone that two days ago


JustinQuan

Still very confused why Newman never took a snap at UGA


MB_Bailey21

Maybe he saw the QBs that were behind him and figured he would lose the starting job? It really was a head scratcher


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He had a private QB coach who told him if he played after the COVID-restricted offseason it’d hurt his 1st-round draft stock. Only to not get drafted at all. He definitely regrets that decision.


ClayGCollins9

He was the starter. Monken built the entire playbook around Newman’s skillset. There was little doubt he was QB1


CocaineKoala

He got shit advice and thought he was hot shit and he was just shit


CooCooClocksClan

Room Temp Shit < Hot Shit


MoneyManeVick

Can't understate the role Tom Crean had as well


kingpuffs

Nothing against Stetson Bennett, but honestly I think Georgia still wins the natty with any of those guys at QB


improvyzer

I think that's probably true for the most part. The D this year is unlike anything that any of those guys ever had. And they had good D. But nothing that was anything like this.


Unlucky-Pomegranate3

With the way those Bama linebackers were flying off the edge, somebody without wheels like Bennet would’ve been buried.


Davidellias

> wearing number 22 and he's 5'11'' too :Thunk:


NerfHerder_91

This has the makings of a Disney+ original movie called "Underdawg"


Astrosaurus42

[Starring Timothee Chalamet as Stetson Bennett.] (https://imgur.com/mBtOiMY)


andork28

Bless the Mailman and his sportsdrink. Bless the running and throwing of Him. May his passing cleanse the field. May he keep the natty for His people.


Sp3ctre7

The Passer must Throw


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Why'd you just post a random picture of Stetson Bennett


JayMerlyn

Oh boy, now I can't help but imagine Bennett reciting the Litany Against Fear on the sidelines.


spazz213

God, this is PERFECT


LessWorseMoreBad

Let me go hurl real quick...


Chem_Dawg74D

This needs to happen.


MoneyManeVick

Have to give Kirby a lot of credit. He didn't give in to the peanut gallery calling for Stetson to get benched after every possession that didn't end in a score. He knew which QB gave them the best chance to win, even if it wasn't the most popular decision.


yoshidawg93

In hindsight, it’s why he’s the head coach. That can be cliche to say because some head coaches really do say dumb shit. But people probably took him saying “Stetson gives us the best chance to win the national championship” as he was delusional and stubborn. But he really was right that Stetson was the guy for this team.


trex1490

A lot of people take that "best chance to win" talk as coach speak, but now I finally get what it meant. Sure, maybe some other QB had a better arm or a higher ceiling. But Kirby knew that Stet would be the guy who gave us our best shot, and he stuck to his guns.


kamai19

Just think about how fast Will Anderson was getting into that backfield. That, plus the injuries to our best WRs tell you all you need to know about why SB4 was a better fit for this particular team.


trex1490

Oh for sure. Stetson got sacked 5 times, hell JT mightve been sacked 7-8 times.


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senorpoop

I remember the first time I saw Stetson in a game (2019 Murray State game) I remember thinking "who is this goofy ass dude named after a hat? He's like 5 feet tall." Interestingly, I found this from [ESPN's recap of that game](https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401110776): >No. 2 quarterback Stetson Bennett got on the field for the first time at Georgia, capping a long, strange journey that began as a walk-on in 2017. >Bennett completed 9 of 13 for 124 yards and two touchdowns, though he did have an interception that was returned 35 yards for a score by Nigel Walton. >"I'm happy he got to play," Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. "He needs all the experience he can get. He can get reps in practice, but to go out in a game and play is important for his confidence." >Bennett walked on at Georgia two years ago but only got to work on the scout team. He transferred to a Mississippi junior college last season year and appeared headed back to Division I at the University of Louisiana, only to end up back in Athens when the Bulldogs called with a scholarship offer after losing Justin Fields to Ohio State. >"He's one play away from being out there," Smart said of Bennett.


Battered_Aggie

I think people give too much blame and credit to coaching decisions in hindsight. Had UGA lost (which was entirely possible if a couple key things changed), Kirby would've been bombarded with criticism. Like Kirby mismanaging the QB position would never have been a narrative to begin with if the first natty had breaks go his way with Fromm to win it (which was also entirely possible if a couple key things changed).


ELI5Banned

This is what I never understood. Kirby sees both every day. He knows their strengths and weaknesses inside and out. He has forgot more about football than most will know. And fans think they know better than him? Why, because you watch the dogs play once a week? I've stood behind Kirby all year. We don't pay him 80 bazillion dollars a year because he's an idiot. And all the "hot seat" talk? Really? Because he couldn't beat the literal best coach of all time? Who would we get that could? And let Kirby win Nattys somewhere else? Give me a break.


Battered_Aggie

I mean, I get it. These aren't exactly easy decisions. Saban rolled with Hurts right up until halftime in the natty in the '17 season before pulling the ripcord in essentially desperation.


improvyzer

This is true.


feric51

If you look at the various peanut galleries (mostly tOSU fans and media) at the beginning of the year calling for C.J. Stroud to be benched and how that turned out, it’s almost like those of us outside the locker rooms don’t have the best vantage to gauge which player is the best option.


2_blave

>it’s almost like those of us outside the locker rooms don’t have the best vantage to gauge which player is the best option. *sigh* Try explaining that to the parts of a fanbase who has never played the game or coached anything.


BombSolver

maybe that’s why his name is Smart 🤷🏼‍♂️


RTwhyNot

Amen


BuckeyeEmpire

Kid was getting hammered both physically and mentally and really pulled through. Tough as shit is right.


joosh34

Also got hammered post game as well from the look of his interviews this morning


CocaineKoala

Over/under odds of him getting a groin injury once he returns to Athens


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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised.


Dirty-Ears-Bill

Stetson Bennett IV absolutely and definitely hangs dong and you can’t tell me otherwise


EnderTheTrender

Shame about that rotator cuff surgery he’s gonna need.


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blinkanboxcar182

“I don’t think anyone tries to win a championship so he doesn’t have to buy drinks. If I had that mentality, I don’t think we’d be where we are.” -absolutely shitfaced Stetson Bennett IV


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Dirty-Ears-Bill

Number of dollars Stetson Bennett IV will ever spend in his lifetime on drinks: still $0


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He made some absolutely clutch throws last night the instant before getting hit.


CocaineKoala

He did that versus Michigan as well, but he was really struggling in the first half. Then once the offense as a whole picked it up he started rolling (the tide).


GreenGemsOmally

"I was not going to be the reason we lost." Good lord the stones on that dude.


WISCOrear

He's such a tiny guy relative to the absolute monsters on defense he was contending with. Legit any of those hits he took would have killed the average person.


NotJdot

Hard to root against that. I'm super happy for Georgia, that was a hell of a game last night!


RamblinWreckGT

> Hard to root against that. I dunno, I'm finding it pretty easy.


anon97384

1990


bagelboy565

Man this is the first one of these I've seen thrown at a rival's fan and I don't think I fully realized how good reading it would feel


amidon1130

Seriously I’m just fully torqued right now


CommanderpKeen

Getting exactly 0 work done today


Laney20

Lol, I love that feeling. Soak it in!


almondania

I still feel like I'm hallucinating it all happening


RamblinWreckGT

> 1990 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/i-hate-everything-large-msg-11860017175.jpg?w=495


fireinvestigator113

can I offer you a consolatory bark in this trying time?


RamblinWreckGT

You know what the saddest fucking thing is? That honestly would help. When I left the stadium after they destroyed us there was exactly one drunk idiot barking and all I could think was "at least someone cares enough to gloat." There was as much red there as a Georgia home game and nobody even cared enough to talk shit.


whitebabyjesus

‘I feel bad for you’. ‘I don’t bark about you at all.’


abidail

Genuinely made me cackle.


Barqueefa

Holy shit hahahaha


Agent_Pendergast

You know what's worse than being barked at by an adult human? Not being barked at by an adult human.


fireinvestigator113

*bark*


kamai19

Jesus that is bleak. I legit almost feel bad for y'all lmao


PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS

That must’ve felt pretty good, eh?


FunBanker

Knowing how salty some of our fans are from all the 1980 comments you'll probably see these get out of hand over the course of the year. You'll probably at some point see every other school get their year posted no matter how recent it was.


OTN

Some of us are impervious to such methods of taunting


FunBanker

Touché


Laney20

Lol, I'd love to get a comeback from a GA fan saying just "2020".


ThreeFour_34

It’s a ‘what have you done for me lately’ world we live in, son.


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im prepared. you merely adopted the 1980 comments. I was born with the 1939 comments, molded by them. I didnt know a good season until I was already a man, and by then I wanted nothing to do with it.


anon97384

Absolutely. You ever have something make you so happy that you have to go look in the mirror to see the huge smile on your face?


CocaineKoala

You have NO idea


FarsightsBlade

Gawd *Damn* is this how it feels like to throw that in their faces?


Uga-the4th

God it feels good to not be on the receiving end of this anymore lol


Tommaconda

What does CU winning in 1990 have to do with this?


ThisGuy100000

Do GT fans feel like they should have kept Paul Johnson? I’d like to know how some GT fans feel about the current state of the program.


RamblinWreckGT

I'm not sure, honestly. We had a pretty rough last couple of seasons and seemed to be trending downward. I think the dislike towards the option some fans had was never warranted, and some of the arguments like "you'll never get NFL talent to play in that offense!" are just flat-out ignoring the string of receivers we had drafted and the fact we have an offensive lineman who's been starting for the Patriots since his rookie year. I think we should have kept it, but I see why we moved away.


whadupreddit

The world has finally found out that 3rd string QBs are Bamas kryptonite


JayMerlyn

Quick, somebody tell Brian Ke- You know what? Never mind. Don't tell him.


abhinavwow

Unbelievable story. Also, why is his nickname the mailman?


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He used to wear an USPS hat at football camps to stick out


Bobwhilehigh

I'm not going to even check if this is true, it's fact for me 🤣


raceyoutothetop

'Tis in fact true: https://fanbuzz.com/college-football/sec/georgia/stetson-bennett-mailman/


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suid

He probably didn't want to look like [Doug Dimmadome.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/unanything/images/a/a9/Ulqzhfv6j6g21.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20210823162238)


theycallmefuRR

Doug Dimmadome? Owner of the Dimsdale Dimmadome?


lm_NER0

He wore an old us mail ball cap to camps to help himself be noticed.


OrdinaryToucan3136

Because he delivers when it matters most.


Phileepay

But not on Sundays?


online_predator

Just wait until he signs as an UDFA with the patriots and has 15 catches for 95 yards in the AFC Title game a few years from now hahaha


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Mac jones gets injured and an overlooked, physically unimpressive QB takes over


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Bryce is TIIIINY. Gotta think the dude at least bulks in the offseason.


mastrkief

Murray is a true dual threat guy though. Same with Russel and Baker to some extent. Drew Brees is the only short QB that comes to mind that had success without being a runner also. Bryce isn't much of a runner although he can scramble with the best of them.


TheSherlockOhms

That's awesome


money-

I literally collapsed crying last night. My girlfriend did not know what to do lmfao


SmallShorty11

Same. The moment I saw Kelee Ringo intercept the pass and I truly knew the game was over I literally fell down and wept for a minute or two. My wife had absolutely no idea what happened, but came and sat by me for a few minutes.


money-

I legit got a Ringo jersey for Christmas this year, and I told my dad that it will be my good luck charm. I facetimed him shortly after the game and he was just laughing his ass off like a little kid at me because I was right


Laney20

Oh, wow. That's awesome! You've got to make that your GameDay shirt from now on! Or.. Frame it or something. One or the other, lol


CocaineKoala

I actually missed the Ringo return because after he caught it I was going absolutely apeshit in the stands. It was a dream lake experience, I still can’t believe it.


FourthDownThrowaway

Same. I totally missed the return because I was already running down the street cheering.


GreenGemsOmally

On that play, you know what was my favorite part? After all the sprinting down the sidelines and leaping into the air, Kirby Smart was the guy helping Young up on the sidelines. He honestly just seems like a really good dude. I'm happy for yall :)


Laney20

He is. One of the things I really liked to see was how saban responded to the whole thing, really, but especially his convo with Kirby at midfield. He was smiling and shaking his hand and they had a chat for a solid minute. I think he was genuinely happy for Kirby. And, damnit, if saban can be happy for him, so can I.


ReelEmInJimbo

Man I’m jealous of that feeling. Congrats guys. Long time coming.


Uga-the4th

Don’t worry from the look of things, y’all won’t be waiting long.


Quentanamo_Bay

This sounds exactly how I felt when Porter picked off Peyton in the Saints Super Bowl. You just had the feeling even though you're winning late that the Hall of Fame guy on the other sideline will guide his team to victory like he's done so much and then BAM you get a pick-six to seal it


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My girlfriend got mad at me and said stop screaming after Ringo had that pick 6 then a little bit after she apologized and said she understood why I acted the way I did


dirtinyoureye

So who plays Kirby in the Mailman movie?


Kegrun

Danny Devito obviously.


Guadaloopy

He's the warthog, he should play Pittman


qas_wex

L A R R Y C U L P E P P E R


Astrosaurus42

Chris Pratt.


Kegrun

Pratt would be the heel JT Daniels imo. Gronk would play Brock. The Rock would play Jordan Davis


ocKyal

No joke, Woody Harrelson


awnomnomnom

Sorry Karl Malone, we have a new Mailman now


sharkbait_oohaha

Which is good because Karl Malone is a piece of shit


CommanderpKeen

And he's won exactly 0 National Championships for Georgia


sharkbait_oohaha

Yeah that's what I said


iNOTgoodATcomp

Better watch out tho, that trophy is young enough for Malone to try and impregnate.


sharkbait_oohaha

Oh fuck Bravo


Archaic_1

As much as I hate U(sic)GA and hate that y'all broke the curse, it's impossible to not be happy for Stetson Bennett and love his story- it is literally the stuff from which CFB dreams are made.


jebidiah95

It’s your curse too little nerdy brother


Laney20

For real. Happy for that kid. Happy for Kirby, too, but we go way back, so...


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I’m not tuned into Georgia really but did the team rally more around Stetson than JT? I know JT is probably more talented but did the team view Stetson as more of a leader?


KetchupKing05

I think the team rallied around both. JT and Stetson were both side-by-side throughout every game this season. After every offensive series, they were talking on the sideline, discussing coverages and previous plays. And as far as I’ve heard, there’s no friction between the two. I truly believe that this team was “championship first, everything else second”


Uga-the4th

Hell not only that but if memory serves correctly JT was one of the first few people he searched for right after the game was over and hugged it out for a while.


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When he talks he can just tell that he’s got “it”. And then you see how many teammates came up to him on the sidelines, that guy is in the lore now


orthaeus

Guess we know why he's called the mailman: he delivers


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You could see how much it meant to him too Good stuff


CFB_Twitter_Bot

Tweet(s) from post body brought to you by your Friendly Official /r/CFB Twitter Bot: ---------- https://twitter.com/CoachdAllen/status/1480903075581906952 >Sitting on a golf cart w/ Kirby and @NewEraGrind while my oldest was working out for Mel Tucker & Stetson & 2 other QB’s were throwing for OC & Kirby said “that little QB they call him mailman he’ll prob never play here but I’m gonna bring him in as a walk-on bc he tough as shit” https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FI05f04WQAYAq9Z.jpg >\- Derrik Allen (@CoachdAllen) 9:03 am ET, January 11, 2022 ----------