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Kirby Smart sends message to his team as expectations continue to rise

On3 imageby:Dan Morrison•09/19/22•

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Georgia looks the part early in the season. Maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise, given they’re the defending national champions, but there were plenty of people who expected Georgia to regress. After all, how could Kirby Smart replace all the talent that Georgia lost to the NFL? Well, through three weeks, it doesn’t seem like an issue at all.

During a press conference, Kirby Smart was asked to compare this year’s team with last year’s team. The obvious question is, are they potentially better than last year’s national championship-winning squad? However, Smart quickly shut the question down.

“I don’t do comparisons,” Kirby Smart said. “I’ve said that repeatedly. You can’t compare anybody to last year because last year’s team, 15 of them are in the NFL.”

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“So, it’s one of those things that–this team has a long way to go. The worst thing that can happen to this team is to start and believe in what people say about them,” Kirby Smart continued.

“The toughest job we’ve got this week is trying to explain to everybody that Kent State’s a really good football team. And, I know you think I just sit up here and say that, but you turn the tape on, they’ve got a really, really good football team.”

Kirby Smart then pointed out that Georgia has room to get better. It’s about more than being prepared and going and beating Kent State or any other program. Georgia still has to get better week to week, and not sitting back and thinking that you don’t need to get any better.

“It’s not so much about Kent State. It’s really about, does our team want to grow? This is a week that we have grown. We have to get better in a lot of spots and you guys don’t get to see it from our perspective and the fans don’t get to see it from our perspective in terms of what we see on tape, the mistakes we make, and how many guys we need to get better. But, certainly gonna need them to get better this week.” Kirby Smart finished.