Hell, Stetson don’t need to no college degree.
“In ’22, we won it because of him. We won the National Championship because of Stetson Bennett”.
Many say he was undervalued, many say he’s overhyped because of the talent that surrounded him.
Well, take it from the expert, Stetson Bennett was that good.
If you’re expecting to see a lot of Gunner’s growth since the 2025 season, you’re going to likely have to wait until the 2026 season.
From Rowe:
I could be wrong, but I don’t think we’ll see him play a ton. He entered spring drills with a minor knee injury, but Stockton was back at full speed in week two. Still, Georgia has dialed back his reps in each of the scrimmages based on the intel we’ve gathered.
Stockton has the trust of the coaching staff. Smart and company are confident that they know what they have in the fifth-year senior. While his first season as a starter was up-and-down, another spring game probably isn’t going to do a ton for him. But when you look at those aforementioned reserve quarterbacks, playing in front of tens of thousands of fans against a talented Georgia defense is as close as they’ll get to real game action.
Could Stockton go out there and play several series? Absolutely. I just don’t expect Georgia to use him that way this time around.
Ryan Montgomery has generated the most buzz coming out of the spring camps, but it could be because we haven’t seen much of him since he’s recovering from a high school knee injury. Puglisi will get plenty of reps as he’s anticipated to the QB2. We’ll also see Bryson Beaver, the newest Georgia QB commit, Hezekiah Millender, and fan legend Colter Ginn.
Also:
Seriously, I wasn’t even aware that Bobo’s kid was on the roster, aside from the one we all know plays center.
Shizen.
In truth, we have depth at the edge, just not a lot of experience. Someone will have to step in and there’s always Chris Cole and Chase Linton is getting a lot of buzz, as well.
Saturday should show us a couple of things, perhaps.
No way around it, Dylan, you’re number 2.
At least he’ll have plenty of time for poetry and prose whilst sitting on the bench.
For I have dreams that do not sleep with pride.
I hear the crowd though silence cloaks mine ears;
I feel the laces though no ball is mine.
Each practice snap, each film-lit midnight hour,
Builds brick by brick the tower of what I’ll be.
A king is not made king by crown alone,
But by the weight of waiting for the crown.Then let me bide. Let patience be my coach.
This bench is not a prison, but a forge.
And when my hour arrives, let all men say:
“He did not languish—nay, he sharpen’d there.”
So shall I rise, when destiny gives leave,
Not as a boy who wish’d, but one prepared.– from Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Eugene”, probably
It’s been a wonderful week of slander to the Georgia wide receivers and Gunner Stockton, and Kirby’s had enough of this foolisheness.
Do your homework, asshole. And we don’t worry about what the pundits said, we worry about winning.
That’s a coach-speak I can get behind. Kirby’s on the mother, and Steve, he might be on your mother, too. Nyuck-nyuck.
Them Dawgs is hell, no?
Well, the signature win from White’s season in Athens just made Calipari recruit more guys out of the portal. So much for him only playing high school guys. Insert foot in mouth, John.
“These guys are gonna struggle when they get out college getting a 75k job in a company” or some such shit from Calipari on the recent NIL roudntable.
Blow me, John. It’s Chinatown.
Wellll…check out the big brain on Brett!
When in doubt, ball out. Looks like Gunner might take three quarters to get his vision right. If that isn’t the Georgia Way of recency, I don’t know what is.
How about we do this in the first and second and quit worrying the sh*t out of us every fall Saturday, huh?
While it’s been a delight beating Auburn so routinely for so long, it does seem like it’s become less of rivalry to our younger audience. If you ever wondered why, take a gander at this:
I’ve got a child named Georgia who’s never seen an Auburn Victory over Georgia. Maybe she was the chosen one (I think she is, and she does, too). I have a total of three girls, and between them, ages 8, 10, and 12, they’ve combined only seen Auburn beat Georgia once, and two of them watched what Georgia’s response was to an Auburn loss in the SECCG in 2017.
I also have a young staffer who was born in 2000, and has seen it happen so few times but is old enough and wise enough (and also a UGA grad) to realize that this record during the new millennium is exactly the way it needs to remain until 2100.
“We beat the dawg crap out of them” was said, and we’ve never looked back. Here’s hoping we keep it going another 74 years.
Go Dawgs!
With all the negative fodder from Steve Smith, it’s nice to depart from the slander and get into the man himself: Zachariah Branch.
He was only here one year, but his contribution to the Dawgs was immense.
Established a Foundation, plays piano, and is lightning on the field. Not a bad combination of talents and passion.
DGD.
Ladies and gentlemen, Toto:
Here’s the fun facts from David Paich, keyboardist and singer for Toto:
In 2015, Paich explained that the song is about a man’s love of a continent, Africa, rather than just a personal romance. He based the lyrics on a late night documentary with depictions of African plight and suffering. The viewing experience made a lasting impact on Paich: “It both moved and appalled me, and the pictures just wouldn’t leave my head. I tried to imagine how I’d feel about it if I was there and what I’d do.” Jeff Porcaro (Drummer and songwriter) elaborates further, explaining: “A white boy is trying to write a song on Africa, but since he’s never been there, he can only tell what he’s seen on TV or remembers in the past.”
Some additional lyrics relate to a person flying in to meet a lonely missionary, as Paich described in 2018. As a child, Paich attended a Catholic school; several of his teachers had done missionary work in Africa. Their missionary work became the inspiration behind the line: “I bless the rains down in Africa.” Paich, who at the time had never set foot in Africa, based the song’s landscape descriptions from an article in National Geographic. At the time, Steve Lukather (guitarist) humorously remarked that he would run “naked down Hollywood Boulevard” if the song became a hit, due to his bemusement over the lyrics; Paich argued that it was a “fantasy song” in the vein of songs such as “Margaritaville“.
During an appearance on the radio station KROQ-FM, Steve Porcaro and Lukather described the song as “dumb” and “an experiment” and some of the lyrics as “goofy” that were just placeholders, particularly the line about the Serengeti. Engineer Al Schmitt stated that “Africa” was the second song written for Toto IV and had been worked on extensively in the studio. Eventually, the band grew tired of the song and considered cutting it from the album entirely. Paich considered saving “Africa” for a solo record but decided against it.
The band did not expect “Africa” to be a hit, after the intended success of lead single “Rosanna” (which had peaked at number 2). However, after Sony found out that the song was gaining traction in New York dance clubs, they decided to release it as another single, further cementing the popularity of Toto IV in the process.
Man, I love Margaritaville, as we all do annually in Panama City or when drinking in wine country, also known as my parent’s basement. Anyway, here’s the basketball related element of today’s Cleanser:
The Academy is located in Senegal. What’s more amazing is he’s a four star, which is rare for Georgia Basketball to land in recruiting and not from the portal.
Too bad he’s class of 2027. Maybe he can reclassify and get to Stegeman next year, instead.