Kirby Smart’s unofficial mantra this offseason has been that “"pressure is a privilege.” He’s completely right. Georgia is the only team with the honor of having been picked by league media to win the SEC East by a wide margin. The only team to have signed not only the top recruiting class in America, but by some measures one of the best classes in modern college football history. The past twelve months, with the exception of one blown pass coverage in the national title game, has been wildly successful for the Red and Black. Success comes with expectations.
And so it’s against the backdrop of sky-high expectations that Smart’s Bulldogs will take the field this afternoon for the first of 29 practices leading up to the season opener against Austin Peay on September 1st.