

Either way, there will be some sort of narrative shift on Saturday. Two: Kirby Smart will finally lead the Dawgs to a victory over the Tide and finally silence the narrative that his team can’t win the big game.

One: Georgia will continue the narrative that they can’t beat Alabama or take advantage of the opportunities presented to them. “That’s the goal.”īut this matchup between Georgia and Alabama has the chance of changing the mindset about Georgia because one of two things will happen on Saturday.

“We haven’t played our best yet, and we think our best is still out there,” Smart added. That’s what we’ve been trying to build towards this year. Our job is to go play the best possible game we can. Every year is independent of the previous. I know people want to make it that, make it some kind of overlap. I don’t think there’s any overlap between the two. “Well, I hadn’t been a part of all those (previous games), but obviously, this year is this year, and every year is independent of the previous. When asked about the previous matchups with Alabama, Kirby Smart was quick to point out that every season is different and that they can’t focus on the past. The confetti fell from the rafters, and Kirby Smart walked off the field knowing they’d let another game slip away. It was that game where Jalen Hurts came off the bench and led his team down the field like a magician, ripping the championship away from Georgia. Eleven months after that Tua pass down the sideline, we were back in the same spot, as Georgia was looking to capture the 2019 SEC title.
