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Georgia coach Kirby Smart appears to have addressed the latest openings on his coaching staff and he did so by raiding the staffs of two of the Bulldogs’ rivals.

James Coley served as wide receivers coach at South Carolina for just 45 days before Smart convinced him to return to Georgia to coach in the same capacity.

Coley, 50, was an original member of Smart’s first staff in 2016 and rose through the ranks to offensive coordinator before a demotion after the 2019 season led him to Texas A&M.

Contract terms stipulate that Coley will owe South Carolina a buyout of $450,000, according to the State newspaper.

If you ask the Georgia Bulldogs fans they will tell you it is a rivalry, if you ask an Alabama fan they’ll call it one-sided, but the fact of the matter is these are the two teams on top of the college football world.

The two programs have combined to win three of the last four national titles and have posted a combined record of 99-10.

Four of those ten losses have come against each other in one regular season meeting (2020), two SEC championships (2021 and 2023) and a national championship (2021).

In 2023, coming off of back-to-back national championships and riding a 29-game winning streak it looked as if the Dawgs were on their way to a three-peat before the Crimson Tide dethroned them in the SEC Championship.

We didn’t know it at the time, but it would be the final meeting between Nick Saban and his prodigy Kirby Smart.

Saban walked away with an 8-2 record against Georgia and 5-1 against Smart.