Dog named after Kirby Smart goes viral from ESPN ‘College GameDay’ appearance
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Most people love a good dog….
On Saturday’s edition of ESPN’s “College Gameday,” it was a a dog named Kirby, in honor of Georgia coach Kirby Smart, that stole the show.
The six-month old bulldog ended up being a part of the show, which included a spot with legendary WWE wrestler Ric Flair. In addition, it was another moment by “Kirby” that has us all in the feels. Kirby was captured in a video with Georgia’s mascot “Hairy Dawg” that has since gone viral. Photographer Blane Marable posted a video (below) on his Facebook account last Saturday of Hairy Dawg playing with Kirby.
The moment has been such a hit that is has been shared on Facebook over 82,000 times and the post includes over 20,000 comments. The video had also been viewed over 6.8 million times.
“Hairy Dawg kept walking by and petting Kirby, and he was just fascinated by him,” Roelkey told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “He growled at first, but then he just wanted to play with him. He thought Hairy was just this big, ol’ huge chew toy. So, I put him down and he just started jumping up and down on Hairy. Hairy sat down and they just started playing and Kirby loved it.”
Oh…Did I mention Georgia beat Notre Dame 23-17? Yeah..that was a little closer than many of us anticipated. Maybe this Kirby can coach better than the real one!
