It’s Smart’s fourth season, so data like this shouldn’t startle me when I see it, but, still…
UGA is entering its first season, however, where the roster will be made up almost completely of players Smart has recruited. The 43-year-old head coach just inked his fourth class and there are really only three players, Michael Barnett (nose tackle), Tae Crowder (inside linebacker), and Rodrigo Blankenship (place-kicker), who were signed by the previous staff.
We’ve come a long way from the cratering of the 2013 class, eh? And still managed a couple of thrilling seasons in the meantime.
Get The Picture 
I was 12 when UGA won the natty. I remember where I was when Larry broke his chair. But, at 12 I didn’t have the experience of time.
As a lifelong fan, I can say that the last two seasons are my favorites. YMMV
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2017 yes. Last season though just never really felt “right” to me.
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It felt pretty good until we got curb stomped in Baton Rouge
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We got outcoached in Baton Rouge.
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Yeah no I’m not knocking it. I knew we had a very good football team, but just watching some of those early games, it just felt like something was a little off. Take Mizzou for example. It’s been discussed here at length how eerie of a two touchdown win that was. Then as mentioned above; LSU.
It was a satisfying season, but satisfying like you slept with your step sister, not satisfying like you slept with a super model.
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We got Chaney-ed in Red Stick
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I was in eyeball deep in post hurricane operations so I didn’t get to see it. Then I saw the score and had no desire to dive deeper into it.
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247 missed one. Justin Young was on Richt’s 2015 team, according to his Georgiadogs biography.
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Hot Rod wasn’t actually signed by CMR, was a walk on his redshirt season so technically it is two players. Yeah that is splitting hairs, and I don’t think Crowder was ever used as a LB while Richt was there, but may be wrong about that. So it is pretty much a total Smart team this coming season for those who like to divide things into segments rather than look at this as UGA’s program.
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I will always be the most grateful for the 2017 season (so far). That was the most special year – going all the way to the National Championship game with a freshman quarterback. Not anticipated or expected at all. That is what was so exciting. Kirbs is the man for that and for keeping the momentum going! GO DAWGS!
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