Based on the pre-game chatter, a lot of people were not happy with Kirby Smart’s decision to start Stetson Bennett.
“We just have a lot of young players we’re trying to grow up, and we thought it would give us a calming effect to have him in with his experience and his ability to play in games, and he played really well,” Smart said of his decision.
That anger dissipated after Bennett’s first pass, a 73-yard strike to Jermaine Burton.
Many had been clamoring to see Carson Beck play on Saturday and he did. The redshirt freshman completed 4 of his 10 pass attempts while throwing his first career touchdown but also his first interception.
Much of his work came in the second half though, because Bennett was dealing in the first half.
Bennett threw touchdown passes on his first, third, fourth, fifth and ninth attempts in the first half. After being regarded as an afterthought by many, Bennett tied the school record for most touchdown passes in a single game with five.
And his touchdown passes weren’t of the dink and dunk variety. Three of them were longer than 60-yards. The last quarterback to do that in a single half was former Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“It’s a little bit of innate confidence where you believe you’re good enough,” Bennett said. “It really doesn’t matter the situation thrust upon you. It seems the last two games I’ve had to come in when no one expected me to. It always helps when you have great players all over the field.”
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