Nov 10, 2026 11:00 AM

The Georgia Bulldogs head coach knows all too well what can happen right after a big win.

The Georgia Bulldogs are headed into another huge game next week hosting the Missouri Tigers, and it's a familiar spot for this team coming off a huge victory on the road.

A blowout victory over Ole Miss made for a great night in Oxford and established the Dawgs as potentially the best team in the nation, however last time they came off a huge win on the road against Alabama, it was a head-scratching defeat against the Auburn Tigers the following week.

During his postgame press conference, Kirby Smart made sure to remind his team that they have not won anything to this point and that if they are not ready to play next week, they will be beat once again.

Smart: 'We're a Week Away from Humility'

"We're a good team, we're a good team that's a week away from humility," Smart said. "We sat on the road last time and beat a team at night that's a really good team too and didn't take care of business the next week. So how you handle success says a lot about you and our guys are starting to believe in each other and believe in the plan."

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Smart went on to emphasize how his team has another great team coming in next week in Missouri and once again as they were against Auburn, his team is beat up, but so is everyone else in the conference. 

After the way things went against Auburn, it's safe to say Smart is not going to let his team get caught snoozing by Missouri and they will be much more ready to go than they were coming off the last win. Sometimes, it helps to have legitimate evidence that anyone can beat anyone in this league, and the fuel and anger of the loss to Auburn will not let this team go into any game not fully prepared again.

It's the message Smart tries to preach every single season in this SEC gauntlet week after week, and there's no better way to get it across than actually being shown that humility is a week away.

Coming off another huge win though, Georgia should have that message loud and clear and be ready to get after it against Missouri coming up this weekend. If they are not, the Tigers are absolutely more than capable of coming in and causing some significant problems for this team and even handing them a second loss.

Smart's message should be clearer than ever, and his team should heed the warning and be on top of things this coming week as they get ready for another massive SEC tilt which could determine the race in the conference as well as for the College Football Playoff.

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