09/19/2026
Funny story- Last season, then-Memphis head coach Ryan Silverfield took a shot at Georgia, citing the program as an example of the sort of behavior he wants his players to avoid. He made a sarcastic comment about Dawgs players going 900 miles per hour, and seriously exaggerated by saying it was a weekly occurrence in Athens. He did not expect to play the Dawgs.
Fast forward to the summer of 2026 and Silverfield— now the coach at Arkansas— was quick to praise Smart and Georgia, quite possibly because he realized the Hogs would play UGA in their SEC opener. He might have remembered the comments and wanted to reduce the chance of Smart running up the score on his Razorbacks.
Some of the driving incidents were certainly embarrassing, while others that were far from newsworthy were grouped in with the awful ones by people who hate Georgia. With the two teams facing off today, I’ll be interested to see if the Bulldogs choose to score extra second half points if given the chance.
Smart typically prioritizes getting backups reps and avoiding injuries unlike a Josh Heupel. We’ll see what happens in Fayetteville today against an Arkansas team coming off a blowout loss to Utah.
Last year, Ryan Silverfield took a shot at Georgia over the Bulldogs’ off-field driving issues.😳😂
Now, Silverfield will face Georgia on Saturday after Arkansas suffered a 40-point loss to Utah.
There’s definitely some added context heading into this SEC matchup.
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