Georgia’s 20-17 win over Alabama on Saturday did more than move the Bulldogs to No. 1 after Texas lost. It also set off a swirl of alleged leaked locker room videos that appear to capture Kirby Smart in full throat, first before the game and then again after it.
Two clips surfaced on social media hours after the final whistle, both filmed from a phone pointed downward so the speaker can’t be seen. But with the context around the audio, the videos purport to show Smart addressing his team.
The first video caught a pregame moment that began with a prayer, followed by a hard-edged speech loaded with profanity. The tone shifted fast from reverent to raw.
“Hey, grab a knee,” Smart allegedly said after the team 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, at least as the speech suggests, was to keep the message inside the room.
“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 Smart allegedly leaned into that edge before Saturday’s matchup.
“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 clip supposedly shows Smart just as amped after the game, this time in the locker room.
“Undisciplined motherf*ckers will cost your ass…”
The videos are obviously the kind of thing programs normally keep behind closed doors, even if the reaction online was exactly what you’d expect from a fired-up Georgia fan base. If the clips are real, the larger issue is not the message itself but how they got out in the first place.
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