Kirby Smart on Georgia football defensive performance: ‘It won’t be accepted or tolerated’

Kirby Smart LSU vs. Georgia (2022 SEC Championship Game) Georgia head coach Kirby Smart after Georgia won the 2022 SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. (Photo by Kayla Renie) (Kayla Renie/Kayla Renie/UGAAA)

December 4, 2022 at 2:13 p.m. UTC

By Connor Riley, DawgNation

ATHENS — If you judged Saturday’s performance by the Georgia football defensive performance by the wow plays, you’d have thought the group had a great day.

Chris Smith made a heads-up play to return a blocked kick for a touchdown. Smael Mondon picked off a pass that deflected off an LSU player’s helmet. Jalen Carter picked up LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels with one arm and flashed a No. 1 pose with his free hand.

“He’s different,” Jamon Dumas-Johnson said. “Who do y’all see doing that. He’s unstoppable. I’ve never seen anybody like him.”

Georgia gave up 30 points in a game for the first time all season.

But those big plays eschew what was a season-worst performance. LSU put up 549 yards of total offense, with 502 of those coming in the air.