Chris Welton really, really wants Georgia to win the national championship.
Sure, Welton graduated from Georgia. Sure, Welton played football at Georgia. But Welton has another reason for rooting for the Bulldogs.
“I wish we’d win another one so you guys would leave us the hell alone,” Welton said with a laugh in September.
Welton was a starting rover on Georgia’s 1980 national championship team — the most recent Georgia football team to win such a title. With a win over Alabama in the national championship on Jan. 8, another group of Georgia players would join Welton and his teammates as national champions.