Rumor has it he put on fifteen pounds and grew another half inch between May camps and July camps. He is now 6’2.5″ and 191, and is just a ninth grader.

I am a former principal and my kids thought it was the coolest thing in the world that I had keys to the school and school gym, where we’d play away many a weekend together over the years. Imagine if you dad has the keys to this place.

Cough. Say what you will about Uncle Mike, but having a head coach dad who is best friends with a QB coach that played at the college level is something of a benefit to young talent development.

Georgia got another commitment…this time, from a familiar name.

Again, whether it sticks and remains this way on signing day remains to be seen…but for all the chatter that Kirby can’t recruit anymore, securing a brand name commitment – especially at the QB position – might turn a few heads in the recruiting services.

Impeccable timing, Kirby. I never knew he was a reader of the blog. No sooner had I posted something yesterday about a lackluster recruiting class, then Kirby has a banner day:

Kirby brought in four recruits in two days, and word is, that train isn’t slowing down, either.

Kirby also added Lovejoy EDGE Olayiwola Taiwo, another three-star, but Georgia suddenly jumped up from 22nd to 11th in the On3/Rivals team rankings for 2027, and now has an over 90 point average for the quality of the class.

Not a bad day at the office for Kirbs.

Go Dawgs!

Folks are starting to get a little antsy about Kirby’s 2027 recruiting class.

Aside from landing the nation’s number 1 running back in Kemon Spell and a possible (let’s not hold our breath, here) non-verbal from a blue chip QB, folks are getting overly antsy about the recent recruiting pickups in Kirby’s class…all three stars.

Quick reminder about those stars when it comes to CJ Allen, Quay Walker, and Jordan Davis, all of which were three stars and even now it’s reminder that it’s June 1st, and there’s lots of camps and evaluations that will come to pass that will likely push these guys up to four stars or higher once they start to make a splash. Not to mention that the almighty dollar can always bring that star count up, too.

Georgia currently has the 22nd ranked recruiting class according to the On3/Rivals recruiting rankings, and it should be noted that early commitments to Georgia that are four or five stars have been shown to do so only to receive richer offers to other schools (looking judgingly at you, Miami), so there will be further moving and shaking.

Oddly, Indiana has the #30 ranked recruiting class. Why isn’t anyone panicking over that? It’s as though Kirby never heard of the portal and NIL and doesn’t know how to use it? Hmm.

Of course, there are people out there that feel that Atlanta’s loss to Cincinnati yesterday means the season’s over, even if we’re 20 games above 500 right now.

Sports, and sports fans, are interesting things to behold.

Something tells me we’re going to see another Smart in a Georgia jersey. Already standing at 6’2” as an 8th grader, Andrew Smart is already being talked about for the Class of 2030.

I’m going to step out on a limb and say that either Kirby will be coaching when Andrew wears the Red and Black, or Andrew has seen enough Georgia practices to know his dad’s brand of coaching and will opt to play baseball.

Something tells me Andrew has enough of his dad’s attitude to take Kirby’s practice antics:

I heard he got grounded. Everyone knows it’s inappropriate to do that towards Tennessee fans.

You’re supposed to give them double fingers and a FTMFs.