Finebaum says Georgia coach Kirby Smart 'better at his age than Nick Saban'

The Georgia Bulldogs have some of the highest expectations again in 2024 and a lot of that is due to Georgia head coach Kirby Smart. Smart has reloaded Georgia’s roster after having eight players selected in the 2024 NFL draft.

Georgia is among the country’s preseason favorites. In fact, former Alabama Crimson Tide head Nick Saban predicts that Georgia will face the Texas Longhorns in the SEC championship game.

ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum loves what Kirby Smart is doing with the Georgia program.

“I think he’s (Kirby Smart) better at his age than Nick Saban was at his age and I think it’s scary,” said Finebaum in an interview with On3’s J.D. PicKell. It’s hard to argue with Finebaum’s logic here.

Kirby Smart is currently 48 years old and has won two of the last three national championships. When Nick Saban was 48, he was finishing the 1999 college football season at Michigan State (as head coach). Saban later took the head coach job at LSU in 2000 and won his first national title during the 2003 season.

Smart has a long way to go in his career and just signed a historic contract extension with UGA.

Georgia’s impressive amount of talent is reason why many polls rank Georgia as the preseason No. 1 team.