Football, as we are often reminded, is a physical game. The old timers from Walter Camp to Fielding Yost to Knute Rockne preached about it and so did Frank Leahy, Bud Wilkinson and Bear Bryant, as well as Woody Hayes, Vince Dooley and others.
If you pay attention to Kirby Smart’s press conferences, you will often hear him offer preachments to the important of “physicality” as he prepares his team for a signature game.
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