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Episode 2348: Jalon Walker's Butkus Award win brings UGA's Playoff identity into focus

DawgNation Daily

Brandon Adams

Sports

4.8914 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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DawgNation Daily -- the daily podcast for Georgia Bulldogs fans Beginning of the show: A look at Jalon Walker winning the Butkus Award and a discussion about why he's such an effective leader for the UGA defense. 15-minute mark: I discuss the release of the Bulldogs' 2025 schedule and celebrate Terrence Edwards, who was honored as an SEC Legend on Saturday. 20-minute mark: Terrence joins the show. 40-minute mark: I take a look at other SEC headlines including what fans of the league should make of Bill Belichick being hired as the next coach at North Carolina. End of show: I award some Golden Shoe winners and share the Gator Hater Updater.

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0:00.0

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0:06.6

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0:13.0

Presented by Dognation.com. This is Dog Nation Daily, the daily podcast for Georgia Bulldogs fame.

0:19.4

Here's your host, Brandon Adam. We got some great news yesterday.

0:22.5

I was so happy to hear it.

0:23.6

I know so many of you are too.

0:26.3

Jalen Walker, the Georgia linebacker, has won the Buccas Award for the nation's top lineback.

0:31.8

I just think this is tremendous news.

0:33.7

And I think it's kind of true for a handful of reasons here.

0:36.3

First of all, Georgia has kind of had a stranglehold on the Buccas Award in the Kirby Smart Era

0:42.6

and Nacopi Dean won that going back 2021.

0:46.1

Roquant Smith won that back in 2017.

0:49.1

And now Walker becomes the third linebacker in the Kirby Air to do that.

0:54.6

And I thought Georgia did a great job yesterday of kind of showcasing when they found this out,

1:01.1

that he's the Buckus Award winner, got a big ovation from his teammates there,

1:06.2

and the Georgia team meeting room.

1:07.8

I just think all of that is a really exceptional, a well-earned, you know,

1:12.3

thing and just a tremendous celebration. What a cool thing there for a Jalen Walker. I love the

1:17.3

stranglehold that Georgia sort of had on this award. But I also like the fact that whether it be

1:23.3

Buccas or a couple of Mackey Awards for Brock Bowers. We've seen Thorpe Award and Nogerski Award and

1:30.2

an Outland Trophy that Georgia just sort of has in the Smart Era like a national award winner

1:37.0

every single year. And there's all these different ways you kind of try to quantify and

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