Georgia won the 2024 SEC championship game on Saturday in Atlanta over Texas in overtime, which is pretty sweet for Bulldogs fans.
However, what happened afterward might have been even sweeter for the pettiest of fans.
Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart used his victory speech to rip into the SEC and its commissioner, Greg Sankey, while the latter was standing right by him.
While Smart was basking in the celebration of another Georgia SEC championship, ESPN’s Laura Rutledge asked him about the team getting a first-round bye ahead of the College Football Playoff.
Smart took the opportunity to throw some very clear shade at Sankey and the SEC for what he felt were disadvantages with Georgia’s schedule.
“Well, it means rest for a team that Greg Sankey and his staff sent on the road all year long,” a fired-up Smart told Rutledge… all while Sankey was literally standing right there.
One of the game’s camera operators hysterically panned over to Sankey after Smart’s sharp jab, and he looked kind of done with the whole ordeal.
Seriously, this was like something from The Office or Curb Your Enthusiasm. How awkward!
This is incredible.
As Kirby absolutely rips Greg Sankey for Georgia’s schedule, the cameraman pans over to Sankey’s priceless reaction 😂
Give that cameraman the Emmy pic.twitter.com/FA9ihBezDv
— Adam Spencer (@AdamSpencer4) December 8, 2024
To be fair to the SEC, Georgia only had four road games in the regular season, and one of those games was at Kentucky.
Sure, games at Alabama, Texas and Ole Miss aren’t necessarily easy, but great teams find a way win those and not complain, y’know?
It’s football in the SEC; you’re going to have tough road games. You got to have your conference championship game in your home state! Relax, dude!
As for Sankey, he may want to talk to Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti about his fracas with former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh last year.
