ESPN Talking Heads Dish About Kirby Smart, UGA Football At SEC Media Days
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DALLAS - SEC Media Days have started this week, and once again, expectations are sky-high for Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs as we inch closer and closer to the 2024 football season.
The Dawgs have won two of the last three national championships and are expected to make another big run at the national title again this year.
Here’s what some ESPN talking heads have said about Kirby and the Bulldogs on day number one of SEC Media Day...
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"Kirby Smart is hell-bent on revenge." - ESPN's Peter Burns
“They've reached Alabama status." - Former LSU RB Jacob Hester on UGA
"UGA has stability at the most important spot." - ESPN's Ben Watson
"They need to ignore the expectations." - ESPN's Ben Watson
"Georgia needs to do what they have been doing - ignore the noise." - ESPN's Ben Watson
"I think Mike Bobo did a great job," - ESPN's Chris Doering
"I can argue that the best in the country did not play in the CFP last year. That was not Florida State - that was Georgia - all because they lost one game." - ESPN's Peter Burns
"I think there is still major motivation to win the SEC Championship Game." - ESPN's Chris Doering
"There is year-round drama. It is a 12-month calendar in the SEC." - ESPN's Chris Doering
"There are a lot of people who say he hasn't achieved a lot other than notoriety on social media." - ESPN's Chris Doering on Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin
“Have we gotten to the point where we think Georgia is here - we don't need to talk about them because we've already penciled them in to the CFP?" - ESPN's Peter Burns
"Think about what they are replacing, and we are like: "Oh, they'll be fine." - Former LSU RB Jacob Hester on UGA
“Kirby's done two amazing things during the transfer portal. 1 - Getting guys to stay around; 2 - Getting guys to understand what I means to be unselfish," - ESPN's Chris Doering
"It feels like it is Georgia-Texas when you talk to everybody," - Former LSU RB Jacob Hester
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“Georgia has a gauntlet of a schedule. I don't think anyone thinks (the schedule) is going to be easy." - ESPN's Ben Watson
"They've got more pressure on them than anybody because of the bar Kirby Smart has set," - ESPN's Chris Doering
"When you speak to (UGA) you see a confidence." - ESPN's Ben Watson
"It feels like UGA is trying to chance perfection." - ESPN's Peter Burns
“The grind is real." - ESPN's Ben Watson on playing in the SEC
“Now it is all about Kirby Smart, and he has a high bar to meet." - ESPN's Chris Doering
"Going forward as long as Kirby Smart is the head coach at UGA there is no excuse for them to miss the CFP." - ESPN's Peter Burns
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