Georgia football's Stetson Bennett explains phone call gesture - USA TODAY

Georgia shot backmost Stetson Bennett received betwixt 600 and 700 telephone calls from Tennessee fans connected Friday aft his compartment telephone fig was leaked to the public, helium said connected Saturday aft No. 1 Georgia's 27-13 triumph implicit the No. 3 Volunteers.

That explains wherefore the Bulldog elder was anxious to clasp his manus to his helmet with a telephone telephone motion aft a 13-yard scramble resulted successful Georgia's archetypal touchdown. 

He did it again aft connecting with Ladd McConkey for a 37-yard touchdown walk connected Georgia's adjacent possession.

This time, Bennett turned and pointed to the northwest country of the stadium wherever astir of Tennessee's orange-clad fans and set were sitting. He held his manus up to his helmet erstwhile again, mocking them to telephone him.

"I'm definite everybody other knows what it was about, but I was conscionable successful the moment," Bennett said.

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He said helium got calls and texts passim the nighttime but learned however to soundlessness them.

"I figured retired a mode to fell them each truthful they wouldn't amusement up," Bennett said.

Bennett said helium didn't reply calls oregon instrumentality messages

Bennett said the calls and messages began appearing astir noon. He did not reply the calls nor instrumentality immoderate of the substance messages.

"I didn't instrumentality any," Bennett said. "I conscionable sat connected them — ate them."

The calls didn't supply immoderate information to execute good connected Saturday, helium noted, but it bothered him capable for him to mock Tennessee's faithful.

"I wouldn't accidental motivation, but there's astir apt thing there, yeah," helium said.

Teammates downplayed the moment, respective acting arsenic if they didn't cognize astir Bennett's experience.

"Phone calls?" McConkey said with a spot of a smile. "What is it? I'll person to inquire him astir it."

After informing McConkey that Bennett had received that galore telephone calls the time before, the sophomore receiver shrugged.

"Stetson is Stetson, helium doesn't request motivation," McConkey said. "He conscionable goes retired determination and has truthful galore to beryllium it to time successful and time out, helium conscionable goes retired and plays and he's awesome. I'm truthful gladsome we person him."

Running backmost Kenny McIntosh couldn't incorporate his grin portion seeming dumbfounded astir Bennett's situation.

"Nah, I didn't cognize that, that's crazy," McIntosh said.

He soon deflected to Georgia's fans showing up successful force.

"I conjecture their fans tried to bash their mode to get successful our quarterbacks caput oregon thing similar that, but arsenic you tin see, Georgia fans decidedly helped america out," McIntosh said. "You tin accidental their fans did that and Georgia fans did america a favour retired determination contiguous yelling and screaming and causing penalties. I conscionable privation to accidental 'thank you' to Georgia fans. I emotion y'all."