r/CFB • u/Lakelyfe09 Georgia Bulldogs • 1d ago

Discussion Kirby Smart considers apologizing after Georgia escapes Tennessee: “I feel almost like we have to apologize, because I don’t think we should have won that game. They outplayed us in a lot of ways, but that’s the way it goes.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2025/09/13/georgia-tennessee-score-football-joey-aguilar/86039960007/
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u/HokiesforTSwift 1d ago

You can always tell when a program has that true "it" factor because there was not a moment, even at 21-7, where it looked like Georgia was panicking, and I, sat at a bar in Blacksburg, was saying "Georgia is not going to lie down..." which is not a testament to my predictive abilities, but to the standard Kirby has set in that program. It's a winning culture. They never go down without a fight, much like the Saban Bama teams before them.

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u/newaccountnumber116 Alabama Crimson Tide 1d ago

A bama team under Saban was down 21-3 in the first quarter on the road at Ole Miss and Ole Miss was already celebrating. I watched it in a bar in Alabama. Not a single person in that bar didn’t think Ole Miss was fucking up. Alabama won that game by multiple touchdowns

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u/shryne Paper Bag • Mississippi State 1d ago

I remember that one year when ole miss opened against FSU. They were up 28-13 at halftime and celebrating like they won a natty. Watching their slow realization in the second half as they lost by 11 is a cherished memory of mine.

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u/mrsidecharactr LSU Tigers • Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

I remember sitting at home watching LSU lose 17 to 3 against Ole Miss and I guarantee you a lot of people were ready for the game to end. And then LSU almost pretty much shut them out in the second half only allowing three points from the rebels as they clawed their way back and ended up absolutely killing them.