Kirby Smart isn’t interested in hearing the noise around Mike Bobo anymore.
At SEC Media Days, the Georgia coach made it clear he believes his offensive coordinator is the right man for the job, and he didn’t sound like someone eager to entertain the fan backlash that keeps following Bobo around.
“I do think football intuition is one of my strengths, and knowing that, I know we got the right offensive coordinator,” Smart said via 247sports.com.
That kind of public backing fits the way Smart has handled this all offseason. Earlier this month, he extended Bobo’s contract through the 2028 season, locking him in for the next three years. For the Georgia fans who have spent plenty of time complaining about Bobo, that move sent a loud message: he’s staying.
The frustration from a chunk of the fan base has been obvious, but the numbers and results tell a more complicated story. Bobo has plenty to answer for because Georgia’s offense has sputtered in the playoff over the last two years. Still, his overall work as offensive coordinator has been strong enough to keep the Bulldogs winning at a high level.
A lot of the resentment seems tied to what Georgia fans got used to earlier in the decade. Todd Monken was calling the offense when the Bulldogs ripped off two national championships with Stetson Bennett and a unit that could light up the scoreboard. Once Bobo took over in 2023, plenty of fans acted like the whole operation had fallen off a cliff.
That’s not really what happened. Georgia went 12-0 in 2023 before losing to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. The Bulldogs were good enough to win a national title and, as the source material notes, should have still made the playoff, but they were left out.
Then came 2024 and 2025, and Georgia won the SEC in what the source describes as the most difficult years the conference has ever seen. Texas and Oklahoma had joined the league, and divisions were gone for the first time, making the road to Atlanta tougher. Georgia still got there.
Bobo’s impact hasn’t been limited to game-day results, either. He has also been an elite recruiter since becoming offensive coordinator, helping Georgia keep stacking top classes and land major offensive pieces. That group includes five-stars Talyn Taylor, Juan Gaston and Kaiden Prothro, along with the No. 1 running back in the 2027 class, Kemon Spell, and the No. 1 quarterback in the 2028 class, Jayden Wade.
The question hanging over all of it is simple: would those players have chosen Georgia without Bobo? There’s no way to know for sure, but Smart’s confidence in him is obvious.
And that’s really the heart of this story. Georgia fans may want perfection every season after back-to-back national titles, but that’s not a realistic standard. Even Nick Saban’s Alabama teams, the most dominant run modern college football has seen, didn’t win it all every year.
For now, Smart believes Bobo is the answer, and the results mostly support him. If Georgia keeps coming up short in the playoff over the final three years of Bobo’s deal, the conversation could change. But right now, Smart has made his call, and he’s standing by it.
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