Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart met with the media Monday ahead of Saturday’s meeting against the No. 1 Texas Longhorns and previewed the top-five matchup.
Here’s what he had to say about Texas:
On his relationship with Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian:
“Lot of respect for Sark. You know, I’ve gotten to know Sark really well over the last couple of years. We take a trip every year together, and really enjoy getting to know him and have a lot of respect for the job he does.”
“I mean, the most complete team that we’ve seen or faced this year, and probably in multiple years. When you look at what they’re doing, defensively, offensively and special teams, they are clearly one of the best teams in the country.”
“They’re balanced and they do a great job of putting you in conflict in terms of run, pass, play action, turn your back to the ball. I mean, they can take shots. They have really good wideouts with which to take shots. I think they lost a couple of backs, maybe in preseason camp. And I thought like, ‘Okay, well, they’re not going to have — (laughs), well these two backs they got are really good. And I’m watching them against Mississippi State. … I was really impressed. And then against Oklahoma, they even got better. So it’s not like, there are these weaknesses. They’re big, physical, upfront, on defense and offense. … In the trenches, they’ve got really good players, and they’re built like an SEC team, and it’s hard to prepare for (Sarkisian) because he knows what he’s doing. I mean, offensively, he’s really different in terms of what he makes you adjust to.”
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