Kirby Smart makes it clear: Georgia will be the team doing the hunting this year

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It was a different setting for Georgia’s Kirby Smart on Wednesday morning at SEC Media Days – he took the podium as the defending National Champion. There are certain aspects of pressure that come with taking the stage, knowing the questions of repeating will be coming at him fast.

One of the bigger tasks for Kirby and his staff this season will be making sure his talented roster can deal with the inexperience. There’s no denying that this squad will be talented, but how that translates to pressure filled situations is the one question he doesn’t have yet have an answer to.

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Georgia Bulldogs Head Coach Kirby Smart holds the College Football Playoff National Championship trophy during the Georgia Bulldogs National Championship Celebration on January 15, 2022 at Sanford Stadium in Athens, GA. (Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"‘We have plenty of talent. What we lack right now is experience".

You likely hear some version of this quote until the Bulldogs take the field against Oregon, right here in Atlanta, to open the season. How does this squad look without all the stars that dominated the conference last season? Yes, it will look different and the staff knows it. But the returning roster is just as talented at some positions, even when you look at the players that are no longer in Athens.

But Kirby Smart has been building a monster that should hang around for a while, not disappearing like the LSU team that won a National Championship in 2019. Yes, both teams were different, but the Tigers turned out to be a one-hit wonder under Ed Orgeron, while Kirby is looking to make the Bulldogs a constant championship