ATHENS — What a difference a year makes. Just ask Stetson Bennett.
As the Georgia football team prepares for its annual G-Day Game, set for 1 p.m. on Saturday, it is instructive to remember that Bennett was barely in the game plan for last year’s intrasquad scrimmage.
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