So that’s what happens when the Crimson Tide is an underdog.
Bulldogs should know by now.
3 Alabama beat No. 1 Georgia 41-24 in Saturday’s SEC Championship match, which fully guarantees the Crimson Tide will be No. 1 for a fifth time when the final College Football Playoff standings are revealed. .
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Alabama’s performance on the SEC championship stage was somehow a surprise revelation. We should see it coming. Nick Saban is currently 8-1 on that stage since taking over at the Crimson Tide. Bryce Young finished 26th out of 44 with 421 yards of passes and three TDs in a performance that could win the Heisman Trophy. Alabama is the team to beat again to advance to the CFP.
A tumultuous year and the frenzy of college football lead to the same old story, at least in the upper part.
Crimson Tide (12-1) was defeated for the first time since October 3, 2015; a game they won 38-20 against Georgia. The win continues a streak of seven consecutive wins against the Bulldogs; a sequence that begins with the infamous “Blackout” on September 27, 2008.
It’s fantastic from a Georgia point of view (12-1) going into the game with a defense that has allowed 6.9 points per game in a perfect season. The Bulldogs dominated the first half and took a 10-0 lead when Stetson Bennett threw a 5m TD pass to Darnell Washington in the first game of the second half.
Later …
Well, Young put his signature on the Heisman Trophy. He responded with a 67-yard touchdown pass to the wide open Jameson Williams; the first of five consecutive goals for the Crimson Tide. Young shone with a variety of passes down the field, including Brian Robinson’s cross, showing his ability to produce that incredible play.
Young is 17 of 27 with 286 yards and 2 TDs with three take and 40 yards and another TD in the first two quarters. Georgia’s highest allowed total yards this season is 387 yards over Tennessee. Alabama sent the ball up 365 yards in the first half.
Anyone know when it ended? Was it when Young hit a 55-yard TD pass to Williams to start the second half? Williams, who could win the Biletnikoff Award, finished with seven catches at 184 yards and a TD double. He’s even more valuable now because John Metchie III left in the first half with a leg injury and didn’t return.
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Was it when the Jordan Match returned a 42-yard intercept for a touchdown with 11:59 left that gave Alabama a 38-17 lead?
The Crimson Tide struggled to produce a running game, but Saban and offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien’s plan was to make it a 7-on-7 game. That’s not college football now. ? Of all Saban’s SEC championship wins, this one probably resonates as the best. In the end, they won as the bottom team.
That means Alabama has returned to the College Soccer League for the seventh time. Georgia should be on the field too, even if there could be a small debate about the shocking merits of the score.
That said, Georgia coach Kirby Smart has to address some serious questions in the event of a rematch. The Bulldogs struggled to sustain a running game with 29 runs in 115 yards. Bennett (29 of 48, 340 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT) had trouble keeping up with the second game against the Crimson Tide. The defense will have to prove it in the event of a rematch.
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This is disappointment for Bulldogs now. Since that “Blackout,” Georgia has lost three SEC championship games and one CFP championship game to the Crimson Tide. Bulldogs remember that very well, too.
The Bulldogs won the SEC championship that season, but the Crimson Tide snuck into the playoffs as a big team and rides on that “you don’t belong” story of disrespect all the way to the win. thrilling 26-23 overtime victory in Atlanta. By the way, Alabama is favored in that game, and they will be favored if there is a rematch.
What other options do we have?
We saw what happened when it was the weak team.
