Shortly after Georgia clinched the national championship with two late scores against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2022 College Football Playoff title game, Stetson Bennett visited coach Kirby Smart. The quarterback’s performance in leading the Dawgs to their first championship in four decades had already conferred upon him a sort of permanent BMOC status.
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“Everybody’s telling me I should just ride off into the sunset, be the legendary quarterback who won a national title,” Bennett said to Smart. “Why don’t we win it again?”
