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Georgia football’s Smart play for Jim Chaney

Georgia offensive coordinator Jim Chaney is off to Tennessee. The reason likely boils down to this – Smart and Chaney were just tired of each other.

Lured to Knoxville by Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt for a shade under a king’s ransom. Chaney leaves Georgia football as he came – widely regarded as one of the finest offensive minds in the country. But while Georgia won 76 percent of its games with Chaney drawing up and calling the plays, there was a reason Kirby Smart went into the victory formation when Jim Chaney received a 4.