Georgia coach Kirby Smart says his Bulldogs aren't afraid of the pressure to repeat last season's success.
In his second season at Georgia, Smart took Georgia to its first Southeastern Conference championship since 2005 and a spot in the national championship game, where it lost in overtime to Alabama.
Despite losing such 2017 standouts as tailbacks Nick Chubb and Sony Michel and linebacker Roquan Smith, the Bulldogs may be picked at this week's annual gathering of SEC media to again win the SEC East and return to the conference championship game.
That's fine with Smart, who on Tuesday said "The pressure is really a privilege. ... Those are things we embrace at the University of Georgia. We can't run from those things."
Smart says everybody asks if he has recovered from the national championship loss to Alabama. "It's not like I have nightmares about it," he said, adding he hopes his players will learn from the experience.
