Georgia Players Celebrate National Title While Wearing Alabama Hats
By Kyle Koster
Georgia captured its first national title since 1980 by outlasting Alabama in Indianapolis last night. Though the Bulldogs were favored, it is still a stark surprise when any team other than the Crimson Tide captures college football's most vaunted prize. So perhaps that explains why Nakobe Dean and a handful of his teammates were handed hats commemorating Alabama's big win for the on-field celebration. ESPN cameras caught the mixup while focusing on Dean, who was paramount in mitigating Bryce Young and the Crimson Tide offense.
Nakobe Dean had his WRONG hat after Georgia won the #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/dpIESDZOXQ
— Dave Techz (@techz_dave) January 11, 2022
The situation was quickly rectified and the All-Everything linebacker joked about it during his jubilant postgame press availability.
Nakobe Dean laughs and points at his hat during the post-game presser: "I have the right hat on now!" pic.twitter.com/I6Y13BlPdv
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 11, 2022
Related: how sweet of a gig must it be to pass out commemorative hats and shirts to players who just won a championship? How does one get that job? Extremely jealous.