NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart took center stage at SEC media days on Tuesday and asked the question that's been hanging over the Bulldogs' offseason: «How do you top an undefeated season?» «The threat for us,» he said, «is complacency.» Smart's Bulldogs have won back-to-back national championships and are the betting favorites to win again, according to Caesars Sportsbook.
Minnesota was the last and only college football team to win three titles in a row, from 1934-36. But Smart said the focus isn't on making history.
Rather, the emphasis is, «What are you going to do next?» «I don't care about the three-peat, the two-peat or the one-peat,» Smart said. «I care about complacency.» That means maintaining focus.
But that's been difficult to do during what has been a tumultuous offseason in Athens. On Jan. 15 — the night of the championship celebration — Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock and staff member Chandler LeCroy were killed in a car wreck in which police alleged that former defensive lineman Jalen Carter was racing them.