Georgia linebacker Raylen Wilson wasn’t interested in feeding the Texas hype machine at SEC Media Days.
With plenty of buzz around the Longhorns as the league’s preseason favorite, Wilson was asked Tuesday about the idea that the SEC is “Texas’s conference to lose.” His answer was short, sharp, and completely uninterested in the noise: “Really can’t control opinions… Just focus on getting better.”
That kind of response fit the moment. While the media consensus has leaned heavily toward Texas, Georgia has heard this song before. The Longhorns were also the popular pick each of the last two seasons, and Georgia still ended up winning the SEC both times.
The attention around Texas has only grown, with even Vegas favoring the Longhorns over Georgia for the third straight year. But Wilson didn’t bite on the chance to swat away the preseason chatter with a bigger quote. He laughed off the setup and kept the focus where Georgia wants it - on daily improvement and the work that actually matters once the season starts.
For Georgia fans, that probably sounds familiar. It’s the same formula that carried the Bulldogs through the last two seasons, and it’s the reason they’ve been able to keep winning while Texas keeps collecting preseason praise.
The numbers behind Georgia’s run are hard to ignore. Since NIL became legal in 2021, Georgia has won two national championships and three SEC titles. No program in the country has matched that stretch, and certainly not Texas.
So while Texas keeps getting treated like the league’s team to beat before a snap is even played, Georgia seems perfectly content letting the Longhorns wear that spotlight. Wilson’s message made that clear: the Bulldogs aren’t chasing opinions. They’re chasing progress.
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