Throughout the 2025 regular season, the outside world was sounding the alarm on the Georgia Bulldogs’ defense. Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs, who have developed a reputation for having some of college football’s most vaunted defenses year in and year out, didn’t look particularly good on that end to begin the year.
There was the 44-41 scare against Tennessee in which Georgia’s pass rush struggled to get home and its secondary had a litany of coverage busts that allowed Volunteers quarterback Joey Aguilar to carve the Bulldogs up and nearly get Tennessee' s first win over Georgia in nine years.