Kirby Smart is the only active coach in the SEC to know what it is like to win the SEC championship.

And if his comments on Thursday come to fruition, he might well be the last coach to win the SEC championship game.

Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne made headlines on Thursday when he shared he’d be in favor of eliminating the SEC championship game.

As it turns out, Byrne is not alone in the matter. Kirby Smart spoke with Chris Low of On3 and shared a similar opinion on the matter.

Especially if the College Football Playoff were to expand.

“Where we are right now with 12 teams (in the playoff), I don’t necessarily agree that it needs to quit being played,” Smart told Low. “But if it gets to 16 or 24 and we’ve got to move the end of the season up and we’ve got to get everything done by the second week of January, then I’d say it probably has to go.

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