Georgia football way-too-early opening game prediction vs. betting line

By Mike Griffith, DawgNation

July 08, 2025 at 5:36 am EDT

Kirby Smart (UGA Sports Comm) Georgia head coach Kirby Smart during Dawg Walk before Georgia's game against Tennessee on Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA) (Tony Walsh/Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

By Mike Griffith, DawgNation

July 08, 2025 at 5:36 am EDT

ATHENS — Kirby Smart doesn’t take anything for granted to the extent no one dare utter the word “complacency” in his football building, much less exhibit the slightest hint of it.

Georgia is the defending SEC football champion, riding an SEC-record 32-game home field win streak at Smart enters into his 10th season as the Bulldogs head coach.

But no, last season’s 23-10 loss to Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl CFP quarterfinal didn’t leave Smart or anyone else in the football building with a good feeling.