"“I don’t know. We’re not baiting them in practice. Here’s what i think: every time you look at the film of an opponent, it immediately gets you grounded. We know we’ve got our work cut out for us. We watched film like, “These guys are pretty dang good. How are we going to do this? How are we going to do that?” There’s a lot of strategy involved. … “"
That was preceded by Richt being asked what the level of motivation is with the respect that being ranked third in the College Football Playoff Rankings would bring.
"“I asked them, ‘Can they handle the prosperity?’ To clarify … last week … all I did was make a video of the television copy of people making predictions. Most everybody predicted Notre Dame and some of them said why they predicted Notre Dame. Some of the ‘whys’ got their blood pumping. When I saw it, I said, ‘I think I’m going to show the guys this, collect them all and show them the copy.’ I think guys play better ball when they’re a little bit mad, you know?"