Sometimes, you just need to grow up. That was the message from Kirby Smart to Georgia wide receiver George Pickens after Saturday’s 44-21 win over Tennessee.
On first-and-10 from Tennessee’s 36-yard line, Vols quarterback Jarrett Guarantano scrambled out of bounds for a three-yard gain. Guarantano was tackled into the Georgia sideline on the play and as he was on the ground, Pickens sprayed water on him, resulting in an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
The call moved the Volunteers into Bulldog territory and eventually led to a score, putting Tennessee up by four. After the game, Smart had some strong comments about Pickens’ behavior.
"It's just disappointing. It's silly behavior. It's immature, just like two guys running down to celebrate with Jalen Carter,” Smart said. “That cost us a Tennessee game already once. What are we thinking? We show that once a year to talk about when your buddy scores, celebrate on the sideline with him. When somebody comes out of bounds and you squirt water at them, what are we? Are we 7, 8years old? I mean, come on. Let's play football. Let's don't be silly."
After Tennessee went up 21-17 on the Bulldogs, it was all Georgia for the rest of the game. Georgia outgained Tennessee 431 to 214 in total yards. Pickens finished the game with just two receptions for 14 yards.
Smart also talked about his style of offensive football and how it led to the win over the Vols.
“I play complementary football. I want to score every time we get the ball,” Smart said. “I don’t want to be conservative and kick field goals. There’s several of those field goals I would have loved to have gone for it if it was fourth and 1 or 2 but they were long. They were fourth-and-long, fourth-and-9, third-and-30 or something. You don’t function that way. So I don’t look at it as, Oh we’re going to play behind our defense. If I was going to play behind our defense I’d kick a field goal on fourth-and-1 at the end of the half. I look at it as we need seven, and to be the team we want to be we need to be explosive offensively, and in order to get to where we want to be offensively we have to improve. We have to improve. People are going to score points in college football, guys. They’re too good. The really good teams, they score points. And defensively hopefully we can continue to get better. And hopefully offensively the guys will buy into if we do the little things right we can be good.”
In the win, quarterback Stetson Bennett threw for 238 yards and two touchdowns. Smart commented on Bennett’s play so far this season after the game.
“I think he's getting better. I definitely think he's getting more confidence,” Smart said. “He understands coach Monken's system better and better and where his eyes need to be and his decision making. He's made some plays with his feet. I would like to see him improve by sliding some and not taking the shot he took, but he's a competitor. He's always been that way. We've got to continue to help him and kind of play complementary football. We've got guys running who can help him but if we can't get lined up and execute at a high level, it makes it hard.”
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