2022 SEC Media Days: Live Updates, Kirby Smart, Arkansas, Kentucky, Florida

Coach Stoops commented on how hard he and his staff work to develop the players he recruits. 

Coach Stoops is very proud of his staff's ability to keep players from Kentucky within state lines. 

Stoops has a lot of strong feelings about NIL and how it will affect college football down the road. 

Coach Stoops says the youth of his receiving core could be a concern, but he believes the players will figure it out. 

Billy Napier feels that he and his staff did a great job adding players to his roster for this upcoming season. 

Napier shares his thoughts on Georgia coach Kirby Smart. He respects Coach Smart a ton and is proud of his National Championship win. 

Coach Napier was emotional talking about his father. His father coached through illness and is a very well-respected coach. 

Napier is very excited about quarterback Anthony Richardson and what he will do on the field this season. 

Coach Napier says he has learned a lot from Nick Saban, and he wouldn't be in the spot he is without him.

Coach Napier wants to recruit the state of Florida hard to keep the recruits within state lines.  

During his opening statements, Kirby Smart commented on Title Nine and its great work for women's sports. 

Smart says that his team has a ton of talent. The only thing they are lacking is experience. 

Coach Smart says his players are hungry to replace the great players from the team last year.

Smart believes his staff at Georgia right now is the best he has ever had.

Smart believes he has a very deep quarterback room. He thinks it will be a strength of their program. 

Smart says that starting quarterback Stetson Bennett is a great leader in the locker room. 

Coach Smart believes his defense will be great once again, even though they lost so many players to the NFL.

Smart believes that NIL is outstanding for student-athletes, but there needs to be a better way to regulate it. 

Smart said Georga has 95 players getting  NIL deals.

Sam Pittman was quick to talk about the toughness of the Arkansas schedule for this upcoming season. 

Pittman believes that his background as a junior college coach has helped him prepare for the new world of the transfer portal.  

Pittman praised the entire Arkansas athletic program and said, "we need to get better," referring to his football team. 

Pittman says he would love to play Texas and Oklahoma yearly to revive the rivalry. 

Pittman wants to keep his team's values of outworking everyone else with their newfound success.

Someone told Coach Pittman that he is 16-6 against the spread, and he responded, "go hogs."

Pittman spoke on how he is having recruiting battles with Texas and Oklahoma, which shows how far the program has come.