He leaped into the air. His arms flailed. As Keele Ringo picked off the pass and began his run to glory in the other direction, taking the ball and the past four decades of the program with him, Smart gave chase, as he tried to catch up with Ringo, screaming at him. The tears came for Stetson Bennett , and they came without warning. It turns out that Stetson Bennett IV is a national championship-caliber quarterback after all. After it was all over and the Bulldogs had won a title for the first time in 41 years, Bennett walked around seemingly in a daze, a big goofy grin on his face.
Sometimes the other team is better and you tip your hat to them. The confetti hung in the air, small red and black papers that, rather than fall to the ground, just floated around, a physical result of air currents in an indoor stadium, a symbolic allowance of the moment lingering.
A moment that so many Georgia fans in the stadium had waited so long to see, through so much heartache, and kept coming back. And now it was here. The players knew it, too. On the sideline, they were still processing it as the game went final.
And now they were legends. That was what they talked about over the last month, being legendary. And they came through, doing it with just enough drama, coming from behind twice, including in the fourth quarter. But also with enough room, a final score of , to soak it all in with no final-minute drama.
Alabama' s point loss Monday was surpassed only by its loss to Clemson in the CFP national championship game season. Alabama was winning in the fourth quarter and lost by This is the second largest loss of the Nick Saban era, behind only the loss to Clemson in Georgia beat Alabama Monday night in the College Football Playoff national championship game, and the teams could be in for a rematch next year.
The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide opened as co-favorites to win the title game at just minutes after the season finale ended, per BetMGM. The national championship is scheduled to be played at SoFi Stadium. Ohio State follows the pair at , while Clemson is close behind at Alabama opened as favorites to win next season's title, while Georgia was Heading into Monday night, Georgia was favored at Read more here.
The semifinalists were revealed at 12 p. ET on Sunday, Dec. It marked the final of six CFP rankings announcements of the season. FBS Football. The Tigers then drive the ball to the one-yard line and kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired.
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College Football Predictions Georgia vs. There's no doubt that the passing game is the backbone of the Alabama offense. However, wide receiver John Metchie III's absence will likely be felt much more in this game than it was against the Bearcats. Expect Alabama to use Robinson a little bit earlier in the game to open up those passing lanes for WR Jameson Williams and the rest of the Crimson Tide passing attack. The Boogeyman: Georgia coach Kirby Smart wants no part of the storyline that he becomes a deer in headlights when he squares off against Saban, his former boss, in big games.
This might come as breaking news, but it's really hard to beat the greatest coach of all time who, not coincidentally, routinely hauls in the top recruiting class in the nation. They've played they have a really good football team, really good coach, really good program. It starts with really good football players. And they've done a good job recruiting those.
And I think when you look at the skill set of some of the guys they've had come through there, and I know myself, just looking at the last two or three times we've played them, I think somebody said either six or seven first-round wideouts have all played. Barrett Sallee: The best lessons in life come from failures, and Smart's defense failed miserably against Alabama last month.
That won't happen again. Georgia knows now that it has to bring pressure in a variety of ways, so expect that pressure to come from multiple players both up the middle and off the edge so Young can't get loose outside the pocket. That will keep the game in Bennett's wheelhouse and allow offensive coordinator Todd Monken to use all of his weapons in a variety of ways. Pick: Georgia Tom Fornelli: It's incredibly difficult to beat a good team once, and it's much harder to do it twice.
The Dawgs know how the Tide plan to attack and can counter or at least work on the problems exposed in the first matchup. If you're Alabama, you're not sure what to change because you don't know what Georgia will do to switch things up. I expect Georgia will look for ways to get more pressure on Young by mixing up coverages and bringing blitzes. I also think Georgia might show a bit more vanilla zone coverages in hopes of keeping Williams in front of them, limiting big plays.
It could invite Bama to run more of its RPO stuff and take away the passing option, forcing the defending champions to run the ball right into the strength of the defense. On the flip side, Alabama's defense did a tremendous job of confusing Georgia QB Stetson Bennett in the first game, baiting him into two interceptions. I expect Georgia to put a little less on Bennett's plate in this game. If Georgia can take care of the ball and limit Alabama's big plays, it will win.
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