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The Sugar Bowl between Kirby Smart's Georgia Bulldogs and Marcus Freeman's Notre Dame Fighting Irish, kicks off on Thursday at 4 p.m. ET at the Ceasars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Bulldogs vs Notre Dame game is a pick'em, as both teams have odds of -110 to win.
Kirby Smart vs Marcus Freeman
Kirby Smart's playoff/bowl record
Smart has been the coach of the Georgia Bulldogs since 2016. He has led Georgia to two National Championships.
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In nine years as the Bulldogs coach, the team has gone to the playoffs or played in a Bowl game every year. Smart is 9-2 in bowl/playoff games, with one loss in the Sugar Bowl and one in the College Football National Championship Game.
Marcus Freeman's bowl/playoff record
Freeman has been the coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish since 2022 but coached the bowl game in 2021.
Freeman has helped make Notre Dame one of the top teams in the sport. But this is the first time he will coach in the college football playoff. Overall, Freeman is 3-1 in bowl/playoff games, the loss coming when Notre Dame lost in the Fiesta Bowl.
Kirby Smart & Marcus Freeman: Notable matchups
Smart has helped lead Georgia to back-to-back national championships. In the two national championship games, Smart's Bulldogs beat Alabama 33-18 and TCU 65-7.
Freeman, meanwhile, hasn't had as many notable games as Smart. But in his first time coaching in the college football playoff, his Fighting Irish cruised to a 27-17 win over Indiana.
Kirby Smart vs Marcus Freeman: Head-to-head
Smart and Freeman have never coached against each other in college. Overall, Georgia and Notre Dame have played just three times, with the Bulldogs going 3-0. The last time this game was played was in 2019 when Georgia won 23-17.
The first meeting between the schools was in 1981, which was at the Sugar Bowl, with Georgia winning 17-10. They didn't play again until 2017, with Georgia winning again, 20-19.
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