Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart, Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Kirby Smart may not be on the proverbial hot seat, but he’s under more pressure to win big than any coach in the nation right now.
41 years.
41 long, agonizing, torturous, and viciously cruel years. That’s how long Georgia football fans have suffered and waited to yell at the top of their lungs, “How ’bout them Dawgs!” celebrating a national championship.
If you silently make your way through the hallowed passages and corridors of Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall, that once-deafening battle cry has slowly been reduced to a whisper over the years.