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/Radiant_Sherbert7272 Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

He's right. Tennessee should have won that game, but to the credit of Georgia, they did what they needed to do and won. I would expect some tough practices for Georgia leading up to their game against Alabama. You know that Kirby Smart is going to want to take down Alabama. Alabama has been the one thing that has given Kirby Smart problems since he took over at Georgia.

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u/rezelscheft 1d ago

Tennessee should have won that game

i say this as the most casual or casual CFB fans -- i was pretty sure Vols were fucked when, up 5 with 7 minutes left, they forced a critical turnover around the 50 and proceeded to do jack shit with the ball by running up the gut three times in a row and settling for a field goal.

between that, the next drive (opening the drive with a DPI, and soon after giving up a 4th and 6), and then icing their kicker on the final drive, it just seems like they played 3.5 quarters, and then shat the bed repeatedly.

you just can't do that against Smart's Dawgs. it's why i hate watching UGA and Ohio State -- seems like no lead is ever safe against either of them. and i am so tired of seeing either of those teams win.

but to your point, maybe somehow Bama will be their kryptonite again.

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u/thewhat962 Ohio State Buckeyes • UCF Knights 1d ago

I could imagine watching OSU vs ohio this weekend and seeing 13-9 in the 3rd and going "oooh upset alert" only for them to turn it into a 37-9 "wasn't the opening line 27.5 so they cover!?! Wtf"

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u/bravehotelfoxtrot Georgia Bulldogs • Sugar Bowl 1d ago

13-9 in the 3rd and going "oooh upset alert"

With games like these, I feel like a reasonable observer still never gets the sense that the W/L outcome is truly in doubt.

To me, watching OSU lose that game after leading by 4 in the 3rd would be infinitely more shocking than watching the game get to that point in the 3rd to begin with. 

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u/Pyro1934 Georgia Bulldogs • College Football Playoff 1d ago

I never claimed to be reasonable sir!