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What Arkansas coach Sam Pittman said about Georgia this week

by: Jack Mathison10/01/21
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All week long, DawgsHQ has filled you in on everything said by the Georgia coaching staff ahead of their top-10 showdown this Saturday, including multiple Kirby Smart press conferences and various conversations with Dawgs players. To finish it off, we put together several interesting comments that Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman, a former UGA assistant, made about the Bulldogs. Here’s a hint, he’s very complementary of his former team.

On Sam Pittman’s Text Conversation With Coach Lanning

“I texted Dan Lanning … and I told him he doesn’t need to put any more blitzes in because he can’t run them all anyway. He sent me back 11, he drew it on a piece of paper and sent me back all 11 of them rushing. I said, ‘Hell, we’ve already seen that blitz.’”

On Coach Smart

“I learned a lot from coach. I mean, a lot about practice organization, a lot about assistants—I don’t know if pressure is the word — but putting demands on assistant coaches to be the best they can be. Obviously recruiting. You know, Coach, all he wants to do is win. I mean, he’s going to treat people right and all that. I certainly don’t mean that (he doesn’t). But he’s at his alma mater and he wants to win for the state of Georgia, the University of Georgia. I mean, you’ve got to respect all that. His kids, they play extremely hard. You don’t find many teams that are playing extremely hard that don’t have high respect for the head coach. They do, and I was very fortunate to be there four years and learn from him.”

On Georgia’s Defense

“They have so much talent on the D-line. Certainly, big and physical. It starts with (Jordan) Davis and (Jalen) Carter. Nolan Smith, (Travon) Walker. They’re very, very talented. They rotate guys as well, so they keep them fresh. You go back to linebacker, and they have Quay Walker and (Nakobe) Dean, and they can run. “

On Georgia’s Recruiting

“They’ve recruited really well there, so they’re going to have depth. That’s just Georgia, and hopefully Arkansas will get that way here in the near future, where somebody leaves and the next guy steps in and he may be as good, or he may be better than the guy that left. But that’s where Georgia is, and that’s a credit to their staff and Kirby for recruiting.”

On Returning to Athens

“We’re sure looking forward to going back to Georgia. The people of Georgia were so kind to Jamie and I when we were there. Kirby, I obviously have a lot of good memories about him and the way he treated me and the camaraderie with the staff. They’ve got an outstanding football team, I think everybody knows that. We’re looking forward to seeing where our team is this week. We’re pretty excited about it.”

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