Atlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith has made weekly appearances on “The Pat McAfee Show” throughout the season, but Friday’s appearance was easily Smith’s most interesting yet.
The show held a live broadcast from Athens, Georgia and there were plenty of Falcons fans within shouting distance of the set. When McAfee mentioned his interview with Smith, fans began to boo uncontrollably.
Smith received a much warmer reception when he was actually introduced. Atlanta’s head coach was asked about his recent five-minute explanation of Bijan Robinson’s red-zone usage before donating $15,000 to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation.
Here’s a rundown of Smith’s Friday appearance on ESPN, including Twitter reactions from Falcons fans below.
Smith on his 5-minute explanation
"You need to be accountable and you don't run from criticism..
That was just me being myself and answering the question..
We got a lot of football left and we do have the right guys here" ~ Artie Smith #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/VdbVv5V7xK
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) November 10, 2023
Smith donates $15K to Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
"I'd like to make a $15,000 donation to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation"
WE'LL MATCH IT COACH #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/0s0zofSw2o
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) November 10, 2023
Georgia fans boo Smith
*chefs kiss* pic.twitter.com/PFW7yxApVD
— Carlton (@CrispyCarlton) November 10, 2023
Not on The Home Depot poster board 😭 pic.twitter.com/oFEfEAFKbo
— Carrie (@carrielynnxox) November 10, 2023
Arthur Smith getting to that Bobby Petrino level https://t.co/yKEC3gTfn4
— Atlanta Falcons (@DirtyBirdz_11) November 10, 2023
Arthur Smith’s name deserves to get booed like this, in Athens. He’s not using our stars on offense, and has horrible red zone playcalling smh. Any other head coach would have our #Falcons at 7-2 right now. We have no business being 4-5. https://t.co/xUBtqzizCP
— Yuriy Andriyashchuk🇺🇦 (@YuriyATL) November 10, 2023
Like 1% of UGA fans are falcons fans so kinda shocked they are boo’ing.
All these clowns are eagles fans https://t.co/FLrCwzpDcH
— BRAVESDAWGS (@BravesDawgs) November 10, 2023
— The Falcoholic (@TheFalcoholic) November 10, 2023
Inject it into my veins. https://t.co/YnLCeDPuNX pic.twitter.com/aTICvpPonR
— Quincy Barnhill (@BarnhillQuincy) November 10, 2023
Ya, the Falcons gotta fire Arthur Smith ASAP. https://t.co/DYpIB2dsGx
— Mark (@MarkW_E01) November 10, 2023
You know how bad of an NFL coach you gotta be to get booed on College Gameday? 😂🤣 https://t.co/5cmrkAR2NQ
— Di jiggy of di jiggies (@DesignedbyXavie) November 10, 2023
Lmao fans didn’t hate bobby petrino this much. https://t.co/F5gwDdrPe2
— 🦇 (@lilheII) November 10, 2023
Don’t feel bad for the man either, he brought all this hate on himself.
Also he’s filthy rich. https://t.co/1YZgtLyHC3
— kenny g. (@Gritz_Blitz) November 10, 2023
If you’re wondering how Atlanta Falcons fans feel about Arthur Smith. #DirtyBirds https://t.co/x1Y8S8mfmt
— Austin (@AustinPlanet) November 11, 2023
This how we feeling right now. Hope Arthur Blank taking note! https://t.co/yPzHWf5szC
— Higgs Boson (@KingHead57) November 10, 2023
I would not trust a human being that calls Arthur Smith a "Friend of the program" https://t.co/lzi9tUgkSz
— Jeff (@NotJShocks7) November 10, 2023
Maybe UGA isn’t so bad after all https://t.co/np7zKvgl2J
— James.xlsm (@JamesT425) November 10, 2023
Least surprising reaction ever lol https://t.co/sJ0ovwXFBS
— CageFighter (@cagefighter_) November 10, 2023
