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Kirby Smart, Georgia arrive to rowdy Georgia fans in Athens following national championship win
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:
The Georgia Bulldogs are home as back-to-back national champions.
Kirby Smart got off the bus and immediately made a lap around to greet the fans who welcomed them home.
Full video: https://t.co/mUjAvjKQrQ pic.twitter.com/FRsZAbWvSy
— Dayne Young (@dayneyoung) January 11, 2023
Former Georgia standout Jarvis Jones was also on hand wearing a championship belt, as you can see below:
Jarvis Jones rocking the championship belt. Players are 15 min away pic.twitter.com/eWXywB9uI0
— Dayne Young (@dayneyoung) January 11, 2023
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 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.