Overview
- Georgia coach Kirby Smart joked to On3 that the program is fundraising to put a statue of McGill near the stadium.
- McGill’s mother, Kelsey, filmed the Rivermont Elementary School performance and posted it to Facebook and then TikTok, where it spread widely.
- The official Georgia football account and prominent journalists reposted the clip, driving views into the tens of millions by Friday.
- McGill told The Athletic the song is “just a bad song” and said Georgia is better than Tennessee, and he reiterated in interviews that he wouldn’t sing it.
- The lighthearted episode tapped into the intense Georgia–Tennessee rivalry, which saw the Bulldogs edge the Vols 44–41 in overtime earlier this season.