William Poole, guys, this guy made a lot of plays tonight on the ball and he was not even playing three, four weeks ago. There's so many guys on this team that - I want to single him out. But again, to think that it would come this far from that National Championship he was a part of there to this one, man, what a story. There's a lot of guys that saw him on that scout team make plays with his feet, his arm whip and decision making, and we were very impressed. Five years ago he was delivering passes like Baker Mayfield against the scout team. KIRBY SMART: I'd have thought, hell yeah, we won a National Championship. If someone had told you five years ago that Stetson Bennett would lead you to a National Championship on offense, what would you have thought? Just incredible, incredible connection and toughness. It wouldn't have happened without these two guys sitting next to me and those men in that locker room. I thought, God put him there for me to see him the night before his game, and he was waiting on his key to come up to his room. I got off the elevator the other night and I thought it was a sign when the elevator opened on the 15th floor and Vince Dooley was sitting on a bench locked out of his room. I think about Lawrence Smith who's sitting there, I think about hugging Vince Dooley's neck after the game and I'm in tears and he's in tears. When we go on the road, our fans have been absolutely incredible. There's a lot of satisfaction doing that for them, but ultimately it's those guys in the room, the blood, sweat, and tears, and 200 something workouts and 160 something practices. Somebody told me you're not playing for the 41 years that we haven't won a national title, you're playing for the men in the room, and that really touched me, because that's what it was all about was those guys in the room. I just hope they remember this feeling and understand they don't need to get spoiled, they need to stay hungry like these players. Somebody told me it would be 60-40 it felt like 70-30. I mean, everywhere we went in Indianapolis we saw our people. But just Dawg Nation showing up here, the tremendous belief in this program, of our fan base. A lot of respect for Coach Saban, and he was very complimentary after the game. I have an immense amount of respect for them, and they fought and battled and lost one of their best players in the game and continued to battle. "Well, I would open with a lot of respect for the Alabama football team, the Alabama football program. Here's what head coach Kirby Smart and his players had to say after the emotional 33-18 victory in Indianapolis: Kirby Smart It snapped a seven-game losing streak to Alabama, and won its first national title since 1980. 2 Michigan 34-11 in the Capital One Orange Bowl in Miami, Fla. Georgia advanced in the playoff this year as the No.
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