Georgia’s 20-17 win over Alabama on Saturday did more than push the Bulldogs to No. 1 in the country after a Texas loss. It also sparked a wave of alleged leaked videos that appear to catch Kirby Smart in full throat before and after the game.
Hours after the result, two clips started circulating on social media and were presented as Smart addressing the team. The camera angle in both videos stays pointed down, so the speaker can’t actually be seen, but the context makes clear who the voice is supposed to be: a coach trying to light a fire under his players.
The first video, recorded before kickoff, includes a team prayer and then shifts hard into raw, profane motivation. “Hey, grab a knee,” Smart allegedly said after the prayer.
“Every one of you motherf---, I love you. This team’s special.
This team’s fucking special. Shut the god damn door.
Shut the god damn door.”
The point of that last line seemed obvious enough - keep the room sealed off while the message is delivered. But the clip got out anyway.
From there, the speech turned toward Alabama and the rematch angle. “Let’s fucking kick these guys’ asses,” Smart continued.
“Its the same f-ing team we played about eight months ago. And all they want to talk about is the officials.
All they want to talk about is the officials. That’s all they f-ing wanna talk about.
You know what guys? It’s a him or me game tonight motherf--.
It’s a him or me. It’s him or f-ing me!
That’s it!”
Georgia had already beaten Alabama in the SEC championship in December, and that history was clearly part of the energy in the room.
Smart kept going, hammering home the idea that Georgia controls the standard. “We control this motherf--,” yelled Smart.
“We practice the right way, we do this sh- the right way. You better make these motherf-- believe… f- the scoreboard.
I don’t give a f- about the scoreboard… don’t give a f- about the scoreboard… I want to f- these bitches up. You hear me?”
A separate postgame clip, also being passed around as a leaked locker room video, reportedly showed Smart just as amped up after the win.
“Undisciplined motherf*ckers will cost your ass…”
Whatever the reaction online, this is the kind of material programs do not want floating around publicly. It’s locker-room talk, plain and simple. If the videos are real, Georgia will almost certainly want to know who recorded them.
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