They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, so Kirby Smart and Georgia must be very fond of Alabama. The Bulldogs ran the exact same play as the Crimson Tide on Saturday.
It was bar for bar, line for line.
Mind you, college football coaches often take ideas from other teams and/or copy similar concepts, and it would be silly for them not to do so. This is just the latest example.
Alabama beat Georgia.
Alabama has responded well to its season-opening loss at Florida State. The Crimson Tide bounced right back with two dominant wins over non-conference opponents. It also beat No. 10 Georgia, No. 20 Vanderbilt and No. 14 Missouri in back-to-back weeks over the last three weekends.
At the center of this resurgent success is the offense. Ty Simpson might be the best quarterback in the country. Jam Miller and Kevin Riley run for more than four yards per carry. They are averaging 37.8 points on 431 total yards per game.
Of course, no good offense is complete without its play-caller. In this case, Ryan Grubb.
Kalen DeBoer’s right-hand man has been in his bag.
Alabama’s offensive staff put the nail in the coffin against Georgia with a nifty play on 3rd-and-5 during the fourth quarter. Simpson pretended like he was going to throw a quick screen to his left before he cut back in the other direction and rolled out to his right. Miller caught a quick swing pass for the first down.
— – (@Spicoli_____) October 12, 2025
The Bulldogs’ defense was completely lost. As was that of the Auburn Tigers.
Kirby Smart and Mike Bobo stole Ryan Grubb’s play!
Georgia traveled to The Plains on Saturday just two weeks after it lost to Alabama. The Bulldogs used a play that looked extremely similar.
In fact, it was identical.
Gunnar Stockton faked the screen to his left, cut back and rolled to his right. And then he threw a quick pass out to his running back in the flat for the first down.
— – (@Spicoli_____) October 12, 2025
Deja vu!
There is no copyright on college football play calls. Bobo and Smart are smart to take something that worked against them and use it to their advantage against another.
That does not make it any less funny for Crimson Tide fans. They are not only still laughing about Alabama’s win over Georgia, they are laughing at how badly the Bulldogs want to be them. Has Smart ever had an original idea in his life? Are they just going to copy every play that was run against them?
Fair play, Tide fans. Fair play.