ATHENS — Kirby Smart and his Georgia football staff have more questions internally than anyone on the outside might think to ask.

A massive rebuild is underway with 15 players departed to the NFL and another 13 — including four former starters — having left via the NCAA transfer portal.

To be clear, Smart is confident in the culture he has built and the talent of the players he has recruited and developed within the program.

Still, there are some things in football that coaches can’t know until players hit the field and perform 11-on-11 in pads.

That won’t happen at UGA until next week, so Smart can’t be expected to have all of the answers.

Sometimes, even when Smart has the answers, he prefers to be coy and even a little combative.

“Kirby being Kirby” is one of the more entertaining aspects of a Georgia press conference.

Here are three questions Smart can answer on the Bulldogs’ designated “media day,” which will consist of a Q&A with the head coach and a very limited number of players UGA has chosen to meet with the press.

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