Earl Ehrhart says he only encountered Kirby Smart once, in March 2016, before Smart had coached a football game at Georgia. Perhaps then it should have been obvious the signs were already there that this Georgia football coach would play defense better than any Bulldogs coach before him.

The Texas versus Georgia matchup on Saturday will mean more than just a top-five matchup. For the two head coaches, it will be a reunion between close friends. Georgia head coach Kirby Smart and Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian both spent part of their careers under the leadership of legendary former Alabama head coach