Though often times forgotten by college football fans, Kirby Smart was once employed by the LSU Tigers. Now, as the school in Baton Rouge moved on from Brian Kelly, the Georgia Bulldogs head coach told a story from his time in the Bayou State.

Smart has enough on his plate in Georgia to be worrying about LSU. However, the 49-year-old delivered a sincere statement about the Tigers, as Kelly was fired after a 5-3 (2-3 SEC) start to the 2025 NCAA season.

“It’s the world we live in. There’s so much built around the Playoffs, everything’s boom or bust. I don’t know enough about this situation, but I know there are high expectations,” Smart said during his weekly press conference per Michael W. Bratton.

“I coached at LSU, guy once told me, ‘That office you are in. That’s not your office. You

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