Kirby Smart committed a faux pas that left the 'College GameDay' panel in tears while also increasing his risk of angering Indiana fans. Before Indiana and Notre Dame's marquee College Football Playoff matchup Friday, Georgia's head coach spoke with Rece Davis, Pat McAfee, and others regarding the fierce game. As he was doing so, the 48-year-old erroneously referred to Indiana as "Purdue.
" Indiana and Purdue have one of the most intense rivalries in college athletics in the United States, with the Huffington Post listing it as the fifth best rivalry. So fierce is their rivalry that the two schools play for the "Old Oaken Bucket," a trophy to commemorate the longstanding history between the two sides. Indiana failed to hear Jeremiyah Love warning as Notre Dame start CFP in style Notre Dame crowd silenced by Rece Davis as Kirby Smart can only laugh Still, Smart seemingly threw the rivalry between the two programs to the side when discussing them, albeit in an incorrect fashion.
"Purdue, I'm sorry, Notre Dame and Indiana," Smart began, which led to laughs from the 'College GameDay' hosts. "And we work on both those teams and we work a day on each and I'm looking forward to this matchup because both teams are very different." McAfee then noted that the Hoosiers handily beat the Boilermakers in their most recent meeting, 66-0, leading to Smart attempting to backtrack his comments as fans in attendance became loud in response.
"That's the problem," he continued. "I watched that gam.
