I was born is 81.. I've waited my whole life for this. I'm a big dude and I cried like a baby. It was absolutely amazing.

As a Texas Longhorns fan, good job UGA. Y’all deserve it.

longhorn fan salutes the dawgs. you folks deserved it. enjoy the moment

I’m 17 years old, about to turn 18. I live in Athens, and have loved the Dawgs since birth. I’ve experienced so many painful losses to the Crimson Tide, so winning last night made me happier than I maybe ever have been. That being said, it isn’t about me. My grandfather has been a Georgia fan for 70 years, and he cried after we won. GO DAWGS!

Congratulations to UGA. The National Champion Georgia Bulldogs! Well deserved.

ESPN claims the Alabama receiver getting injured cost them the game. Ya it was a huge loss. They failed to mention that Alabama couldn’t run the ball.

I was twenty when we(Georgia) won our last Championship in 1980. What a Blessing!!!

I am a life long bama fan and am happy for Kirby and Georgia. Bama was very young this year and Georgia was better all year. Will always have love for Kirby as well.

From an LSU alumnus (and walk-on), Alabama did NOT lose that NCG in any way, shape or form. Georgia won that game in one of the best performances I have ever seen. Case in point - early Bryce Young fumble (missed call) was returned for UGA TD only to be called back(incorrectly called arm in throwing motion). But UGA kept playing Defense as proved only team to hold UA below 29 points (UC in CFP) except LSU (2o) & AU (24), but UGA’s Defense played all 6o mins. as they had their entire season. That closing pick-6 by UGA was a perfect play by a DB - catching at peak of his jump on a great pass by the Heisman QB, Young. He did NOT make a bad pass. UGA’s CB made a highlight reel play which if he had not made, UA may have scored the go ahead touchdown. Great game, no bad plays, only one bad referee call and only one serious injury was sustained by either team.

Since I went back to college taking night classes at Athens Tech and then going back to UGA for Biological Engineering my Chicago Cubs, ATL Braves, and UGA DAWGS have all won! Now that is a nice graduation gift!

Congrats to DAWG Nation from this Gator fan! P.s. I was 21 last time y'all won the Natty.

38 years old, cried and sobbed tears of joy balled up laying on the floor. 4 weeks later still excited as ever. Go Dawgs!

As a Gator fan you know I don't have a lotta love for UGA but I was pulling for y'all in this one. In the early 4th qtr. I was thinking here it is Dawgs, if ya want that trophy go out on that field n TAKE it. That's exactly what they did! CONGRATULATIONS!🏈🎉

This Natty win makes me feel so good for the future of UGA. Smart is 46. Just 46! And he may not be the youngest to ever win it but to have Saban’s model running on all cylinders, 10 years before Saban himself started it at LSU and Bama… man. Lot of great years ahead for the dawgs.

I want to send a special shout-out to the Atlanta Braves for breaking the Georgia sports curse and paving the way for the Dawgs to win the big one. The dawgs winning the natty was certification that the curse is truly over.

I'm 40... my son is 14. It was the best of both worlds. I saw him celebrate like no other. It made me cry even harder!!!

Man, Josh Pate is the real deal. I wish these talking heads were as knowledgeable about the game as he is.

I’m 62 , I was 20 when Georgia won the last one , born and raised in Georgia, remember it well , great day in deed , go dawgs ! 😀

as an Ohio State fan, I must say I am very proud of you guys. I was rooting for you because I am sick and tired of Bama winning so damn much. It's nice to see someone wipe the smile off bama's face.

I was born January 5th 1980, literally waited my whole life for this...I was in tears, literally like a baby....I am SO PROUD TO BE A DAWG 4 LIFE, THIS WAS WORTH THE PAIN and The WAIT... SEEING STETSON BENNETT IN TEARS AFTER ALL THE MEDIA CRITICISM AND his own fanbase was divided on him as QB1, but kid played his heart out, was always 100% dedicated to the University of Georgia since the age of 4 years old, he silenced all of his doubters last night with two incredible clutch fourth-quarter touchdowns and now he'll be a University of Georgia Legend forever, now it can be said that Coach Smart and Coach Monken actually knew what they were doing all season long, and as fans we should have believed in them as much as they believed in Stetson... it proved what I've said all the time, it's not always the most talented quarterback that leads you, but sometimes you have to find the right quarterback, and that cannot be evaluated by a 5-star status... Georgia's football team, and all the players in the locker room believed in Stetson, you can see the love that he has for them. That is a pure definition of a TEAM, and that is your 2021 National Champions...Go Dawgs...

Those of us born in the 70s felt this more than anyone else.

Here's a fun thought. The last 3 years of college have literally been the best ever in at least one aspect. '19 LSU had the best single season player and offense, '20 BAMA was the best coaching staff job any one could have preformed under the bullitsh of the pandemic, and '21 UGA might have had the best storyline out of a season full of great storylines and by the way the best defense of the last 20 years if not ever.

I guess Michigans performance of 34-11 was not as bad as it seemed. That GA team was one in a lifetime. Very impressive.

You nailed it... I've watched probably 99% of UGA snaps for 20 years... It's not just the bama losses it's every year that we have the team and we lose a game we should win. There's a bunch of years we had really great teams and tripped up on random games. I've never felt anything like it

U missed one JP. Chase Elliott started it off with his championship. 1st one in Nascar since 1988 for Georgia.

We (Bama) had the best rebuild year of all time probably but congrats big time to the Dawgs! Very very happy for you guys! You've suffered long enough!

Had to just come back and watch this one. Still feels so good especially since we are back in it again.

I graduated in the spring from UGA. As a student, I experienced the Rose Bowl, 2nd and 26, the LSU/Texas losses, the Notre Dame game, the South Carolina game, the Rosemy leg break in Jacksonville, the awful game in Tuscaloosa. As an alumnus though, National Champions. My years at school were heartbreaking and I can’t imagine 41 of those. But now, we’re all at 0. ZERO!!!!

Still can't believe this is real. This is for 2007, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, etc. All of the heartbreak is now forever okay with me because of not only that we did it, but how we did it. We were the team which came back and played our best in the fourth. It honestly doesn't feel real and I'm just so happy this finally happened. I was born in 2002, so while I have my far share of heartbreak, I can only imagine what it feels like for the fans a generation before me. I can't really explain how much it means, but it was as equally relieving as it was joyous and I'll enjoy for a while. GO DAWGS!!!

From a LSU Tiger with love Congradulations Dwags!!

I was 11 y/o on Jan 1st, 1981. Herschel played virtually to entire game with a separated shoulder. Herschel and the 1980 Dawgs wouldn't be denied. Likewise, the 2021 Dawgs wouldn't be denied. GO DAWGS!

90 days later.... STILL PARTYING 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥳

Great season of shows, mid-Aug until mid-Jan, all weeks 3-5 shows each week. Thank You, Josh, for your insight, humor, reality & perspective - even though we sometimes disagreed - and thank you to your producers, staff & video editors (Jessie & Colin?). Good luck and hope for a healthy & successful 2o22.

Youre so right about the unchecked boxes. That dingy little locker room at the end of the endzone served a many of great woes over the years. Kirby gets there, within the next year goes all in on that south tower rebuild. The locker room was baaaaalllling. And then the indoor facility that would make nfl compounds blush. He brought a new culture to Athens. Love Kirby. Got Damn its Great to be A Georgia Buuuuulllll Dawg

Winning the National Championship, awesome....beating Bama when winning the National Championship....priceless.

I played college ball and we all grew up loving the NFL and NCAA in different ways. It's not important but I'm finding about a dozen of my crew don't watch the NFL anymore. They went too far a couple years ago. I don't know.

As Bulldogs fan it feels so good to win the National Championship I’m at Georgia fan show is my dad

Happy as a clam. Could it be Atlanta GA sports in route toward a Golden Era in sports? With our drought of success, any championship is a gold.

I was born in 1979. I am old enough to remember watching the Challenger explode but not old enough to remember UGA winning a national championship until Monday night.

I look forward to the 2022 UGA NC show.

I was 2 when Georgia last won the natty. And after seeing them come close many times, and getting snuffed out at literally the last few seconds (three of those at the hands of Saban/Bama), this win was a lonnnnnnnggg time coming! Revenge tastes oh so good.

People making excuses like the last 2 seasons haven’t been COVID riddled. To add, injuries are apart of the most physical collegiate/professional sport, Saban has a factory. We’ve been shuffling underclassmen in and out of the lineup all year. UGA ARE CHAMPS. PERIOD!

As a Georgia fan in my early 30s, beating Alabama was honestly bigger than winning the title.

Amen I cried I was born in 1975 been a DAWG for life...I still can't believe it!!😳🥺💯❤❤❤❤

All the plays, all the games, all the years, all the DECADES of What If & If Only.... How super sweet this is! Munson & my Dad watching down from above! Oh, It's Great...To be... A Georgia Bulldog...Hey Hey...It's Great... To Be... A Georgia Bulldog! Just WOW!! GO DAWGS!!

Enjoy your Championship while you can ! Congrats from a Bama fan! SteveBaggett

Thanks you josh. i am looking forward to more take from you next season. this has been an awesome season of college football.

Atlanta United started it ALL

Georgia made most Americans proud. Waiting to see what Kelly does with LSU

that 4th quarter was a blast. perfect ending to a great season. i'm looking forward to next season, if the covid natsies allow it

Finally been so close just makes it that much sweeter!! Go dawgs!!

Still in awe best bday and day of my life! GO DAWGS

My DAWGS finally did it!!!! Did not bust one tv this season..hahaha....so proud of Ga State also with their best season and bowl win...also the Braves starting the success.

Tell you what sucks is being born in 1975. You're old enough to remember "Heschel Mania" and seeing the guy play but not quite old enough to remember the National Championship game in 1980. Even worse you're old enough to probably remember them losing to Pitt in '81 and Penn State in '82. Mark Richt was incredibly consistent as a coach at Georgia (74%) given what he had to work with. I firmly believe that had the administration given him the tools that Alabama gave Nick Saban that he would have won at least one - if not more - championships while at UGA. A DJ Shockley pick 6 vs Florida was the team's only blemish in the 2002 season (Richt's second year). Also a loss to South Carolina and Les Miles with his "undefeated in regulation" BS kept us out in '07. Then there was that heartbreaker in Atlanta against Alabama in '12 where WR Chris Conley caught a tipped pass (that wasn't even thrown to him) in bounds allowing the clock to run out. That was definitely the most crushing one of all. And Athens really is "a great town". Georgia has had a grand total of 5 head coaches since 1964 and up until Vince Dooley died recently every single one of them chose to stay and live in Athens after their coaching careers were over. In 2022, Vince Dooley, Ray Goff, Jim Donnan, Mark Richt, and Kirby Smart all lived in Athens, Georgia. Kirby Smart now has a 84% winning percentage after 7 years which is a full 10 percentage points higher than Richt's 15 year tenure here. Since the 21st century began and Richt took over in 2001, the Georgia bulldogs have a 77% winning percentage. That's a lot of winning over a pretty long time, and a record that a lot of fans would kill for, but all those wins without "The Big One" probably made it even more frustrating, to be honest. Anyway, it's like you said - I'm just glad to have one I can actually remember. Seeing two hometown boys like Smart and Bennett get the job done just made it that much more sweet. Go Dawgs.

"Forget about the Falcons" Yeah.

Thanks Pate! Hell of a ride

i grew up in the midatlantic, but moved to the south (atlanta) in 1994. point #1: folks in the south, especially the SEC south fan base, live and die by college football. point #2: as a georgia tech graduate, i can tell you that there is only one really crazy football fanbase in the state: UGA - graduates and non graduates adore that school's football team. point #3: as an observer with plenty of my wife's family having graduated from the school: watching the tormented fan base lose over and over and over again to teams that were just a bit better: Bama, LSU and Florida (on occasion), I was glad to FINALLY see them be able to truly celebrate. and to have them do it in redemption fashion be getting the rematch victory, that was critical: i don't think hoisting the trophy over a defeated Cincinnati team would have been the same.

You nailed it... I've watched probably 99% of UGA snaps for 20 years... It's not just the bama losses it's every year that we have the team and we lose a game we should win. There's a bunch of years we had really great teams and tripped up on random games. I've never felt anything like it. For me I couldn't accept it until the clock hit zero

Congrats to UGA still thoroughly impressed With Bama tho theyre gonna b fun to watch next year

Josh, I was that 13 year old kid when Georgia won the Natty in 1980. I kid you not. When Georgia won it on Monday, I returned to that 13 year kid in 1980 full of joy and jubilation imaging what Larry Munson would have said on the radio when Ringo intercepted the pass and ran it in for the TD and the final seconds of the game.

Sayler moving over to guard set up the better runs!

Hey Josh, long time fan and lifelong UGA fan here. Love your show even when you pick against us. My dad ('79 UGA grad) had a conversation with you at the pregame thing and you told him you were picking "the other guys." He told you you were wrong. Not sure if he actually believed that... until it happened. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!

That old guy that voted for the first time in 2000 and had never seen this was me. Was 35 when they won. Go dawgs!! 3peat!

This video absolutely sickens me.

Born in 1978, went to my first UGA game in 1983 when my granddad was a groundskeeper for the UGA campus, can remember challenger blowing up but don’t remember 1980. I was 2 lol

I actually watched the Dawgs win against Notre Dame in '81 in Waycross, so that's funny he mentioned the railroad town.

Josh, thanks for the shout outs. As a 37 year old GA fan, it still doesn’t seem real.

Well at least they figured out the right championship hats to put on lmao 🤣

It been 2 days since georgia won a national championship!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why aren’t we including Atlanta United in the GA champions conversation?

Thanks, great commentary!!

Let's go dawgs!!! I'm so happy they won and my dad tron electron Jackson played for uga 82-85 and he was so happy they won to

Awesome commentary!

First of all congratulations to UGA and their fans for a well deserved and earned national championship. I would like to touch on the final point of your (as usual) very thoughtful reaction because I feel like I lost you a little bit. Yes, the system is not broken and yes, Georgia proved once more that there is more than one way to win a national title or ascend to the elite level of the sport. However I disagree about the "when are we getting a Bryce Young here ?" point, especially considering the transfer now in place. The trend of the last few national champions is to have a star, NFL caliber QB (Winston, Watson, Burrow, Tua, Lawrence, Jones) and the only exceptions are teams who not only played quality complementary football, but possessed historically great defences. When I look at the way the sport is set up with the rule changes and everything I still believe that the fastest way to turn around a program is to get and develop a high level QB (which anybody can do, considering that we'll liely see QBs from BYU, NDSU, UNC, Pitt and Liberty were or will likelly be drafted in the first round recently) and give him talented skill players and I don't believe Georgia winning a national championship with an historic level defence littered with NFL caliber players disproves my point, but rather reinforces it. It's always true that a program who does things the right way can win a lot of games, and maybe the title playing complementary football, I just believe that the latest trends make winning the big one that way more an exception than a rule. Thanks again for a great reaction and I would love to hear from you in the case I misunderstood the point (which is always likely).

Great segment Josh

Georgia felt like the biggest underdog. They got shlapped by Alabama and everyone wrote them off. Hell, there were people saying that Michigan would beat Georgia. But Georgia fought with every ounce of sweat, blood, and tear to get to the point where they are today.

Kirby built a defense with 11 future NFL player’s. Don’t know if you can build that at Iowa, Vtech, Michigan st. Those type of schools unfortunately don’t have the same level of High school Athlete as the State of Georgia. Also not just the state of Georgia but Alabama, Louisiana,Florida the kids are built different. And you don’t need to travel to far to get into those state’s & recruit.

Great video. Though I do not understand how Stetson Bennett should excite other programs. If anything it should discourage other teams because UGA was able to get by w/ a non star QB because they are basically elite everywhere else. Iow could never reproduce what UGA did because they don't have the talent to run waves of players like UGA does. Heck, there are probably 7 guys who are going to be high draft picks in the front 7 (and one of them doesn't even start)

I turn 41 in a week. I'm that dude you're talking about

It's incredible how you can wax so eloquent after Georgia won w/the great investments in which you stated that they made -- and w/all of that you picked them to lose? Enjoy!

Great work....GO DAwgs!!!!

in 1980 i watch the dawgs win ..and sents then had my heart broke for 41 yrs but i remained a dawg and will forever be so i'm 56 all i can say is yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Insert Georgia for the Falcons. 😂🤣.. Falcons should draft some Georgia players

Go Dawgs !!! 😁🥳

Congratulations Georgia on a stellar season, and a championship game of redemption & perseverance. Alabama, congratulations on a good season yourselves, overcoming adversity of your own and still getting to the CFP Final. This is as clear a proof as any ever asserted that the SEC dominates NCAA Football - six SEC teams have at least one BCS/CFP title trophy, totaling 15 of 24 contested (three other times were all-SEC finals meaning three SEC teams were also runners-up to the eventual SEC & NCAA champions). Three SEC teams each have more Championships than any other conference totals except ACC which has five - but Alabama has six, LSU has three, Florida has two, and Tennessee, Auburn & Georgia have one each. No other conference has more than two BCS/CFP trophies except ACC with five (Clemson & FSU have two each), B-12 & B-1o each have two each, and PAC-1o has one.

THANK YOUUUUU

Bro you gotta let me tag along one of these games..lol hey we from the same spot man

So Bama’s entire roster of second string 5 stars couldn’t muster up a win, but UGA can beat them with a No Star walk-on at QB? How do Bama fans think these injury excuses are making them sound?

It feels good. The Empire strikes back. The Death Star is destroyed. The Israelites smite the Philistines. Wellington routs Napoleon. "There stands Jackson like a stonewall." Xerxes to Leonidas.."our arrows shall blot out the sun." Leonidas' reply to Xerxes..."then we shall fight in the shade." Nick Saban after their SEC Championship win, "I feel all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant, and filled him with a terrible resolve." Oh wait, that was Yamamoto after their sucker punch at Pearl Harbor, but still applies here. Just basking in the win. Go Dawgs!

Did he say Waycross Ga

Best thing about the game was seeing Bennett put away the win. No matter who your team is, we were all Stetson Bennett on Monday night.

For the record, my level of inebriation didn't effect my level of appreciation.

You make a point that they won with defense which is partly true. UGA still needed their 5star tight ends, running backs, and receivers to get it done. Pickens comes up clutch, burton comes in clutch, Mitchell comes in clutch, cook pops off for ground yards that are much needed and so on. The old saying defense wins championships still is out the door. Defense keeps you in championships but you still need a slew of freaks on offense to make that one play to keep the drives going. UGA used all of their cards on offense and defense and that’s what it takes now a days. People say you can just spread teams out and out score the other guys but that’s not true either. Teams from the sec will always have a defense that can slow you down enough to match you.

im shocked that Bama got as far as they did after struggling really all season. It was just a couple of guys holding it together and two of them went down which severely hampered the offense which cannot fly against that great defense Georgia had. Looking forward to next season

I think 🤔 Alabama receiver getting injured changed the whole game but congrats to Georgia

Congratulations to GA for winning the National Title!! Now the question is can Georgia repeat??

the change happened when FINALLY UGA staff (kirby & luke) finally got their heads out of their holes and took ericson (who cant play physically w/ sec level d front 7s) and moved salyer inside and jones at LT - WHY THIS WASNT THE COMBO BEFORE THIS IS UNEXPLAINED - there is this thing with that staff where i need you to have it there in your head over anything else - problem is i dont care how many calls and reads u know IF YOU CANT PHYSICALLY HANDLE IT IT DOES NOT MATTER - I honestly can justify the QB decisions more than some personnel decisions they have made on the o line - they started Owen Condon over McClendon in 2020 ark game - I do not what they are seeing in practice and scrimmages but it was OBVIOUS condon isnt on the same planet as McClendon - I would LOVE to sit in a room with film on the screen and just what could possibly be going through their heads with these two o line choices - ERICSON CANT DO IT - period yet they kept going to him

Go Dawgs!!!

SEC domination of BCS/CFP era has inspired & stimulated systemic change in coaching staffs, strategies, facilities, support & training staff to compete with UA, LSU, UGA, UF and A&M. B-1o, B-12, PAC and SOME ACC programs have a long way to go. Aside of OSU, PSU, MSU, UM, OU, OkSU, BU, UTx, Oregon, CU, FSU, UWV, VaTech, UNC & ND - few schools or conferences can compete with SEC’s top 6 of each division.

They better wear the crown with all that 5 star talent....