Seems to me that Kirby learned or was born and raised with a different approach when addressing people and programs. Remember when Muschamp took over the gators, one of the first things out of his mouth was "dogging" Georgia. Came back to haunt him. Same with Malzahn, let that alligator mouth overload other parts of his body. Have eased up a bit on Muschamp, have nothing for Malzahn. Saban might have some faults, he however is "smart" enough to not say things that folks like myself and others seem to pick up on and use . . . . Have not heard Smart do the "stuff" that the two mentioned above seem to do.
Do not think that Gus will be employed for the long term. Auburn had/has some very good players that say they will play on the Plains, Board of Directors might be watching the outcome of incoming and outgoing recruited players for 2019 before releasing Gus. Hard to say . . . . ABUURN seems to have foot inserted deeply at this point. Say again, do not feel it is a good thing for the SEC overall to have this "stuff" going on, other conferences like to use same for their "Bulletin Boards".
Georgia/Texas, big game, little doubt that the game will be a sell out. Do think that we will see more of both quarterbacks in the Sugar Bowl contest.