Kirby Smart reveals Georgia's clear approach on quest for third straight national championship

The race is on for Kirby Smart to potentially help Georgia pick up a third straight national championship win. While that’s a big ask, the Bulldog’s head coach knows that he already has the blueprint to get the job done.

Smart kept it short and sweet when speaking about how he can get the ‘Dawgs their three-peat at the Regions Tradition Celebrity Pro-Am. He said he’s not going to get fancy and do anything differently with this team in comparison to what was done with the last two considering they hoisted the trophy when it was all said and done.

“(We’ll do it) the same way we did the other two,” Smart stated to AL.com.

Again, Smart kept that response very brief. You can’t really blame him, though, considering just how dominant Georgia has been in the last two seasons. In 2021, they won by an average margin of nearly 30 points per game en route to winning everything but the SEC title.

Then, in 2022, the Bulldogs arguably posted an even better year with an average margin of victory of almost 27 points. It was potentially superior because they were able to finish undefeated at 15-0, including a win in the SEC Championship and a pair of victories in the College Football Playoff.

Winning it all is hard and there’s no arguing that. It’s not supposed to look as easy as Smart’s program has made it appear in the last pair of campaigns. With that said, thanks to what he has done in that time, he’s going to be the one to have the opportunity to do something that hasn’t been seen in the sport in decades with a potential three-peat.

Smart discusses his thoughts on the future of SEC scheduling

As the SEC closing is on picking out a new football scheduling model, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart is ambivalent. Whether the league settles on an eight- or nine-game model, Smart knows the future will involve playing every team in the league in a four-year period, no matter what.

The SEC is between two models for football scheduling. The addition of a ninth conference game has been a point of discussion — and contention. In each setup, teams would have a locked-in set of conference opponents they play each year. There’d then be a few conference games where other league opponents would cycle through each year.

“I can go either way on that. I think either format is going to allow us to go through, cycle through the SEC much faster. So there won’t be a four year window that you don’t play everybody home and away, either way. So, in the grand scheme of things, what are we really talking about? I think people are looking for something to debate about. But, if you’re going to play everybody in the SEC in four years? Home and away? The two methodologies for going about it aren’t that vastly different,” Smart said.