Paul Finebaum's latest Gunner Stockton and Georgia comments should hype up Bulldogs fans ahead of Texas showdown

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SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum completely doubted the Georgia Bulldogs all summer long, but that changed once quarterback Gunner Stockton started silencing doubters game by game.

But it was Stockton’s progression right after Georgia’s 24-21 loss to Alabama that made Finebaum finally admit he’d been completely wrong about both the first-year starting quarterback and the Bulldogs.

“I think as we walked out of that game six or seven weeks ago against Alabama, you had to wonder, would Georgia be able to survive?” Finebaum said during an appearance on Dawg Nation’s On the Beat show. “And they have.”

Paul Finebaum had Gunner Stockton selling insurance

Finebaum even jokingly went as far as to say that he had already chalked up Stockton as a future insurance agent alongside Georgia’s offensive coordinator, Mike Bobo.

“I had Gunner Stockton selling insurance somewhere in Conyers, Georgia, with Mike Bobo,” Finebaum said. “But Gunner Stockton has been an absolute star. We saw that going back to Knoxville and the Tennessee game, where I felt like he came of age, and he’s done it so many times.

“And Mike Bobo, for all the criticism on the Finebaum Show, has dialed up some really unique and creative plays this year.”

Instead, Stockton has led the Dawgs to an 8-1 record while throwing for 1,776 passing yards, 12 touchdowns, and two interceptions. He also has 290 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns.

Those numbers have been good enough to not only put him in the Heisman conversation but they’ve also given Finebaum all the confidence in the world that Georgia will beat the Texas Longhorns on Saturday night at Sanford Stadium.

“I think you’d have to be (Texas mascot) Bevo to be picking Texas to win,” Finebaum said. “Right now, I’m not, and I sincerely doubt I will be Saturday morning …I think everything favors Georgia.”

Related: Georgia HC Kirby Smart reacts to Gunner Stockton’s Heisman buzz

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