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Kirby Smart, Georgia arrive to rowdy Georgia fans in Athens following national championship win

Sydney Hunte

By Sydney Hunte

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Kirby Smart and Georgia have arrived back home in Athens, less than 24 hours after beating TCU for its 2nd straight national championship on Monday night at SoFi Stadium.

After one final press conference on Tuesday morning, the team boarded a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta. From there, they boarded a bus for the drive to Athens. UGASports.com’s Dayne Young posted a video of Smart greeting Georgia students and fans immediately after getting off the bus:

Former Georgia standout Jarvis Jones was also on hand wearing a championship belt, as you can see below:

The celebrations will continue all week in the Classic City for the Dawgs. On Saturday, a parade is planned for 12:30 p.m. that will make its way down Lumpkin Street, which runs through the UGA campus, and end at Sanford Stadium, where Smart and his team will be honored for their 2nd straight title at a ceremony that is set to begin at 2 p.m.

Sydney Hunte

Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.

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