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Kirk Herbstreit and David Pollack make interesting Stetson Bennett IV vs. Jake Fromm comparison
By Sydney Hunte
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Georgia QB Stetson Bennett IV has enjoyed a steady performance since taking the reins from D’Wan Mathis in the 2nd quarter of the season-opening win against Arkansas.
Against the Razorbacks, the junior was 20-for-29 for 211 yards and 2 touchdowns. In Saturday’s win over Auburn, he finished with 240 yards and a touchdown on 17-of-28 passing.
Eventually, the comparisons between Bennett and his predecessor, Jake Fromm, will crop up, and two prominent national voices are starting to make them in earnest.
“I’m more excited about what I saw from Georgia in that game than anything I saw last year under…Fromm, just because the rhythm that they had offensively,” Kirk Herbstreit said on his weekly podcast co-hosted with David Pollack and Kevin Neghandi, according to 247Sports. “They just seemed like they were playing with more of an edge that we haven’t seen in a while.”
Pollack pointed to one drive in particular, Georgia’s 2nd drive of the night that saw them take a 7-0 lead.
“He spins out of it, hits Kearis Jackson in the flats, first down, move the sticks, they go down the field and get seven instead of possibly getting a three,” he said. “Again, something Jake Fromm couldn’t do, because Jake Fromm wasn’t a really, really good athlete.”
Bennett and the Bulldogs host Tennessee on Saturday.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
