Georgia’s Kirby Smart has fun with Dabo Swinney’s ‘Tyler from Spartanburg' rant: 'Trying to avoid that'

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Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney let a radio caller have it on Monday after "Tyler from Spartanburg" questioned Swinney’s salary amid a 4-4 start to the 2023 college football season. 

On Friday, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart had some fun with Swinney's rant on his own weekly radio show as he prepared his team to face No. 12 Missouri in Week 10. 

Head coach Billy Napier of the Florida Gators (R) talks to Head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs (L) before the start of a game at EverBank Stadium on October 28, 2023, in Jacksonville, Florida.  (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

"I hope so. I hope we got a great crowd and a lot of great questions," Smart said as the host mentioned the questions for Smart to come.  

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"And hoping that we get to enjoy some of those," Smart continued. "I’m hoping that we don’t have any questions from Tyler in Spartanburg. I’m trying to avoid that."

Smart was referencing Swinney’s five-minute rant on his Monday radio show that immediately went viral. 

Two days after Clemson dropped to 4-4 after a loss to NC State, a caller got Swinney riled up.

"So, I’m curious. Why are we paying you $11.5 million to go 4-4?" the caller asked Swinney after questioning his coaching hires and saying he sensed "arrogance." 

Swinney agreed to a new 10-year, $115 million contract in 2022 that runs through the 2031 college football season. 

"You're part of the problem, to be honest with you," Swinney responded.

Head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers looks on following their game against the NC State Wolfpack at Carter-Finley