Georgia football’s Kirby Smart responds to fan pressure after back-to-back CFP flameouts
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As head coach Kirby Smart continues to lead the Georgia football program, there has been some disappointment with the team after back-to-back seasons finished at the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. With the Georgia football team getting commitments and working on the transfer portal, Smart would speak on the fan pressure after the last two seasons.
Though the Bulldogs remain a college football powerhouse, the program has failed to get past the quarterfinals of the CFP the last two seasons, as mentioned before. Smart would be asked about this on “The Paul Finebaum Show,” downplaying any pressure he must feel.
“Oh, I’m great. I think our fans are as excited as they can be,” Smart said, via On3 Sports. “I don’t look at it as disappointment. When you lose games, yeah. Disappointment when you bow out of the playoffs first round, yeah. But when you look at the totality of the season and the totality of what we’ve done, the body of work, I don’t let my happiness be drawn on the cusp of all these people.”
Smart would go on to say how he does not “let the pressure get to me,” since he has “been doing it too long.”
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With the Georgia football team now in the midst of spring, Smart and the program are hard at work trying to get over the hump in getting farther in the CFP.
“Very pleased with our spring,” Smart said. “We got after it, like everybody does. I think everybody’s kind of trying to find their way between this balance of, ‘Do I actually tackle, do we actually risk an injury of a kid that makes that much money?’ So there’s a little bit more pro mentality, a little less college as a development ground for the NFL, and developing young men. A lot of guys are starting to protect their players, and you have to be smart about how you practice.”
At any rate, Smart and the Bulldogs look to further improve after finishing with a 12-2 record.
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