It’s safe to say, Kirby Smart really wanted to beat Florida this year.

A year after Georgia lost 44-28 to the rival Florida Gators, Smart badly wanted his team to come out on top and reclaim the edge in the rivalry.

The Bulldogs all but put away Florida before halftime, as three key turnovers mushroomed a 3-0 game into a 24-0 game.

Yet when Smart spoke to his team in the locker room, he wanted to make it clear that the game was far from over.

In audio that was leaked, Smart passionately implores his team to ignore the scoreboard and any extracurricular activities Florida might engage in.

It also pretty clearly got his team fired up, as the Bulldogs came away with a 34-7 win over the Gators. It should be noted the language is incredibly profane and on par with something out of a Martin Scorsese movie.

It’s not the first time leak video has caught Smart in the act of motivating his team. He famously told his team he wanted them to eat in a video that leaked prior to the 2018 SEC Championship Game.

Earlier this season a hot microphone caught Smart cursing on the field, reacting to a poor play by his team against Missouri.

Smart’s most recent halftime speech got many Georgia fans and supporters fired up, showing we he is so popular within the fan base. Though not everyone was thrilled that the audio itself leaked out.

Just last week, Smart gave a rather colorful quote about how Georgia was going up to Tennessee to hunt. The Bulldogs came away with a 41-17 win over the Volunteers to cap off an 8-0 record in SEC play.

“The best football teams hunt, and when you go hunting you’re not worried about the weather. If you’re worried about the weather you’re doing the wrong kind of hunting. So for us, we’re looking at it as we want to play a game, and the outside factors are nothing but distractions.”

Smart was not happy with his team’s performance at practice on Monday and made that very clear when speaking to reporters on Tuesday night, expressing his frustrations multiple times during an answer.

“I was frustrated with yesterday’s practice, and it was probably the first Monday that I felt like I was frustrated, because I felt like there was a relaxed atmosphere, and not that killer instinct I’ve seen on some Mondays,” Smart said. “It was a little frustrating to me because we’ve had some really good practices.

“I don’t know if that was a relief from the Tennessee game, or that was about who we’re playing. I just was not pleased with it.”

After hearing Smart’s Florida speech, it’s easy to see where Georgia gets that killer instinct from. The Bulldogs are once again heavy favorites against FCS foe Charleston Southern. The game is set for a 12 p.m. ET kickoff and SEC Network+ will broadcast the game.

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