Kirby Smart is clearing the air on why Georgia won't visit the White House to celebrate its second consecutive national championship ... saying there's 'nothing political about it.'
"Tough deal timeline-wise, it didn't work," Kirby said."Number one time for recruiting for football coaches. When you've got 600, 700 kids coming to your campus, you can't take 200 people to the White House and have no one on campus."
He added,"The time just didn't work out. Nothing political about it, but I've been before. It's very educational. It's a great experience."Smart said the White House usually extends the invite to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave right after the national championship game winner is crowned ... but that didn't happen this time, as POTUS was hoping to have Georgia visit on June 12.
The Bulldogs had said earlier this week the trip was just"not feasible" because of the demands placed on their student-athletes.
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