Opinion Column: A championship connection you might overlook at UGA

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By Dink NeSmith on Thursday, January 20, 2022
  • Two Bulldogs who helped Georgia win national championships in 1980 and 2021 have Jesup connections. Fred Bennett’s 1980 photo of Jesup’s Lindsay Scott, center, shows No. 24 racing to the Florida Gators’ end zone in Jacksonville. That play propelled the Dawgs into the national championship game against Notre Dame. Stetson Bennett IV, right, is the grandson of the late Buddy Bennett, left, who quarterbacked Jesup High School to a state championship in 1954. (Submitted Photos)
    Two Bulldogs who helped Georgia win national championships in 1980 and 2021 have Jesup connections. Fred Bennett’s 1980 photo of Jesup’s Lindsay Scott, center, shows No. 24 racing to the Florida Gators’ end zone in Jacksonville. That play propelled the Dawgs into the national championship game against Notre Dame. Stetson Bennett IV, right, is the grandson of the late Buddy Bennett, left, who quarterbacked Jesup High School to a state championship in 1954. (Submitted Photos)
  • Two Bulldogs who helped Georgia win national championships in 1980 and 2021 have Jesup connections. Fred Bennett’s 1980 photo of Jesup’s Lindsay Scott, center, shows No. 24 racing to the Florida Gators’ end zone in Jacksonville. That play propelled the Dawgs into the national championship game against Notre Dame. Stetson Bennett IV, right, is the grandson of the late Buddy Bennett, left, who quarterbacked Jesup High School to a state championship in 1954. (Submitted Photos)
    Two Bulldogs who helped Georgia win national championships in 1980 and 2021 have Jesup connections. Fred Bennett’s 1980 photo of Jesup’s Lindsay Scott, center, shows No. 24 racing to the Florida Gators’ end zone in Jacksonville. That play propelled the Dawgs into the national championship game against Notre Dame. Stetson Bennett IV, right, is the grandson of the late Buddy Bennett, left, who quarterbacked Jesup High School to a state championship in 1954. (Submitted Photos)
  • Two Bulldogs who helped Georgia win national championships in 1980 and 2021 have Jesup connections. Fred Bennett’s 1980 photo of Jesup’s Lindsay Scott, center, shows No. 24 racing to the Florida Gators’ end zone in Jacksonville. That play propelled the Dawgs into the national championship game against Notre Dame. Stetson Bennett IV, right, is the grandson of the late Buddy Bennett, left, who quarterbacked Jesup High School to a state championship in 1954. (Submitted Photos)
    Two Bulldogs who helped Georgia win national championships in 1980 and 2021 have Jesup connections. Fred Bennett’s 1980 photo of Jesup’s Lindsay Scott, center, shows No. 24 racing to the Florida Gators’ end zone in Jacksonville. That play propelled the Dawgs into the national championship game against Notre Dame. Stetson Bennett IV, right, is the grandson of the late Buddy Bennett, left, who quarterbacked Jesup High School to a state championship in 1954. (Submitted Photos)

    The Bulldog Nation — almost 100,000 strong — was shivering on Saturday. Shivering from the icy winds. Shivering from the excitement of UGA beating Alabama 33-18 and bringing home the national champion…