Kirby Smart Responds to Notre Dame Fans Chanting ‘We Want Georgia’ on College GameDay

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Georgia head coach Kirby Smart appeared on ESPN College GameDay Friday afternoon ahead of the in-state showdown between Indiana and Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff.

The winner of the matchup between the Hoosiers and the Irish will face Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on January 1. It was hard to hear Smart when he spoke as Notre Dame fans repeatedly chanted in the background, “We want Georgia!”

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Kirby Smart was asked about the “We want Georgia!” chants and shared that Notre Dame shouldn’t be thinking about the Bulldogs just yet.

“Well, they have to worry about their first game first. That’s for sure,” Kirby Smart said. “Then we have to worry about ourselves. That’s what we have to do. We have to get better ourselves. We have worked really hard here. Our kids have had a great attitude at practice and I’ve been excited about that.”

Kirby Smart and his Georgia staff have been preparing for both Indiana and Notre Dame ahead of the College Football Playoff. This is a unique situation as it is the first time a team has a bye in the playoffs.

“We spent a few days on each team,” Smart said. “It was very unique for us, because we have never had two teams to work on. So we worked on each team. And we’ll have a lot of recruits in town tonight. We’re going to see the game with some prospects and some of our young mid-years that are in town. So I will watch with pleasure.”

Smart added that he has been impressed by both Notre Dame and Indiana on film, though he revealed that the two teams are very different.

“We took Notre Dame and PurdueI’m sorry, Notre Dame and Indiana, and we worked on both of those teams,” Smart said. “We worked a day on each. And to be honest with you, I’m looking forward to this game because both teams are very different.”

ESPN College GameDay host Rece Davis got Notre Dame fans fired up before the interview with Smart ended when he took a shot against the Fighting Irish.

“Kirby, they yelled they want Georgia, I’m not sure they do — winless all the time against the Bulldogs,” Rece Davis said.

The Bulldogs are 3-0 all-time against Notre Dame. We’ll see if the two have another matchup in a few weeks.