Perhaps Stetson Bennett could have phrased or reacted differently on stage during Saturday’s championship celebration. But he’s also within his right to harbor piss and vinegar toward a segment of the fan base that found way after way to doubt and tell him he was not good enough over the past three years. Both of those things can be true at the same time.
One of the greatest Dawgs of all time, alongside Theron Sapp, Herschel, Frank Sinkwich, and Charley Trippi will always be that - one of the DGDs of the DGDs. Last Monday, as the game became a blowout of epic proportions, you just knew at some point a curtain call was coming, and it was hard not to feel emotion, for an underdawg from Blackshear going from a kid that had to prove himself time and again to coaches and teammates to getting a sendoff you only see for legends of football lore.