Paul Finebaum: Georgia eliminated any concerns in victory against Kentucky

The rumors of Georgia’s falloff seem to have been greatly exaggerated after their 38-point win over Kentucky this weekend. Based on what he heard and saw himself in Athens this weekend, Paul Finebaum couldn’t agree more.

Finebaum expressed no concern whatsoever about the ‘Dawgs during ‘The Matt Barrie Show’ on Sunday. He said that he could just hear it in Kirby Smart’s voice leading into the game that their close calls weren’t bothering their program at all.

“I was talking to Kirby Smart on Friday, we were down there. I made some line about, ‘You know, you get behind and it has to be dangerous and terrifying?’. And he looked at me and said, ‘It’s not dangerous and terrifying. We embrace it, we know we’re coming back,'” recalled Finebaum. “I mean it was like nothing is bothering us because I know what we have.”

Georgia did a number on Kentucky in their 51-13 victory between the hedges on Saturday night.

On offense, they scored a season-high as QB Carson Beck had the best start of his career to this point with 80% completion, 389 yards, and four touchdowns. Then, defensively, they held the Wildcats to just 183 yards. That was the worst outing of their season as well as the best so far from UGA’s defense.

In their first ranked matchup of the year, some thought Georgia might find themselves on the ropes against a divisional foe. Instead, they showed Finebaum and the rest of the sport that they’re more than just fine as they make another push to Atlanta and to the playoff.

“It just felt like a night game, first legitimate game of the year,” said Finebaum. “It felt real and I think the team was just ready to show everybody, ‘We’ve had enough of this nonsense.'”

“I’m not worried about Georgia, I really wasn’t before now,” Finebaum said. “Georgia, once again, is waiting for Alabama in the SEC Championship.”

Smart on message to Georgia critics: ‘I don’t say anything to them’

There had been some chatter coming out of September that Georgia wasn’t the same Georgia anymore. For Kirby Smart, though, he doesn’t care one bit about any of that noise.

Smart stayed steady postgame after the best performances of the ‘Dawg’s season, a 51-13 win over No. 20 Kentucky, on Saturday night. He said that he had nothing to say to their doubters when they looked a little off and will still not have anything to say to them after they looked like their old selves against the Wildcats.

“I don’t say anything to them – I’m worried about our performance,” said Smart. “I didn’t say anything when we didn’t look well, I’m not going to say anything now.”

Smart has one focus and one focus only. He wants the Bulldogs to get better week by week so that, regardless of where the polls rank them throughout the year, they’re the top-ranked team after the final game of the season.

“I’m really concerned with what we can do from this game to get better for the next one because we want to be elite at getting better,” said Smart.

“I don’t care, I don’t care (about being No. 1). I want to be the number one team at the end of the year,” Smart said. “The goal to get there is to get better. I could care less where everybody ranks us.”