Georgia’s football coaches and players were never alone Saturday night during their 20-19 triumph at Notre Dame.
Never even close.
The Chicago Sun Times reported that Bulldogs supporters accounted for nearly 40 percent of the crowd inside Notre Dame Stadium, which gave it the feel of a Georgia-Florida game in Jacksonville or a Texas-Oklahoma game in Dallas, where the tickets are split evenly. There was a fan base cheering after every single play, and Georgia coach Kirby Smart said on his postgame radio show that freshman quarterback Jake Fromm didn’t have to change his cadence, a requirement at most every Southeastern Conference venue.
“When we pulled up, we thought it was a home game,” Smart said. “I am proud of this university, and I am proud of the fact that we’ve got a fan base that came to this game in droves. It makes us a special place. This was a special trip for our fan base, and we need our fan base to get behind this team, support this team and support this university.
“We’ve got a lot of projects right now that we’re trying to pay for, and these are the kind of games that help you get that done, because they see the promise in the program.”