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Tim Tucker

What Georgia championship means to fans: ‘Relief, euphoria, thankfulness’

ATLANTA — By 3 a.m. on Jan. 11, Jeff Dantzler fully appreciated how much winning the national championship meant to University of Georgia fans.

As co-host of the Bulldogs’ postgame radio show, which stretched into the wee hours of the morning following the momentous win over Alabama in the College Football Playoff title game, he had heard from many callers who craved this moment for decades.

“There really wasn’t any of the X’s and O’s talk that there usually is,” Dantzler said about two weeks later. “The talk was of what this means. We had several callers who got emotional and said, ‘I just wish my dad been around to see it.’ The enormity of it hit home for me.

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