For as critical as some NFL rivalries could be, they fully pale compared by way of the fierceness and pure hatred that the largest rivalries in faculty soccer have to supply. And people final ceaselessly as a few gamers on the Los Angeles Rams can attest to in quarterback Stetson Bennett and tight finish Miller Forristall.
Bennett went to Georgia whereas Forristall attended Alabama, not solely two of the very best faculty packages within the nation over the previous decade, however absolute fierce rivals for a very long time. The 2 colleges confronted off in an unbelievable recreation final weekend and after a back-and-forth contest that noticed Georgia combat again from a 28-0 deficit, it was Alabama who got here out on high 41-34.
Due to that, Forristall received to have a bit of enjoyable on the expense of Bennett, forcing the previous Georgia Bulldog to decorate up in Alabama Crimson Tide gear, with the Rams tight finish then posting it on his X web page:
Stetson ❤️’s the TIDE pic.twitter.com/vnHAQvI9v8
— Miller Forristall (@mcforristall) October 2, 2024
Coincidentally, the 2 truly did face off as soon as in faculty. As soon as once more, it was Forristall who got here out on high there as he and Alabama defeated Bennett’s Bulldogs 41-24. Forristall caught three passes for 29 yards within the recreation whereas Bennett struggled in opposition to the Alabama protection, finishing below 50% of his passes and throwing three interceptions.
In fact it’s all enjoyable and video games now with each Bennett and Forristall targeted on doing no matter they will to assist the Rams win. A lot of that is available in apply for these two for the time being with Bennett being the Rams’ third-string quarterback whereas Forristall is on the apply squad. However these faculty ties run deep and there’s no doubt the 2 shall be again at it once more the following time Georgia and Alabama face off.
Rams QB Matthew Stafford ‘humbled’ to cross Eli Manning for tenth in all-time passing yards
When it comes to the person on the high of the depth chart for the Rams at quarterback, this season has been a little bit of a wrestle for Matthew Stafford as he has been with out his high two weapons in Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua for mainly your complete season.
Even nonetheless, Stafford has performed all the things he can to get essentially the most out of this offense and he just lately had a serious accomplishment, shifting previous Eli Manning into tenth all-time in passing yards in NFL historical past.
Stafford known as the accomplishment ‘humbling’ simply to be talked about in the identical breath as these all-time greats. Whereas he admittedly struggled to understand it for the time being with the Rams having misplaced to the Chicago Bears, Stafford feels he’ll take extra time to actually respect issues on the finish of the season.
