Georgia's transformation into a College Football Playoff power under coach Kirby Smart is something USC is trying to replicate with Lincoln Riley.
Saturday at CFP media day, Smart was asked what a movie about his Georgia program would be titled.Indeed, there has been nothing fancy about this remarkable rise, built on a tenacious defense that carried Smart until he built enough trust in his offense to finally unleash it. Even this repeat attempt was executed methodically, by believing in the culture that had been set years prior.
“Georgia’s always had a commitment to football,” said Richt, who went 145-51 as the head coach from 2001-15. “But I think there’s a greater commitment since Kirby’s gotten to town, and a lot of it is due to his ability to let everybody know what’s needed and why it’s needed. And everybody bought in. You have your head coach, your athletic director and your president all on the same page, it allows really great things to happen.
Smart and Georgia achieved alignment quickly by little good-faith decisions that added up, like Smart including a talk with Morehead as a part of recruit official visits, or McGarity approving Smart’s requests for added staff members and the use of a helicopter to bypass Atlanta traffic during recruiting trips.
But year two started with an emphatic statement — a 20-19 win at Notre Dame, where Georgia had never played before.
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