Joel Klatt swoons over Kirby Smart's internal & external standards after statement win over Steve Sarkisian's Texas

The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs under coach Kirby Smart registered a statement 30-15 win during Week 8's blockbuster clash against coach Steve Sarkisian's No. 1 Texas Longhorns. It also represented a huge milestone in the coach's career and was Smart's 100th win in college football.

The game was not without controversy with a Longhorns interception on Georgia quarterback Carson Beck initially ruled as a defensive pass interference followed by Texas fans throwing debris on the field. The decision was reversed after a five-minute delay.

During Monday's episode of the "Joel Klatt Show," the Fox Sports analyst raved about Smart's attention to detail and his high standards.

"So it's really a matter of external versus internal standards," Klatt said. "I know that a guy like Kirby Smart has incredibly high internal standards and he holds his players to that standard. This is why Kirby loses his mind in games against Louisiana Monroe or Georgia State, it doesn't matter. You know Georgia is up 30 or 40 points and he's screaming on the sidelines, why?

"Cause he's seeing details. Like, inside release on stick by the No. 1 wide receiver and he knows 'Eventually, that will get us beat. Like we can't let that go right now just because the result of the game suggests that we're playing great.'"

Klatt further compared Smart's standards to his mentor, retired Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban in how he upholds the program's standards.

"This is why you see people like Kirby go crazy on the sideline and Nick (Saban) go crazy on the sideline," Klatt said. "Urban Meyer the same. That's why you would hear people who played for them and coached for them talk about how it was a reckoning every day."

Kirby Smart rants against official's call in Texas game

Despite winning the game against the Texas Longhorns in dominant fashion, during his postgame news conference, Georgia Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart was still incensed about the decision to reverse the interception call by the officials.

“(The official) just said the (official) got it wrong,” Smart said. “That he called it on the wrong guy, which – it took him a long time to realize that. It’s one of those things where I don’t know what I’m allowed to say or not say, so I won’t comment because I want to respect the wishes of the SEC office.

“But I will say that now we’ve set a precedent that if you throw a bunch of stuff on the field and endanger athletes, that you have a chance to get your call reversed. That’s unfortunate because to me that’s dangerous. That’s not what we want. That’s not criticizing officials. That’s what happened.”

With the win, the Georgia Bulldogs have again reaffirmed their status as title favorites among some.