SEC Network drops clip of Kirby Smart’s fiery speech after SEC title victory
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SEC Network brought Georgia fans and really SEC fans as a whole into the Bulldogs’ locker room at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta after Saturday’s SEC Championship Game.
The locker room is where Kirby Smart was unleashing a fiery speech to his winning team after it took down Alabama, 28-7, to capture the program’s 2nd straight SEC title. The 1-minute, 20-second-long post from the SEC Network social media account on Tuesday night was an example of the burning intensity that goes along with Smart’s job.
Yes, Smart has coached Georgia to 2 national championships, so this wasn’t the biggest victory of his coaching career in Athens. But you would have never known that from the way he spoke to his players after the win that locked down an automatic bid to the College Football Playoff and a first-round bye, too.
“It begins here. And you know why you were able to do that? Because you believed in each other, you believed in your coaches,” an emotional Smart said. “We got better because you kept working. It’s special. … When you work hard for something, you have to appreciate it. We’re not finished yet. We’re not done yet. We’re going to keep getting better.”
Smart inspired his players to win the game and the conference title, and then he did it again in that postgame speech. Here is the full clip of the intensity he showed:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
