Opinion Column: Reflecting on 57 years in Sanford Stadium

  • There was plenty to cheer about in Sanford Stadium on Saturday. One of the loudest roars was for No. 19 Brock Bowers, the All-America tight end, who returned from the injured list to score a touchdown. Another was for Stetson Bennett IV, above. The former Heisman Trophy finalist stepped onto the field to hoist the 2022 Burlsworth Trophy, which is awarded to the best college football player whose career began as a walk-on. (Tony Walsh/UGA Athletics)
    There was plenty to cheer about in Sanford Stadium on Saturday. One of the loudest roars was for No. 19 Brock Bowers, the All-America tight end, who returned from the injured list to score a touchdown. Another was for Stetson Bennett IV, above. The former Heisman Trophy finalist stepped onto the field to hoist the 2022 Burlsworth Trophy, which is awarded to the best college football player whose career began as a walk-on. (Tony Walsh/UGA Athletics)

    Kickoff was at 1 o’clock.

     

    The Ole Miss Rebels were in town to play 34-year-old Vince Dooley’s Georgia Bulldogs.

     

    And there I sat on Oct. 8, 1966, baking my buns on an aluminum bench in Sanfor…