Memphis’ Ryan Silverfield cites Georgia off-field incidents to teach his team about what’s ‘not our standard’
Memphis’ football coach Ryan Silverfield has used his radio on Monday to make a striking contrast between his program and Georgia, quoting recent incidents out of scope involving Bulldogs players as an example for his own team. Silverfield described how he meets the team on Sunday afternoon to examine performance and responsibility. The session always begins with what he calls “not our standard”, highlighting errors on and off the field.
“We are still starting with a negative,” said Silverfield. “And the” not our standard “is,” the wide georgia receiver stopped for having traveled 900 miles per hour above the speed limit “. It is a weekly event.
Silverfield has not mentioned a specific player, but the comment is aligned with a series of legal problems in recent years involving Georgia players, including speeding arrests, dui and reckless driving. Among the most recent cases, the former large fighter receiver was arrested in March 2025 for charges of reckless driving and speed. The tour later entered the transfer portal and is now in Purdue.
Silverfield’s remarks are intended to strengthen the culture he wants to establish in Memphis. Tigers – for a 3-0 departure this season after two -digit consecutive campaigns – have focused on discipline on and off the field. By contrasting his program with the highly publicized legal problems of Georgia, Silverfield hopes to show his players what behaviors will not be tolerated.
Smart defended the approach of its program, noting in dry media days in July 2024 That the actors involved in traffic -related incidents are often subject to fines through the Nile de Georgie collective. He stressed that the team combines education, defensive driving lessons and occasional suspensions or layoffs to correct behavior.
However, Silverfield used these incidents as a teaching moment for its Memphis players.
“Then we enter our standard,” said Silverfield. “Maybe we will show one of our guys from the Happiness Hospital (for children) who does a community service this week. Maybe some of our guys showed additional efforts. And I think that is all the interest:” Hey, that’s what we do not accept here. This is not our norm, and then it is our standard. “Usually you can show many examples throughout the university teams of teams that do the bad thing, and I hope we are on the right side, constantly showing our standard.”
Meanwhile, despite the out -of -field problems, Georgia has prospered on the field, reaching three national championship games for university football playoffs, winning two national titles and three dry championships under Kirby Smart since 2016.
