HOOVER, Ala. – Will Georgia avenge its loss to Florida in Jacksonville this October and reclaim the top spot in the Southeastern Conference’s Eastern Division?
Is this the year the Bulldogs defeat Alabama for the first time since 2007 should those teams meet? Is Georgia mere months away from its first national championship since 1980?
Expectations are as high as ever for a program on a 44-9 run the past four seasons, but sixth-year coach Kirby Smart doesn’t have time for them in late July.
“I’m too busy working,” Smart said Tuesday at SEC Media Days. “I’m too busy trying to do the next thing. I’m too busy trying to take the next step to give our team a competitive advantage to really worry about expectations. That’s usually what people want to know about, but for me, I’m too busy working to worry about that.”
The Bulldogs have plenty of necessary pieces returning and added another stout signing class in order to produce a magical year, with last season’s 8-2 record reflecting a slight dip that included having to be television viewers instead of participants at the SEC championship game. Smart already has been angling for a tighter group after the limitations last year that accompanied the coronavirus outbreak.