Georgia coach Kirby Smart discusses facing Sarah Fuller in upcoming game against Vanderbilt
Last week, Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller made history as the first woman to play in a Power Five college football game. Her lone appearance came when she booted the opening kickoff of the second half in the Commodores’ 41-0 loss at Missouri.
It’s possible that Fuller will again get onto the field for Vandy this week as it goes on the road for a matchup at Georgia. And on Monday, Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart was asked whether he’d have a conversation with his special-teams unit about facing her in a kickoff setting.
“Probably not. I’ve never had to have that conversation before. I’m not going to change and have that conversation now,” Smart said (h/t Matt Howe of 247Sports.com). “We don’t account for the kicker in our returns. I don’t think anybody in the country accounts for the kicker. You assume that if you get to the kicker, you did a pretty good job in the return game. We don’t plan on having a conversation about it.
“She plays a very physical sport, to be honest with you. I’ve seen some pretty brutal collisions without a helmet and without gear on. I’m sure she can take care of herself when it comes to that. That’s not something we’ve really concerned with because we don’t assign anybody to the kicker.”
Perhaps Fuller will have more kicking opportunities this week, but that’s not a sure thing. Especially because Vanderbilt is likely in store for another lopsided loss. Georgia is 6-2 and currently at No. 8 in the College Football Playoff rankings.
Vanderbilt and Georgia are set to kick off at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday on SEC Network.
Great NON-story story writing.
We’re still talking about this, huh?
Seems like an attempt to lure Kirby into saying something the pc crowd could get all upset about. He gave a good answer. She is actually more physically imposing than a lot of the scrawny runts who end up as kickers.
PR stunt…nothing more. But if she gets broken in half by some linebacker sized dude then there will be hell to soy.
Hell to pay
No you had it right, SOY is exactly what this story is all about.
I wonder what the reaction would be if someone layed the wood to her one time, recreate the Clowney hit on Michigan and let’s find out. Would the pc crowd be upset that she gets hit.
It would just be “more proof” that football is too brutal and needs more rules changes.
“Pay”