What Kirby Smart said after Georgia beat Baylor in the Sugar Bowl
By SDS Staff
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The Georgia Bulldogs beat the Baylor Bears 26-14 in the Sugar Bowl. Georgia’s youth, along with Jake Fromm, showed up the most, as receiver George Pickens was named the Sugar Bowl MVP after recording 12 catches for 175 yards and one touchdown. Fromm finished 20-of-30 for 250 yards and two touchdowns.
The defense also made timely plays to get stops in the second half, including forcing two turnovers. The Bears offense didn’t eclipse the 300-yard mark and only recorded 61 rushing yards.
Kirby Smart was hopeful his team would show up despite 13 players being out for various reasons, and UGA’s youth flexed its muscles.
Below is a summary of what Smart said during his media availability during the post game:
- “Our kids loved the Sugar Bowl. We worked really hard this week — we didn’t work really long, but we worked really hard and they turned it on when they needed to.”
- “I finally got a Sugar Bowl victory. I’ve been to a lot of these, but I didn’t get many wins. I got one this time, and I’m proud of this team.”
- “The biggest difference in our offense was having a semblance of a running game of being committed to the run and being able to get positive yards.”
- “The defense played really inspiring football and gave the offense some short fields.”
- “The future is only bright if those guys (talented underclassmen) continue to work. There’s a disease that creeps in at Georgia where kids believe they are better than they are, and they read their own press clippings. Our team chaplain today did a wonderful job expressing that in a verse.”
- “I wanted to call the fake field goal the first time and I chickened out. I wanted to call it the second time, and I chickened out. So, the third time was a charm on a manageable down and distance. I thought it would give us momentum if we got it, and I felt like they were going to score points. We got to score touchdowns. We can’t keep getting threes.”
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