In his first two games as Georgia’s starting quarterback, Stetson Bennett IV has guided the Bulldogs to wins over No. 7 Auburn and No. 14 Tennessee by at least three touchdowns.
Bennett is quite aware of the victory margins, stating after last Saturday’s 44-21 triumph over the Volunteers, “I think we covered tonight, so that’s good.”
Georgia is the Southeastern Conference’s only team to cover the spread each of the first three weeks of this 10-game schedule consisting solely of league contests, but it’s Bennett’s unflappable manner that should give Bulldogs backers significant optimism this week as the No. 3 Bulldogs face No. 2 Alabama in Tuscaloosa. That, of course, and Georgia’s deep and unrelenting defense that held Auburn without a touchdown and held Arkansas and Tennessee without second-half touchdowns.
The Bulldogs haven’t defeated Alabama since Matthew Stafford was a sophomore quarterback in 2007, with Stafford (2008), Aaron Murray (2012), Greyson Lambert (2015) and Jake Fromm (2017 and 2018) coming up short in subsequent matchups.
“It’s exciting,” Bennett said of college football’s marquee regular-season showdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Anytime you get to play somebody you don’t usually play – I know we played them in Atlanta the past few years – it’s exciting, but it’s just another game.”