What Was Kirby Smart Thinking?

Friends, it’s that time. Time to ask the question we ask every week in this space. It’s the waning moments of a tight football game. The clock is inexorably marching toward all zeroes and there’s nothing the losing coach can do to stop it. A cloud of couldas, wouldas, and shouldas hang heavy around his […]

Friends, it’s that time. Time to ask the question we ask every week in this space.

It’s the waning moments of a tight football game. The clock is inexorably marching toward all zeroes and there’s nothing the losing coach can do to stop it. A cloud of couldas, wouldas, and shouldas hang heavy around his head. Maybe his team came out playing tight in a game they needed to start fast. Maybe his defensive game plan was predictable and ineffective, especially in third down. Maybe he inexplicably passed up a chip shot field goal to tie the game in favor of a poorly executed running play to a guy who hadn’t touched the ball all night. Hypothetically, of course.

“Jimbo Fisher’s hair plugs!” you exclaim. ““What must that sad sack be thinking right now?!?”

As usual we have some ideas. Folks, it gives me no joy to report that this was Kirby Smart as time expired in last night’s 24-21 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide:

Folks, what was Kirby thinking?

  1. “If Cash Jones didn’t have those danged pictures locked away somewhere Josh McCray would have had another signature run.”
  2. “It feels like some kind of Dave Chappelle skit. ‘When keeping it manball goes wrong.’”
  3. “LOUD. NOISES.”
  4. “Maybe we just need to retire #11, at least for receivers. That number’s got some weird juju that Arm &Hammer laundry detergent just won’t wash off.”
  5. “In the past year Kalen DeBoer is 2-0 against us and 5-5 against the rest of the world. Ain’t that a weird coincidence?”

As usual, if you can type through the tears, feel free to drop your (safe for work) suggestions in the comments.

Go ‘Dawgs!!!

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