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9-year-old wishes for a Bulldogs win for ‘best friend’ Stetson Bennett

ATLANTA — A nine-year-old boy told his mom he hopes his best friend, University of Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett, wins the National Football Championship Monday.

Many Georgia Bulldog fans are hoping for a win on the football field Monday against TCU, but nine-year-old Brooks Teehan told his mom, Jessica Cash, that he hopes his best friend, Stetson Bennett, would take home the win.

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Cash wrote on Facebook that Teehan said Bennett was his friend because they shared a fist bump when the family watched the Dawgs play in Kentucky.

“Who am I to tell him that isn’t true?” Cash wrote on Facebook. “So he asked if we could pray for his protection, for him to be safe on the field, and for God to be with the bulldogs at their game this upcoming Monday.”

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From his Georgia Bulldogs-themed room to asking Santa for a scholarship to play UGA football, Cash saidTeehan has always been a big Dawgs fan.

“He asked Santa for a scholarship to UGA to play football for Christmas,” Cash said on Facebook. “[Stetson Bennett], know that you are covered in prayer by a sweet little nine-year-old boy who, when asked what friend he could pray for, chose you.”

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