Georgia football coach Kirby Smart is sticking to his postgame comments from Georgia's 20-10 win over Auburn about an apparent timeout call that officials waved off.

The sequence created a social media firestorm of sorts and Auburn coach Hugh Freeze sounded bewildered about how it transpired.

At issue was an initial timeout call against Georgia with 13:06 to go in the game on a third-and-9 at the Tigers’ 39.

As the play clock ticked down to a second, Smart signaled what appeared to be for a timeout, but he argued after the game he was clapping his hands instead because Auburn’s defensive players were trying to confuse Georgia by clapping.

“They were clapping," Smart said after the game on Saturday Oct. 11. "So I ran over to him and said, ‘They’re clapping. They're clapping.’ And h

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