Georgia RB Sony Michel discusses possibility of facing former coach Mark Richt in bowl game
By Adam Spencer
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It’s been a tough season for the 7-5 Georgia Bulldogs under first-year coach Kirby Smart, but at least they’ll be heading to a bowl game.
However, that bowl game could potentially be against 8-4 Miami, the team that former Georgia coach Mark Richt now runs.
That game would be important for recruiting in the talent-rich Georgia and Florida area, with Smart and Richt needing bragging rights to lure the best recruits to their school.
It would also be an important game for the Georgia upperclassmen, who were recruited by Richt and played under him for the first part of their careers.
RB Sony Michel told 247Sports that, if the Bulldogs and Hurricanes are matched up in an ACC-SEC bowl game like the Belk Bowl or the Independence Bowl, it won’t be too difficult to separate their feelings for Richt from the job they need to do on the field:
“I don’t think it would be hard (on the players),” Michel said. “It’s football. We wouldn’t be playing against Coach Richt. It would be against the guys in front of us.”
Official bowl announcements will be made next Saturday after the SEC Championship Game.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
