His eyes shaded under a white Georgia visor, his team just minutes removed from a crushing defeat in Tuscaloosa, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart reacted to a question about Tide freshman wide receiver Ryan Williams with a mixture of dread and resignation.
“Great player,” Smart said of Williams, who had just torched the Dawgs for a go-ahead, game-winning touchdown in Saturday night’s instant classic. “I mean, I got asked by the GameDay crew, ‘What are you going to do special about Ryan Williams?’ I said, ‘We can’t do anything special with Ryan Williams. They got a guy back there at quarterback who could be the best running back in the country and he throws the ball.