Georgia head coach Kirby Smart offered his opinion on the Bulldogs’ 2024 schedule on the latest edition of The Paul Finebaum Show.
Smart addressed the high expectations for the Bulldogs but also noted how difficult the schedule will be next season in the loaded SEC.
“We’ll be the favorite in some people’s eyes,” Smart said via On3 Sports’ Thomas Goldkamp. “Some people will find things wrong with us. We’ve got a really hard schedule. We play three top-15 teams on the road in our conference; that’s tough.”
The Georgia head coach has done his best to ensure that his program is built for the long run. He wants to prepare his players for the NFL and off-the-field life as well.
“We’ve got a good football team. We’ve got a very consistent football team,” he said. “We say it all the time, ‘We’re built to sustain at Georgia. We don’t want to be a one-hit wonder. We don’t want to live and die through the portal. We want to grow our players from signing with us, make them better, and then give them an opportunity at the next level and to be better contributors to society.’”
Smart is still confident in his team, even with the tough road slate coming up. Georgia will need to weather Alabama, Texas, and Ole Miss on the road in the pursuit of another national championship.
“I think we’re going to have a good football team next year,” Smart said. “I don’t know how good, and I don’t know how we’ll play on some really tough road games, but we’ll see where it falls.”
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