Is it fair to call Georgia football a “dynasty” now?

Jan 9, 2023; Inglewood, CA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart leads his team onto the field during warmups before the CFP national championship game against the TCU Horned Frogs at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 9, 2023; Inglewood, CA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart leads his team onto the field during warmups before the CFP national championship game against the TCU Horned Frogs at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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The concept of a “dynasty” and what qualifies as such is a very subjective discussion topic, but it is also one that I feel is very simple to follow.

As I’ve said about dynasties in the past, only two things need to be taken into consideration to determine if a particular team meets the qualifications to be regarded as one: dominance and consistency.

Simply put, if you can consistently compete at a high level (one that would preferably include multiple national titles), then you are a dynasty until that standard vanishes. Following their Monday night win over TCU, I feel that Georgia football has reached that status, and then some.

For those who did not watch the entire game (which was probably a good deal of you), Georgia downed the Horned Frogs by a frightening score of 65-7. The win not only made the Dawgs the third team to ever go 15-0, but it also made them one of few to ever officially go back-to-back.

But while those bragging points are all well and good, the groundwork for their dynasty goes back noticeably further than that.

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Looking at the Kirby Smart era in its entirety, Georgia was nationally relevant well before it was winning titles. In fact, his first season at the helm has been his only full one to not see 11 wins or more (8-5). Since that run, the Georgia Bulldogs have amassed an overall record of 73-10.

To dominate so consistently in both the SEC and beyond, make three national title games, and win two of them? That sounds a lot like a dynasty to me.

And if anyone is still, for whatever reason, unconvinced by such a statement, let me remind you that Georgia’s victory over the Horned Frogs was so lopsided that a point differential that large (58 points) has never been seen in the national title game era before now.

Especially when considering how far back the game’s history goes, how much it has changed over the years, and the lack of competitiveness that it is still so often criticized for, that makes for quite the mind-boggling statistic.

I don’t wish to declare that Georgia will or will not experience any crazy shifts in the college football hierarchy next season, but its elite caliber of play feels like a promise until further notice. With that said, expect the future of CFB to keep its strong shades of red and black.

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