Georgia great dishes on narrative around Bulldogs following undefeated start, matchup with No. 20 Kentucky

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Georgia is the premier program in college football since head coach Kirby Smart turned the Bulldogs into a powerhouse after taking over in 2016. 

Under Smart, Georgia has won back-to-back national championships and is riding a 22-game winning streak ahead of a matchup against No. 20 Kentucky. 

Head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs raises the College Football Playoff national championship trophy after defeating the TCU Horned Frogs in the national championship game at SoFi Stadium Jan. 9, 2023, in Inglewood, Calif. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

And yet the chatter around college football is that there is no dominant team in 2023 as Georgia’s grip on the top spot in the Associated Press Top 25 has begun to slip. 

Following a close win over unranked Auburn, Georgia’s first-place votes dropped to 35 in the AP Top 25, one week after it received 55 of 62 possible first-place votes.

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Fox Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt said on his podcast that the Bulldogs are a "shell of what they were in the past," while Tim Brando of Fox Sports had Smart’s squad at No. 6 in his top 10 after Week 5. 

The narrative appears to be that Georgia is more vulnerable than past seasons after slow starts against South Carolina and in Week 5 against the Tigers. 

Former Georgia quarterback D.J. Shockley, now the sports director at Fox 5 Atlanta and a sideline analyst for the Georgia radio broadcast, thinks the dominance over the past years, the strong recruiting classes put together by Smart and the slow starts are all contributing to some questioning the 2023 squad. 

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