Another day, another injury update from head coach Kirby Smart.

Tuesday’s subjects are outside linebacker Robert Beal Jr. (stinger), offensive lineman Amarius Mims (knee), offensive lineman Xavier Truss (toe), and wide receiver AD Mitchell (ankle).

“They’ve all been great. They’ve all been super,” Smart said. “I’m hopeful that all those guys will help us and be able to play. I think AD is probably the furthest behind those guys. He hasn’t taken reps, but he’s been out there running, doing exercises. The rest of the guys have been repping.”

Smart did reveal that running back Kenny McIntosh is also banged up, once again with a deep thigh bruise.

"Kenny's been limited some. He's got another deep thigh contusion, really the same one he had twice over,” Smart said. “He's had it two games, I forget the two games coming out of. He's been limited. The rest of the guys have been going."

Yes, Georgia’s the top team in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings. However, according to Smart, that won’t put his team under any additional pressure than they’ve already been under all year.

"I feel like we've had a target on our back all year. I really don't feel like that changes, right?” Smart said. “When you won the national championship the year before, there's a target on your back from day one. It doesn't change regardless of your record or the venue that you play in.”

All Smart is concerned about is whether his team is prepared to play.

“We talk about toughness and DNA, and DNA travels. If you have good DNA, it travels with you. We don't do all the exercises that you do to build composure, to not use it. We anticipate it's an opportunity to flex our composure muscle, our resiliency muscle, our connection muscle, and our toughness muscle,” Smart said. “We don't do all that lifting and preparing to not use it. I expect our guys to use it, and when or if we need it, you have to be prepared for that. (Mississippi State) is a really tough place to play, and they've got a really good team."

The year was 1997. Georgia was preparing to host Mississippi State.

To fire up his team, former head coach Jim Donnan borrowed a steamroller and drove it onto the practice field.

Georgia won the game, 47-0.

Smart, a junior on that particular Bulldog squad, was asked to reminisce about that day 25 years ago.

Apparently, Smart’s memory isn’t what it used to be.

“Everybody talks about that. (Mike) Bobo always brings it up when we get together,” Smart said. “I swear I don’t remember that, but everybody talks about it, so I know it happened. I’m not refuting that it happened, I just don’t remember it.”

Smart said Donnan was well known for using props like a steamroller to get his point across.

“He was that way. He liked to have the moments, the catchy moments to remember the game by, something to motivate, something to change it up for inspiration,” Smart said. “I just don’t remember the steam roller.”

Don’t look for Smart to break out any heavy equipment any time soon.

“No,” Smart said. “I don’t have any gadgets like that.”

Smart on practice this week: "They've been really good. I thought they were very focused yesterday and excited for the opportunity to go play at a really tough place, a really tough environment. I don't think we have anybody on our team that's been there to play a team before, so they were really great yesterday,” Smart said. “Good today. Work day. Probably not as much energy and juice as I would like, but they practiced physical, and they practiced hard. We've got a tough defense to prepare for, very unique in some of the things they do, which is not normal for a lot of the SEC teams. The SEC teams have started to copy what their defense does from watching them. And obviously, the offense is very unique, but our guys have been focused.”

Smart was asked about backup offensive lineman Austin Blaske, whose work ethic and ability to play all five positions makes him a valuable performer: "Elite toughness. He's a tough kid, and he plays hard. He's one of those guys that Coach (Stacy) Searels gives him something to do, and he does it right. He does everything you ask him to do. He's a core player in our program and embodies the toughness part."

On preparing for Mississippi State’s offense: “They throw the ball well. They have a lot of good receivers. They have an experienced quarterback (Will Rogers). A part that a lot of people look over is them running the ball. They have a pretty solid run game, and they've been trying to improve over the last couple of years. It's a balance between both of those."