Everything Georgia coach Kirby Smart said after the Tennessee game

It's not easy for anyone to have clear-and-accurate answers after what unfolded — multiple times over — in Neyland Stadium.

But Kirby Smart tried in his opening statement:

"A lot of respect for Tennessee and the atmosphere that was created here today. It was a great college football game.

"I'm really proud of our guys. We talked about coming in here and conquering this place, which is not easy to do. And when you do something like that, you have to make your own way. You have to absorb blows. I don't think I had any idea how many blows we would have to absorb, but we did, and we got a resilient group. I think that's a really good football team we just played. I don't think we played our best football, especially defensively. Give them a lot of credit, though. They made plays down the field. I've got a lot of respect for the quarterback."

"Just some guys to mention. Bo comes in off the bench and plays right tackle. Unbelievable. Gunner took some shots today and stood in there and made some big-time throws. I thought the offensive staff did an incredible job. That's a really good defense we just played, guys. Outside of probably two drives in the second half where I felt like we stalled out, they did unbelievable. They kept them off balanced, off tempo. Mike and them put a great plan together. Couple special runs that we did not run that really helped us.

"Just all in all a great game, but I feel almost like we have to apologize to them. I don't think we should have won that game I don't think. They outplayed us in a lot of ways, but that's the way it goes. I mean, I've had one against them about nine or ten years ago that certainly went that way. But it comes to go."

Smart spoke about that more after the 44-41 overtime victory against Tennessee.

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