Kirby Smart won his 100th game as Georgia’s head football coach Saturday night.
Like most of the 99 victories that came before, it transpired in pretty convincing fashion.
Top-ranked Texas entered the friendly confines of Darrell K Royal Stadium averaging 495.7 yards per game but was held to 259 in a 30-15 loss to Smart’s Bulldogs. Georgia racked up seven sacks at the expense of the Longhorns, who had allowed only six all season.
“Their quarterback was holding the ball,” Smart said afterward in a news conference. “The biggest thing was them not knowing what we were in every play and the timing of the routes. We’ve got good pass rushers who can go, but the biggest factor in the game was their inability to run the ball.
“They really never established the run, and that’s what you’ve got to do in this league.”