AUBURN, Ala. — This wasn’t the vision of Georgia football that Kirby Smart was selling earlier this season.
A week after Smart preached an aggressive style of play, telling reporters boldly that, “I want to hunt,” the weight of being the No. 1-ranked team in the country finally seemed to get to him. His Bulldogs became the hunted against the 10th-ranked Auburn Tigers on Saturday night, and the result was a 40-17 loss that dropped Georgia from the ranks of the unbeaten and eliminated any margin of error when it comes to reaching the College Football Playoff.