Georgia’s Kirby Smart on celebrating Jake Pope: ‘What an idiot’

Georgia coach Kirby Smart wasn’t happy with DB Jake Pope

Georgia football coach Kirby Smart became aware of redshirt sophomore DB celebrating on the field after Dawgs’ loss to Ole Miss on Saturday.

Smart explained Pope’s, um, not smart actions, by starting with “What an idiot” and then explaining it as a friend of Pope who the player had not seen in a long time.

Still…

Pope addressed the moment via social media:

“I wanted to address the videos that have been put out after the Ole Miss game,” Pope posted on Twitter. “First and foremost I wanted to say sorry for the way it was taken out of perspective and has caused distractions/commotion for my teammates and coaches. This is not representative of who I am in any way. In no way, shape or form would I ever celebrate a loss in this program and anyone who knows me well knows that.