A Couple Of DGDs I Want To Call Out

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Q. Could you talk about what a huge momentum change the blocked punt was. Then talk a little bit about how special the journey is that the kid who blocked it had.

KIRBY SMART: Just unbelievable kid. I mean, he sacrificed so much for this program. Gets me emotional thinking about it because we had a team meeting on Friday, and we spoke to the team. I spoke to the team. And Drew picked five players. It was a very moving talk. He had coaches come down and talk about the five seniors.

He had Micah Morris. Well, actually he had Daylen Everette talked about by his coach. Donte came and talked about him. Dillon Bell and Cole Speer, Coach Coley came and talked about him. And then Oscar Delp was actually the fourth. So it was four players.

He put on the screen how many days they had been at Georgia. He put on the screen how many days potentially they had left. They had 1%. I think they had been there 1,200 days at Georgia because they’re all fourth- and fifth-year players.

Basically Coach Coley talked about Cole Speer’s sacrifices. He got to be a really competitive receiver in the spring. He was playing really good, then got an injury in the spring game. It set him back. He never flinched, never complained. He just does what he’s asked to do. He’s extremely fast and physical. Think about those players that Drew talked about and had their coaches come talk about. Dillon Bell scores a touchdown tonight. Huge in the game. Daylen Everette gets an interception. Huge in the game. Cole Speer blocks the punt. Oscar played well also.

Before he finished, he said, Stand up if you’ve beaten Alabama in a game. None of ‘em stood up. So it was a very moving piece. Micah and Cash were there for the national championship game, but they didn’t play. I thought it hit right in between the eyes of doing it for the seniors. So many of them have been through heartbreaking losses that they wanted to do it. Kirk Benedict had a great rush plan, came after the punt, got a huge block there.

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