Since winning its second consecutive national title in January, the majority of news coming out of the Georgia Football program has generally not been great, especially when it comes to the issue of speeding.
In an investigative piece released yesterday, the Atlanta Journal-Constition detailed a pattern of speeding related incidents going back several years in the tenure of Kirby Smart.
From the AJC's article - "During Smart’s time as the head coach, when about 350 athletes comprised his rosters, the police have charged Georgia players with traffic offenses nearly 300 times. Many violations were minor: not wearing a seatbelt or using a hand-held mobile device while driving, for example. But at least 60 times, players were caught driving 20 mph or more over the speed limit. They exceeded the limit by more than 30 mph in at least 14 of these instances and by 40 mph or more at least seven times. Three players broke the 100 mph mark — one on a street where the speed limit is 35."
January 15th saw the deaths of sophomore lineman Devin Willock, and staffer Chandler Lecroy as a result of street racing. There were other citations listed in the article that weren't wide-known outside of the football program - Kendall Milton's five citations since enrolling in 2020, James Cook hitting five unoccupied cars in July 2020, for example.
"The argument made is that Georgia and Kirby never suspend these kids", Streak Shapiro said in discussion about this article on this morning's Steakhouse. "No matter how serious the reckless driving is, nobody every misses games."
"The argument coming back from UGA is we absolutely we absolutely discipline them, we're not going to tell you exactly what we do, and suspending them from games is not part of what we do."