The Georgia Bulldogs may have lost in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff, but Kirby Smart's already logging major wins off the field. Georgia's 23-10 loss to Notre Dame happened for many reasons,

Sonny Smart was a longtime high school coach, with stops in Alabama, South Georgia and finally at Rabun County High School in the mid-2010s.

"The University of Georgia announced that Sonny Smart fell on New Years Eve and fractured his hip," DawgNation's Connor Riley wrote on Saturday. "Smart underwent hip surgery but complications arose. Smart was surrounded by his wife Sharon, and their three children: Karl, Kirby and Kendall."

The Georgia Bulldogs' lack of playmaking at wide receiver was apparent all year but especially in the College Football Playoff loss to Notre Dame, which is what makes the portal acquisition of former USC WR Zachariah Branch so huge for Kirby Smart.

Kirby Smart doesn’t regret his aggressive late first-half play-calling during Thursday’s loss to Notre Dame during the College Football Playoff quarterfinal.

University of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart’s dad, Sonny Smart, has died. He was 76. Sonny had suffered a fall in New Orleans, where he had traveled to watch the UGA Bulldogs play Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl.

Allstate Sugar Bowl did not go to plan for the Georgia Bulldogs. The SEC champions lost to Notre Dame, 23-10, making a series of major blunders

Sonny Smart, the father of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart, died Saturday after falling before the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

The father of Georgia coach Kirby Smart died Saturday following complications from hip surgery after he fell in New Orleans before the Sugar Bowl

Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart can't allow the Bulldogs to stray further from what made their championship teams great.