Georgia Football: Why the Notre Dame game is important

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - OCTOBER 01: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish celebrate the win over the Syracuse Orange at MetLife Stadium on October 1, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.The Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the Syracuse Orange 50-33. Georgia football plays Notre Dame on September 9. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - OCTOBER 01: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish celebrate the win over the Syracuse Orange at MetLife Stadium on October 1, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.The Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the Syracuse Orange 50-33. Georgia football plays Notre Dame on September 9. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
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Recruiting

Kirby Smart and his staff have recruited as well as any other program in the country since they arrived in Athens. The selling point to recruits thus far has been twofold: stay home and help us build something at Georgia.

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While there will undoubtedly be recruits that will always want to play for Georgia no matter what, several high profile UGA targets for 2018 and beyond have made it clear that the Dawgs need to take the next step in 2017 in order to be in the running for their commitments.

Georgia will only be able to sell the “building something” message for so long. Fans, recruits, and the college football world expect Georgia to be better in 2017. If the Dawgs want to consistently compete with programs like Alabama and Ohio state for the best recruiting class each year, then they will have to produce results on the field.

The UGA recruiting classes for 2018 and 2019 are shaping up nicely. If Georgia lives up to expectations this year, those two classes could end up being the best Georgia has ever had once more highly ranked recruits Commit to the G.