Kirby Smart and Georgia's press conference after losing to Alabama in 2023 SEC Championship Game
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- Georgia's Kirby Smart, Carson Beck and Smael Mondon Jr. speak to reporters after their team's 27-24 loss to Alabama in the 2023 SEC Championship Game on Dec. 2 in Atlanta, Ga.
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Bama here, but Kirby is a great coach and gentleman!
I love Kirby and appreciate everything he did at Alabama with Nick Saban. He's a great coach! Best of luck to the Dawgs in the future. Roll tide.
@@Susannah472classy Dawg fan !!! Appreciate your kind words and all respect to Georgia from this Bama guy. SEC SEC SEC all the way.
@Susannah472 😃 😊 😀 thanks for all the Georgia Girls support for the Tide in the playoffs !!!! 👍 👍 👍
I love the dawgs! Especially Kirby he means a lotttttt to me! Congrats to Alabama but go dawgs!❤❤❤❤
Great coaches don't whine about about missed field goals on a non-subjective penalties
I’m a die hard BAMA fan, but you can’t help but love this guy!
Facts. He has that Saban effect.
2nd best coach in FB
Built by bama
Man, I wish all coaches were as direct, well spoken, respectful, and hardworking as Smart. He truly is a LEADER OF MEN. And what a blessing it is for all those young kids to have him be their life coach.
Everyone is saying Texas has the best win @ Alabama. Milroe is light years ahead of where he was. Now, let’s look at the losses. Texas lost to a pretty good Oklahoma team, Bama lost at HOME to Texas by 10, Georgia lost to ALABAMA by 3!! In the sec championship. We have to look at the past SEC has owned t he CFB playoff You can’t keep Georgia out. It took 29 games for them to drop one, without a doubt Georgia has the “BEST” loss. Committee needs to look at the 1 loss teams losses and not wins. And Alabama should get in over Texas because they have the best win, considering the sec dominance I believe Georgia and Bama should get in having the best losses and wins. FSU qb is out they sucked on offense. No reason Texas should get in over either of these teams. But if the SEC should only get one team in, I vote Georgia all the way. They play that game against Bama 5 times they win 4 of them. It’s hard to keep a streak going and Bama had something to prove they played lights out. Overall Georgia is STiLL the better team, and NUmBeR 1 in my book. GO HoGs!
Kirby Smart is a great coach. Here in the Bama nation we still regard him as family and have great respect for him. With him Alabama was unstoppable and we miss him terribly. We knew he would go on to great and better things. Go Dawgs and best Florida State!!!
Alabama beat the best team in the nation now I believe Alabama deserves a playoff shot!
As a bulldog fan. I hope y’all get it but there's a friction cfp so we'll see
Best team in the nation in a poll! None of those teams will beat Washington! I doubt GA nor Bama could beat Arizona. SEC looks soft..
@@johnfromm1974you are delusional son
@@jessicanjerrybrannon3544 yeah, figured I’d get a response like that! Just as ignorant as they come! Lemme know how you feel when whatever fair weather team you’re cheering on gets their ass handed to them by Washington! I’m sure you’ll be going for whatever is on the ESPN Menu at the time and all I will hear is crickets when “your team” loses! Again…. SEC is so soft this year!
@@jessicanjerrybrannon3544Dude has to be a bama troll ,, roll tide roll 😁.. I just confused the 💩 out of y’all 🤣🤣
Georgia should hold their heads high the played well. Roll tide
RTR !!!! BAMA NATION will always love and respect Kirby and for all he did whilecat Bama and how he turned Georgia into a elite program. Both programs
Georgia played great. One heck of a game!
🤣
@@tcellison1998 RTR
Vin Diesel: "It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning!"
@@kennybeck5519 indeed
@@tcellison1998 what’s funny you only beat us by 3 so yes that’s a good game 🤣🤣🤣
I think Georgia is one of the four best teams, but Alabama was one of the four best teams last year and was left out.
true..but UGA is not in anyway under any circumstances are getting into the cfp..he should know better..
Bama last year also had 2 losses. Compared to many of these teams, one loss this year.
@@perfectblindguycorny, he meant as in they should get in cause of actual skill not record and statistics
@@2314KenKenfacts they lost not once but twice last year
As a Bama fan, i support Kirby to the fullest. He's been so impressive at Georgia. This is a weird season where there are 7 legit teams that can be in the final 4. Its ironic Kirby says "its the best 4 teams" bc last season BAMA was obviously one of the best 4 but we got left out. RTR
Also had two losses last year. Still should've been in. The TCU whopping showed that.
Lost to an lsu team that got smacked by Georgia. Shut up.
@@2314KenKen exactly! BAMA was one of the four best teams
He still isn’t wrong tho, Georgia is still top 4 team even after the loss, wasn’t even a blowout. Was very close to
@@itsyenji Georgia fans: buh buh We StIlL sHoUlD bE iN ThE pLaYoFfs dUhHhHh 😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
Amazing game!!
I’m not a Georgia fan. Haven’t even watched a Kirby press conference this year. They lost to ALABAMA. The longest ongoing, most historic, Dynasty in College football. Let’s not forget they are coached by the best Coach to EVER grace a college football field in Nick SABAN. I believe that Georgia is STILL the best Team. My Rankins are 1 Georgia, 2.Mich 3. Washington, 4. Alabama
THANK GOD next year we'll have a 12 team playoff. We all know UGA will be right back next year
so will bama
@@perfectblindguyno shit they talking about uga tho
@@itsyenjibut apparently you obnoxious Georgia fans have forgotten who Alabama is.
@@itsyenji it shows by how you're talking to me you're obnoxious cry baby take that L.
It should be the 14 conference champions in the playoffs
You know what, I have no regrets. GEORGIA played great this season. Just a shame there will be no 3rd championship this year.
Yes. Georgia played a good game. But, Alabama played a great game. RMFT.
Roll tide
Have to play great to beat Georgia, even when they don't play a great game.
Love Kirby, but he allowed Saban to out coach him again! I'm a dawg fan but NO playoff this year, you failed to earn it by losing the SEC. Your OC failed to change up plays and kept running the same routes all night. Hire a damn good OC, and next year kick butt. But this is sad, UGA had the better team and still lost. what a joke!
GG's Dawgs. You had a hell of a run.
its not over yet we sure as heck had alot of injuries theres always next year but as for this dynasty its pretty much over
@@matthewwarbington4125 Certainly. GG's.
Thanks coach a class act. we Alabama fans still miss you. Your also right it's crazy to think that yall don't deserve to be in the playoffs but this is the Era of crazy see our President.😅
“Busted coverage by a freshman” - man if you don’t go on with those excuses Kirby. We had freshmen out there too buddy.
I caught that to. No excuses. Moat of bamas team is really young as well
Come on man all fans make excuses. When Ga beat Bama it was if our star receiver wouldn’t have got injured. It would be like if Milroe blew a knee at the beginning. Same as fsu. Its not an excuse its a reason. When it’s not your team we call it an excuse.
The reason my dawgs got beat, poor play calling after first drive, until we opened it up in second half. First bug game test where losing Burton, AD to Texas and Brock and Ladd shouldn’t have been playing (nil has hurt us more than helped with transfers). We got pushed around especially our d line. Our offensive play calling has taken a few steps back. Reason why Bobo can’t keep a job and had take an analyst job at uga turned coordinator. He isn’t a coordinator a top program should would hire
@@hisrighthandsaves A bunch of excuses.
@@DuBois324
Like Jamo abd Metchie!
A great performance. Dawgs get my vote. Hitting the upright should be 4 points cuz it's so hard.
Good thing you or your vote or your opinion doesn’t count
way to go bama...bama will win the national title..if they get in the cfp
Great run.
Little short today Coach , but DGD’s!
GG WP go dawgs
If Bama gets in they win the natty. And I’m a uga fan. We won’t get in this year
Sir. 🤬 Good game
Rewatched the game, so referee reviewed Arians clear catch, but didn’t Bonds from Bama. The ground aided in the catch, and that would’ve have been a 10 point game swing
Burrrrrrrrr RTT…. Nobody gave us a chance this is what happens ga don’t play a lot of teams we played
Kirby Smart is the largest a-hole ever for putting the blame on a freshman linebacker for the loss to Alabama. Just one play. What kind of person/coach does something like that? We can only hope that this is going to bite him in the ass for years to come.
1. Michigan
2. Georgia
3. Texas
4. Alabama
I guarantee they leave undefeated Washington and FSU out! It’s about $$$
These are definitely the top four teams if people remove emotions. If the committee truly gets it right. Truly, these teams will go. Although, I like the Washington team. GA and or Bama will smack them on neutral ground. Just as they will do UM. UM got smacked by GA a few years ago, then lost to TCU last year. I honestly don't know what or how football fans articulate Michigan is any good. Their schedule is Poo 💩. Conference 🏆 game Poo 💩. I think Washington gets in. GA out. Bama & possibly Texas are the only teams that can beat Georgia.
Like they should. Washington and Florida State would get killed by the top 4 in your list
Would make sense, committe biased ties in bringing in the best teams more viewership more money
I think you’re being sarcastic. At least I hope you are. The committee will probably have.
1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. Texas
4. Alabama
@@loganmccoy2842King shit
Yeah he’s a class act. Roll Tide.
Someone should ask Kirby why he is just 1-5 versus Alabama.
Alabama still has and will continue to have a team full of talent. They're still the standard.
@@waltdigi3570so why they always the underdog
29 in a row is damn impressive. Georgia deserves all the credit. Florida State fans crying cause they are probably going to get left out 😂
Lmao they’re not getting left out, goofy. And had you taken care of business against big bad Big 12 Texas at HOME lol, you wouldn’t be on the outside looking in
@@Los150L
@@Los150hmmmm.....
@@Los150 what was that? I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the playoff committee.
David "Potluck" made this inevitable when he disrespected Nick Saban and Alabama during last year's national championship (Georgia vs TCU). David retired Nick too soon. He should tell us how crow tastes 😂
Georgia got a big head and forgot who their daddy is. They were reminded tonight. Hopefully Bama gets to play them in the playoffs. It would be an epic rematch
Corny ass comment lmao. Fans can’t be humble and take a non blowout win LOL
If Georgia and Alabama have rematch Georgia will get it done.
@@Jeff-lf6hv easy there cowboy 🤣🤣
Michigan bout to pound that ass baby boy.
13-0 speaks… regardless of the favor given to the SEC…
Kirby=We don’t make excuses but we lost 2 guys, we had a freshman bust for a TD but again we don’t make excuses, oh the review or lack there of caused us a critical td, but again we don’t make excuses!
Disregard losing the battle up front, out wide, in close, or down field but again no excuses but we have “reasons” -KS
I hate the georgia qb
Carson Beck always looks…deceased lol
Yes I always think Zombie
Nothing against him
don't make fun of the face people were born with. The heart and character are what matters. Just be nice.
I’ve narrowed down the reason UGA lost yesterday, has a 1-3 record against Bama under Kirby, and a 42-26-4 record lifetime: UGA is afraid of Bama. I’m not exactly sure why; is it the players, the coaches, the success of Bama as a college football powerhouse, or just the state in general, being Georgia’s western border. And I’m very biased, born & raised in GA, growing up a Dawgs fan all my life, I went there ‘80-‘82, my grandfather graduated from UGA in 1928, there’s even a hall named after my great-great grandfather on campus, so I can confidently say, “I love UGA, Athens and my beloved Bulldogs”, without the slightest hesitation. But damn it, what the hell is the mojo Bama has over the Dawgs? You put the UGA teams that were, in the past the scariest on the field, against the Tide, and it’s “How ‘Bout Them Dawgs” all day long! So why aren’t the Dawgs better against the Tide under Kirby? UGA just can’t seem to call upon that swagger and anger and hate and controlled rage when most needed and turn it loose on Bama like they do against other teams. I know it’s there, but for whatever the reason, other than the aforementioned FEAR, the Dawgs just can’t bring it out against the Tide. The UGA Teams that, to a man, decide definitively that they will NOT let their teammates down, are the most successful of all UGA Teams. I know Coach Saban can bring it out of his players more often than not, and it’s one of the many reasons he is so great at his job not only as a Coach, but as a leader of men. We need that too, so get it back Kirby! You played in Athens so you know what it means to be a Georgia Bulldog! It’s already inside most college athletes already. Find it and get it back with your players this year, and every year. And in doing so, OUR beloved Georgia Bulldogs will never be afraid of Bama again…or any endeavor your players pursue on the field or in life. Good luck in whatever Bowl game you choose to accept an invitation. Now, let’s begin a new chapter of UGA football when you never lose because of fearing any opponent. The only fear you Dawgs carry is the fear of letting your fellow teammates down. You will never be “losers” if you have THAT fear in your gut, and love for each other in your hearts. GO DAWGS!
I will not be reading your essay
@@PowerfulNomadbut you still commented on it. Lol
And? Still saved time
Dawg fan here nick saban and bama absolutely own us and I hate playing the crimson tide they are still the kings of college football
Down horrendous
Georgia got beat on the defensive line and offensive line - they got blown off the ball. Coaching was also lacking
They shouldn't put Michigan in the playoff because they cheated. Georgia and Alabama both should get in.
Did not call a review and that was the game
Kirby is a great coach. and I have a lot of respect for Kirby smarts. but I think Georgia should. have went to number 4. over Texas Longhorn. to play back in the national championship. with 29 wins Two back-to-back. national championships. Number one team in the country. I think Georgia. should have another shot for the national championship. Just my opinion.
(Common opponents)You gotta beat Bama. Texas did!
if bama gets left out we’ll always hear what would’ve been
Im sure if fsu wins there" bowl game" most likley against uga they'll be crownd " unofficial champs" as well
Michigan said they want Georgia in the playoffs and when they get done with you, y'all gonna be singing the Michigan fight song !
Why don't they just say alabama is there kryptonite and alabama will always beat then nearly every time no matter how good they are
@jojo-hr5bv how am I a clown? I was invited to several watch parties and I said I don't go to watch parties when we play alabama. It's much easier to watch us lose from home. I love my team and i still cheer for them but our history against nick saban is absolutely atrocious.
@@jojo-hr5bvYou chose the wrong path clearly 🐘🐘🐘
Well I appreciate that you at least said “nearly”
Goodness the ego 😂 learn to be humble. Such a shallow personality
@@itsyenji I'm a Ga fan. Not an alabama fan. Just saying the truth
Kirby: “…it’s not about most deserving, it’s about who’s the best”. Meaning he was/is perfectly ok with undeserving teams making the playoffs.
He's just being honest about the criteria around the playoffs
Roll Tide!
Alabama kicks Georgia ass every game except one luck out game
Kirby: “They have big big humans. It’s hard to run the ball on them”…. Fun Fact: Texas has the 4th best run defense in the entire FBS and #1 Run defense of those in the playoff hunt. Texas has big humans too including the top 2 rated DTs in the nation according to PFF. Georgia SOS is worse than Texas Bama Washington Michigan… Georgia should be out
Bama was 4-0 vs top 13 last 12 weeks
Michigan, Washington, Texas, Florida state . Bama won’t get in because of the head to head with Texas
I hope Alabama beats Michigan georgia is still a good team they got a good coach if it wasnt for kirby they wouldnt be no where both played a good game they both are good teams like them both
Dude, periods were invented for a reason.
Isn't it ALL about the MONEY??!! Why don't they just make the CFP 8 Teams 🤔
More games = More TV money 🙄 🤦♂
Just heard next year they're going to be a 12 Team CFP
Milking it even more 🙄 🤦♂
Both out! No Alabama, they lost to Texas, and now Georgia out! No SEC teams is what should happen. 3 undefeated and Texas! Next year SEC, they let 12 teams in. Go Blue!!!
As a GA fan, kind of fucking pissed off he isn’t angrier. It’s almost like he’s… relieved?
Don't project your emotions on to others. How can you truly determine how he feels! What type of emotion does Kirby need to show to suffice your silly emotions🤏🏾🧠🤯
It’s called composure
UGA has no bragging rights this year. Their resumè has nothing on it. Yeah they went 12-1, but their strength of schedule will be looked at and we all know how soft it was for them this year. Rhey finally played an elite team and lost. If bama doesnt go in playoff then GA definitely isnt going bruh
UGA is 3-1 against ranked opponents should be 4 cause Kentucky was #20 and 5-0 when UGA beat them. So don’t play us like we haven’t had wins bro frfr 💯💯 come correct now
@@oletretre6051😂😂Kentucky trash af, y’all deserve to be out of that top 4, Bama or Texas deserves that 4th spot
Bama had plenty of freshmen and young players too Kirby. Plenty of calls for uga in this game too but of course, let's only see Bama's 😂
ROLL TIDE
Bama fan here. Go beat the hell outta FSU!
If it was a critical play then why did the coach not challenge the call. The problem for Georgia is their one loss comes against Alabama (either they have to go in or neither because Texas beat Alabama - either head to head matters or it doesn't.
Georgia and Alabama are 2 great programs👍 Now go shut FSU up!
I want revenge next year we play Alabama in regular season
bring it..bama fears no one...
Be careful what you ask for
It will be a good game for sure.
Georgia lost they’re out. Michigan Washington Texas Bama are in
These are two of the best teams right now but they want a more diverse playoffs so both may be out
Kirby always makes a case for playoffs every time they lose!! Sorry but you don’t get a free pass from a lose straight to the playoffs!! No other teams would have a chance because you just got beat homie
It’s okay Kirby, Saban always has to pay Refs off to beat you.
CONGRATULATIONS UGA GREAT YEAR. AT FLORIDA STATE WE ARE BOYCOTTING THE ORANGE BOWL. YOU WERE ONLY DEFATED 1 TIME IN 3 YEARS AMAZING U SHOULD B PLAYING FOR A TITLE NOT A ORANGE. AT 13 N 0. BEING LEFT OUT WE HAVE NOTHING 2 PROVE. WE ASK YOU JOIN US IN A PROTEST. CHEERS 2024
GEORGA should still be in top 4 NOT CHEATING MICHIGAN!
That was your playoff game Kirby,, u lose,, play bama in the regular season so we could avoid these situations
Roll Tide!!!
Georgia did not beat Alabama, Texas did. If Tide goes Texas should as well. Sorry dog fans, but this just makes sense. Coming from a sooner fan by the way
i dont think we where in a postion to beat Alabamba lots of our players where out we held our own but just was not our year this year we held our own for a bit
Great win Georgia.... beat FSU's 4th string players. WOW !! Thanks to ESPN for destroying FSU/FSU's players. ESPN has been violating Antitrust Laws with the SEC for years. Lawmakers/Congress need to the ESPN Monopoly before they completely destroy college football
His question about who they play.. THEY DONT PLAY ANYBODYYYY
Really in that 29 game win streak go look it up and tell me how many ranked teams we beat counting 2 #1 teams and 1 being your Crimson tide don’t try to down play our success because we lost a good game by 3 to Bama. We have by far been the most disrespected back to back champs to have done what we have, Bama hasn’t even won 29 straight. Yeah yall won and I give Bama credit every time yall beat us close or by a lot now give us ours 💯💯💯
Mop
Hey Kirby, yall had an opportunity to decide it on the field tonight and you lost. Is what it is!!
Yeah it's just like when Alabama played Texas and lost by 10 points it was what it was. It just goes to show that even the best team in college football can have a bad night. Georgia did not play Georgia football tonight!
Not even complaining? Fuck are u on lmao
Not this time Kirby, not this time. Alabama shouldn’t have to beat y’all twice in the same season to win the Natty. Now get yourself comfortable, kick back in your recliner like the rest of us and watch Alabama kick Michigans ass in route to another Crimson Tide National Championship season 😉 Roll Tide!!!
So ya Kirby is doing the same thing Saban did last season pleading for why their team should get in. Kirby doing it is alright but when Saban do it, it’s bad, his whining and shit shaking my head.
Saban had 2 losses when he did it 🤡
Not once did he wine about being picked mfers are dumb asf.
Georgia is out!!!
Why even play the games if you wanna just pick the “best 4 teams”
To prove that you deserve to be one of the best 4 teams
You lose one game and it's all about who you played. you go undefeated nobody cares who you played no question not right
1:53 no Georgia is not a top 4 team. They lost their conference championship game while the top 4 teams are all conference champions. Better luck next time mutts
Apparently kirby smart did not look at sabans interview after texas loss, piss poor coaching job not beating this particular alabama team. You let your players down andnyou letnyour fan basebdown, now look at you begging like a second tier un elite coach
ROLLMFTIDE
sorry kirby you are wrong...UGA has no resume.....sorry but that is the truth
Copium
UGA wins so much because of a perennially SOFT schedule, along with their enormous recruiting budget, which is by far the most in the United States at any school. They don't generally walk over the big boys like the Crimson Tide.
Dumb@ss, just look at the scores in the games the DAWGs whupped teams in the top 20 vs the scores when Bama did!
Saban is your Daddy .
And im yours❤
SEC= 2nd best conference now
Until Bama kicks Michigans teeth in.
@@johnfaircloth9509 They can't even beat Texas! 🤣
@@FondledByDiddydrastically different team now vs week 2 of the season. Bama is the best team in the country and I’m a Dawg fan. Saban put in his best year of coaching this season. Bama will add another Natty to their list this year.
@johnfaircloth9509 Just because you can't beat them doesn't mean their #1. Check the CFP bracket you SEC homer 🤣
Cry cry cry Kirby
Both of these teams and staff know the Natty goes through one or the other of them. They're both THAT GOOD. This was the defacto national championship game, and both teams knew it.. just look at the way Michigan reacted to learning they are playing BAMA. They wanted FSU so bad.. cause they knew it would be a shoo in. Now they actually have to put in the work and show up if they want a chance. They have to go through one of the top 2 of the SEC. They don't want that. Put any SEC team in Michigan's schedule.. the mid tier SEC teams would thrive in that. You can't say the SEC isn't deserving.. the idiots who wanna say "oh, the ACC Qhad a better record against the SEC"... ok.. let's line them all up.. 1 through 12 or 14, however it matches.. 1v1, 2v2. 3v3.. ect.. and see how ugly that will be for the ACC. I'll go not one, but TWO steps further.. first, it was very very vocal that FSU didn't want to be a Part of the ACC earlier this year.. they mad it very clear they were looking for a way out.. just as Clemson did. It's their karma that they don't get to represent the league they dispise in the CFP. Secondly, it was the ACC who VOTED NO ON A 12 TEAM PLAYOFF FOR THIS YEAR. The ACC shot themselves in the foot. If they'd said yes, FSU would be in it to show what they can do. So you wanna blame anyone, blame FSU and The ACC. Karma is a B*tch.
Ga dont belong in playoffs should of won the damn game PERIOD all that winning then shit in bed at the end
No one is mentioning the 4th and 4 dropped pass that didnt get reviewed all the commentators agreed it was a dropped pass that would erase 7 from alabama
So your one of them…. It was a good game. Ga was trailing majority of the game. They played good but not great enough to beat Alabama.
Sick of the excuses. Hold the L.
Y'all need a little cheese with that whine?
@@rjonzun5828"but our receiver got hurt and we would have won"
As a Dawg fan, we also fumbled the ball inside our own 20 and missed a FG. Bad calls against us, but also against Bama too. We got our ass whooped period. Bama won the line of scrimmage and earned that win fair and square. Bama deserved to win by the way they played. Solid win Tide, go kick Michigans teeth in.
Georgia loss again to Alabama
Again, yes
Ugh 😪
1-0
Don't want to hear about Brock and Ladd being injured. That excuse didn't work for Alabama when John Metchie 111 and Jameson Williams couldn't play. Don't want to hear we would be favored against so and so and that you guys are one of the best four teams. That didn't work for Alabama either. The sad thing Is that beating the #1 team in the nation in their own backyard still might not be enough for Alabama to get in; so no, I don't have any sympathy for Georgia if they don't get in.
Boo hoo
@@itsyenji I'm not crying. I'm obviously happy that we won. All the excuses that Bama was using didn't hold up so I don't think Georgia using them should be any different. That's all I'm saying. When Bama fans used these excuses nobody showed them any sympathy or tolerated it so I'm not doing it for Georgia, nor do I think anybody else should. When I said it's sad, I meant as in sorry, pathetic, or worthless if the committee doesn't put Bama in the 4th spot of the CFP.
@@nylontusk1289 welp better pray those teams lose
@@Chris-no6mc LOLOLOL
Fuck Bama wahhhh wahhh if you dont get in
Go Dawgs! 👊🏾😎
Well the dawgs did not go and they did lose.
@@rick5781don’t care, Go Dawgs! 😎
Hold the L
@@rick5781Yep, still proud of this team!
😂😢
Georgia is out
P
Way to single out ya player Kirby lmao. He said busted coverage by a freshman
.
Right. I'm a die hard bammer and respect the hell out of Kirby. He is a great coach, not just because he learned alot from saban, but because he has that dog in him. That being said, making an excuse because of a "freshman" is ridiculous. Bama has alot of freshman as well!