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The college football recruiting game can be vicious, and Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs learned this the hard way. After being committed to the University of Georgia for well over a year, five-star defensive tackle Justus Terry flipped his commitment and will instead be heading west and joining the USC Trojans for the 2025 […]

The Georgia football program is coming off a solid but ultimately unsuccessful season in the Southeastern Conference. Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs lost to the Alabama football team in the league title game, a scathing disappointment for starting quarterback Carson Beck and Coach Smart. This offseason has been largely focused on the team’s NFL Draft hopefuls including […]

When you’re as talented as Georgia football, with natural recruiting success and top-3 classes over the last four years, you don’t have to rely on the transfer portal as much to build your team’s roster. However, when head coach Kirby Smart does take advantage of the portal, it’s usually for notable additions. Although the Bulldogs […]

The Georgia Bulldogs were the last team on the outside looking in on the College Football Playoff field. Though the field is expanding to 12 teams next season, they surely will want to avoid that same fate again in the future. The best way to avoid such fate is to bolster their roster. Kirby Smart […]

Now that Kalen DeBoer has taken over the Alabama football program, he is looking to fill out his staff. One potential assistant he interviewed has decided to stay with Kirby Smart and Georgia football, according to Chris Low of ESPN: “Travaris Robinson interviewed with new @AlabamaFTBL coach Kalen DeBoer for several hours Sunday for the […]

Georgia football has landed Alabama cornerback coach Travaris Robinson. He’ll serve as the Bulldogs co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach, per Brett McMurphy at Action Network. This is a massive addition to Georgia’s program, although they didn’t need too much of an extra push. The Bulldogs have produced some of the best defenses in the nation […]

The Georgia Bulldogs have won two national championships under coach Kirby Smart, and tight end Brock Bowers has been a big part of both of them. The 6-foot-4, 240 pound Napa, California native is a junior but recently revealed his thoughts on the 2024 NFL Draft. It’s been a busy off-season for the Bulldogs in […]

The Orange Bowl used to be a coveted college football bowl game. Dating back to 1935, the first of the annual game, it, along with the Rose, Cotton, and Sugar Bowls, has been a staple where competitive college football excellence has been displayed. But the 2023 season’s Orange Bowl between Georgia and Florida State football […]

The Orange Bowl was completely lopsided, as Georgia football mollywhopped Florida State 63-3. It was never really close either, as the Bulldogs had nearly all of their starters and the Seminoles did not. Numerous regular starters for Florida State opted out of playing in the Orange Bowl. Maybe if they played, the Seminoles could have […]

One of the biggest non-College Football Playoff bowl games this season is the Orange Bowl between Georgia football and Florida State football. Both of these teams were ranked in the top four going into conference championship weekend, but neither the Seminoles or the Bulldogs made the playoff. The difference: Georgia lost in their conference title […]

Nebraska football shocked the college football world after somehow landing top quarterback recruit, Dylan Raiola. He was originally committed to Georgia, but in the final moment, he opted to play for the Cornhuskers. Now, the incoming freshman has a message for Kirby Smart. Raiola had nothing but kind words for Smart and the Bulldogs, according […]

The Georgia football program lost the commitment of quarterback Dylan Raiola as he flipped to Nebraska, but Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said he does not believe that Carson Beck’s decision to return impacted Raiola’s decision to flip. “I don’t think Carson’s decision had any impact on our quarterback recruiting situation,” Kirby Smart said, via […]

On Sunday, Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart and his Bulldogs saw their chances of a historic three-point come to an end when it was announced that they will not be competing in the College Football Playoff next month. Georgia went undefeated this regular season; however, Smart’s former mentor, Alabama football head coach Nick Saban, […]

On Sunday, Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart and his Bulldogs saw their chances at a championship three-peat come to an end when they were left out of the College Football Playoff Committee’s final four. Georgia went undefeated this regular season; however, Smart and his team came up just short in the SEC Championship against […]

Georgia football fell to Alabama 27-24 in the SEC championship game on Saturday, and Georgia head coach Kirby Smart is angry. With 1:25 remaining in the first half, Alabama faced a fourth and 4 on Georgia 37-yard line. The Crimson Tide led 10-7 and stop for Georgia football would be massive, especially with since the […]

The Georgia football team lost to Alabama 27-24 on Saturday night in a contest that appeared to end their national title hopes. A crazy stat proved that Alabama football is Georgia football’s biggest nightmare. Alabama fans went supernova after the result came to fruition. At 8:20 pm after the Bulldogs lost to Saban’s Crimson Tide, […]

The Alabama football team has become something of an afterthought during the two-title run of Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs. That is no longer the case after a big win over Smart’s team in the SEC Title Game on Saturday. The College Football Playoff Picture is now in completely disarray after the Tide’s win over Georgia […]

Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart issued some promising injury news in the hours leading up to tonight’s matchup against Alabama. Tight end Brock Bowers was one of many Georgia Bulldogs who entered the week of preparation for the SEC Championship game banged up. But the team has got some promising news Saturday morning. On3’s Nick […]

The Georgia football program aims to win its third consecutive National Championship. However, they must first face the Alabama Crimson Tide to determine the winner of the SEC Championship. Unfortunately,  the Bull Dogs could be without star tight end, Brock Bowers. When asked about the injury situation, head coach Kirby Smart didn’t sound too confident […]

The Alabama football team is soaking up the excitement and good vibes of last weekend’s late game heroics vs. rival Auburn football. Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide now has the unenviable, or some would say enviable, task of taking on the two-time defending NCAA champion Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday. […]

For the first time since 2021, Kirby Smart and No. 1 Georgia football will face Nick Saban and No. 8 Alabama this weekend in yet another game with massive stakes. This time it will be the SEC Championship Game, with College Football Playoff implications on the line. It’s unclear if this could be an elimination […]

With a weekend of big conference championship games ahead, arguably the biggest of the bunch will take place in Atlanta. The SEC Championship Game will pit the #1 ranked and two-time defending National Champion Georgia Bulldogs versus an Alabama football team that has been far less dominant than they have been in year’s past, yet […]

It’s the final week of the regular season for most college football teams, which means that it’s rivalry week, with most teams facing their in-state rivals whom they have long histories with. That includes No. 1 Georgia football, who will be facing Georgia Tech for the coveted Governors Cup. The Bulldogs have been victors in […]

The Georgia football program will play its final regular season game of the season this Saturday on the road against in-state rival Georgia Tech, and Georgia football coach Kirby Smart detailed what the rivalry with Brent Key’s Georgia State team means to the program “Geographically, they’re close,” Kirby Smart said, via Griffin McVeigh of on3.com. […]

Georgia football’s Week 12 will be an SEC East showdown as the Bulldogs travel to Neyland Stadium to take on the Tennessee Volunteers. This potentially will be the biggest road test of the season for the Bulldogs, as Knoxville hasn’t been too kind lately to visitors. Now, No. 1 Georgia will face a No. 18 […]

The Georgia football team took on Ole Miss on Saturday that many expected would be a tough test for the Bulldogs. Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart provided a big challenge before being knocked out with an injury. Georgia football suffered an injury of its own when star WR Ladd McConkey limped to an injury tent […]

Georgia football will have to wait until just before kickoff to find out if its most dangerous offensive playmaker will take the field against Ole Miss. Coach Kirby Smart said Saturday morning that star tight end Brock Bowers will be a game-time decision for the Bulldogs’ primetime clash with the Rebels as he continues toward […]

University of Georgia football is getting some good news ahead of a pivotal SEC game Saturday night against Ole Miss. Georgia offensive lineman Amarius Mims is expected to play after nursing a high ankle sprain, per college football reporter Pete Thamel. Mims previously had surgery due to the injury. The addition is good news for […]

Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart and his Bulldogs are currently preparing for arguably their toughest test of the season when they host the Ole Miss Rebels. Although Georgia hasn’t been quite as dominant this year as they were throughout the last two regular seasons, they still sit with an unblemished record and Smart has […]

The Michigan football sign-stealing scandal has been the talk of college football as the college football world awaits news of whether or not Jim Harbaugh and Michigan will face a punishment. Amidst the issue is the discussion of why college football hasn’t adopted NFL-style helmets, which allow for communication that would eliminate the need for […]

Lost in the shuffle of all the drama with the Michigan football program, the Deion Sanders craze in Colorado, the conflicting discourse surrounding presumed #1 pick in the NFL Draft Caleb Williams, the last stand of the Pac-12, and a whole bunch of other stories that have come out of this unpredictable college football season, […]

Georgia football’s Week 11 could be their toughest test to date as they host the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday night. It will be the first ranked opponent the No. 2 Bulldogs have faced since facing No. 20 Kentucky in Week 6. No. 9 Ole Miss comes in with their third-highest ranking ever, according to […]

The University of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart is poking a little fun at his colleague in the coaching ranks, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney. Smart joked on his coach’s show this week that he hopes he doesn’t get any questions from ‘Tyler in Spartanburg,’ a caller that butted heads with Swinney over Clemson’s lackluster season. Smart […]

Georgia football’s Week 9 will be what is known as the “World’s Largest Cocktail Party” when they face off against the Florida Gators in Jacksonville, FL at Everbank Stadium. Kirby Smart and the No. 1 Bulldogs could be having their biggest test yet of the season when they take on their long-standing rival dating back […]

Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart is not among those who are concerned about the current sign-stealing investigation concerning Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines football program. Smart’s Bulldogs currently sit at number one in the country, with Michigan right behind them at number two, but the real focus for the Wolverines as of late […]

Alabama football head coach Nick Saban revealed how Georgia’s coach Kirby Smart was able to land Dan Lanning as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator back in 2019 for the Bulldogs. Lanning is now the head coach at Oregon, where he has led the Ducks to a perfect 5-0 start to the 2023 season. Here’s […]

The NIL landscape is changing the world of college sports, especially for the top-tier programs. After Kentucky got blown out by Georgia this past weekend, Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops had an honest take that the Georgia football team “bought players” due to the NIL changes (h/t Seth Emerson of The Athletic): “I just encourage […]

No. 1 Georgia football hosts No. 20 Kentucky in Athens on Saturday. These are the top two teams in an otherwise very-winnable SEC East. It’s still early in the year, but this is possibly the most important game of the season so far. Because the SEC still sends each division winner to the conference championship […]

Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs have gotten off to a relatively slow start to the 2023 season. Although the team sits at a perfect 5-0, the two-time reigning champion Bulldogs have had to battle back from double-digit deficits twice already this season, leading some to wonder whether a third straight championship is in store […]