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Georgia head coach Kirby Smart blatantly lied to the refs and was rewarded for it. Early in the fourth quarter of the Georgia-Auburn game, the Bulldogs were about to get called for a delay of game penalty for not being able to snap the ball in time.
Before the delay of game penalty was called, Smart appeared to signal for a timeout on the sideline, and the refs stopped the game.
Smart denied that he was calling a timeout, which led to the refs giving Georgia their timeout back, not calling a delay of game penalty on the play, and resetting the game clock.
Kirby owns the SEC. Kirby Smart with the playclock at 1 second signals timeout then changes his mind and tries to sell that “I was Just clapping”. And it worked. Poor Hugh pic.twitter.com/6ikSfSDcAi
— Juck (@JuckOnBucks) October 12, 2025
Kirby Smart lied to the refs and swore he didn’t call timeout…pic.twitter.com/eVALoPBPeU
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) October 12, 2025
Sideline video shows Smart was clearly lying to the refs, and was indeed trying to call a timeout.
Kirby Smart told the officials he never asked for a timeout, he was just clapping.
And the stupid ass officials bought it. No timeout, no delay of game. pic.twitter.com/K2eQSTD1Xh
— Brandon Walker (@BFW) October 12, 2025
Fans ripped into the SEC refs over the missed call.
“Kirby Smart just successfully gaslighted this SEC officiating crew btw” commented one fan.
“Hey @SEC. what the hell is this sh–show you have going on for Georgia/Auburn? Kirby Smart just blatantly lied to a referee and they still didn’t do anything.” said another fan.
The SEC will likely be forced to address Smart’s timeout situation after the game.