AUSTIN, Texas — With Saturday’s 30-15 victory over No. 1-ranked Texas , Georgia’s Kirby Smart became one of the fastest ever to win 100 games as a head coach.
The Bulldogs’ ninth-year coach is now 100-17, which ties him with two other coaches for the fifth-fastest to 100 in the history of college football. The other two are Knute Rockne (100-12-5 at Notre Dame) and Chris Petersen (100-17) with Boise State and Washington.
“A lot of credit goes to a lot of people,” said Smart, who then started naming assistant coaches and players. “Sam Pittman, (Jim) Chaney, Dell McGee, Todd Monken; a lot of players — Kamari Lassiter, DeAndre Swift here tonight, (DeAndre) Baker just flooded the sidelines. And so many other people had an involvement in those 100 wins.”…