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Video: Georgia vs. Oklahoma - A look at the coaches

Here's a look at the two coaches in the Rose Bowl - Georgia's Kirby Smart and Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley.
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dec 13, 2017

Here's a look at the head coaches of the participants in the Rose Bowl - Georgia's Kirby Smart and Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley.

Smart has UGA in the Rose Bowl - and the college football playoff - in just his second season in Athens. Riley has the Sooners in the same boat in his first season guiding the Oklahoma program.

Find out more about the youthful head coaches whose teams will meet Jan. 1 in Pasadena, Calif.

> Who holds the advantage in the Rose Bowl?

> Time lapse of field being installed at Rose Bowl

> Key players from Georgia, Oklahoma in Rose Bowl

> Georgia's last Rose Bowl: 1943 vs. UCLA

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