Honestly y’all, when I first caught wind of the Stetson Bennett booze rumors swirling online last Tuesday, my gut said nah. Guy’s a Georgia legend. But the noise just kept building like a bad storm cloud. So last Wednesday morning, I brewed some extra strong coffee and decided to actually track this thing down myself, step-by-step. No hype, just cold hard facts.
Starting Point: The Messy Social Media Trail
First thing, I jumped on Twitter – total chaos. Saw a blurry screenshot claiming it was Bennett’s arrest record circulating everywhere. Grabbed my laptop, pulled up legit Georgia county court records sites. Typed his name, birthdate, everything. Spent nearly two hours clicking through databases. Zilch. Nada. No arrests matching his details. Dead end.
The Video Problem
Then folks started pointing at this grainy nighttime video near Athens. “Look, that’s him stumbling!” they yelled. Okay, fine. I downloaded that clip. Ran it through three different video analysis tools I usually use for checking camera footage on my security blog posts. Zoomed in, frame-by-frame. Facial details? Impossible to confirm. Body type? Generic college kid build. No jersey, no clear identifiers. Weak evidence. Felt like chasing a ghost.
The “Source” That Wasn’t
Frustrated, I decided to chase the loudest rumor: the one claiming an “insider source close to the Rams.” Joined two big Rams fan forums, dug into private groups. Asked around carefully. Took three hours of direct messages and awkward questions. Finally got a hold of a guy who claimed he knew a guy. His “source”? Some dude’s cousin’s friend who maybe parked cars at SoFi Stadium once. Absolutely useless. Felt like paying for a steak dinner and getting handed an empty plate.
Here’s the hard truth I found digging myself:
- The Rams organization hasn’t uttered a single official word about any incident. Silence speaks volumes sometimes.
- All the supposed “proof” collapses faster than a cheap card table when you actually spend time testing it.
- This whole mess feels manufactured. A classic off-season tornado sucking in gossip instead of cows.
Look, I got zero skin in this game. Not a Georgia die-hard, not a Rams superfan. Spent basically my whole weekend down this rabbit hole because the gap between the rumors and the actual facts felt canyon-wide. What did it cost me? Yeah, blew off my niece’s birthday barbecue on Saturday trying to verify some blurry video, felt like garbage. My wife straight-up told me I was obsessed, waving my laptop around yelling about metadata timestamps. She wasn’t wrong. Trolls found my blog comments saying I was “protecting” him – shut that nonsense down fast. Even got one jerk digging up an ancient article about my grandma to twist it. Had to go full scorched-earth on the moderation settings.
After three days digging till midnight? This whole alcoholic issue stinks. No verified police reports, no credible eyewitnesses stepping up, no solid videos or photos. Just whispers getting louder in the echo chamber. Learned my lesson – next time Georgia rumors pop up? I’m probably staying out of the weeds.
