What Kirby Smart said after a 27-20 Georgia win at Auburn
By Keith Farner
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Kirby Smart and Georgia escaped Auburn with a victory, 27-20, on The Plains, as the Bulldogs extended a pair of streaks.
The Bulldogs won their 7th straight against Auburn, and overall now have a 22-game winning streak, and they also snapped Auburn’s 4-game winning streak against No. 1 teams in Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Malaki Starks made a late interception on Payton Thorne’s 4th down pass to seal the win. That helped a late touchdown pass from Carson Beck to Brock Bowers stand up as Georgia left Auburn undefeated.
Bowers had 4 catches for 121 yards in the 4th quarter and converted a 3rd-and-long to keep the go-ahead drive alive.
Kirby Smart: “I don’t think people respect how tough it is to win on the road in the SEC as I do.”
— Anthony Dasher (@AnthonyDasher1) September 30, 2023
Kirby Smart: “I don’t know how good of a team we have … I really don’t.”
— Anthony Dasher (@AnthonyDasher1) September 30, 2023
“Bowers did what he does.” — Kirby Smart pic.twitter.com/B3F5XS4XqS
— Sarah K. Spencer (@sarah_k_spence) September 30, 2023
Kirby Smart on losing the turnover margin, said it’s not good but:
“Explosives margin are more important than the turnover margin, as Seth knows.”
— Seth Emerson (@SethWEmerson) September 30, 2023
Kirby Smart on Brock Bowers: “Who can argue that guy isn’t the best FOOTBALL player in the country?”
— Anthony Dasher (@AnthonyDasher1) September 30, 2023
Kirby Smart on preparing for Kentucky next week: “Bloody Tuesday. It’s going to be bloody and it’s going to be tough.”
— Radi Nabulsi (@RadiNabulsi) September 30, 2023
Regarding Carson Beck, Kirby Smart reminds the media he did not have a single procedure penalty in what his first road start.
— Anthony Dasher (@AnthonyDasher1) September 30, 2023
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
