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Column: Georgia needs to do one thing, one single thing, to beat/change the Tide/tide

A look at the Central Georgians in the championship

Where is everybody from? It’s more spread out and diverse than you think

Alabama vs. Georgia

Alabama game notes package
Georgia game notes package

Column: A state on the edge – ‘For the Love of God, Beat Bama’

Matchups that will decide the rematch

Column: Title game will define Georgia’s program for years

Davis admits subpar SEC title game, is better physically prepared

Questions about Alabama

Bennett can go where Stafford, Murray, Greene, etc. never did

The X factors

UGA legends, star alums make picks

Orange Bowl was Step 1 for Georgia

Column: Georgia favored is another present for Saban

 

Column: Been one more year than Moses roamed, and it’s time

Bennett doesn’t feel the pressure: ‘you might go crazy’

Dawgs and Tide were relevant, not huge, in the portal

Diggs an example of Saban’s eye for talent

Saban transformed sophomoric group into contenders

Luke Fickell knows a little bit about both teams

Who is Alabama’s Gingerbread Man, and why?

Some coaches say Georgia will rewrite the script

Changing the narrative

Ranking Saban’s national-title QBs

 

Bill O’Brien has been busy, and not always so popular

Saban stylin’ upon arrival

Bennett: ‘You’re either the hero or the zero’

Monken notes Bennett’s good vs. Bama, not two passes

Breaking down the ‘underdog’ narrative for Alabama

Saban expects subtle changes

Mac talks to Bryce

Early questions for the rematch

Dawgs ready to end talk of the drought, of Bama

Smart can rewrite legacy by ending UGA’s title drought

 

Predictions, predictions, predictions

More picks, from Tuscaloosa

Column: Georgia should get revenge in the finale





The week of the best, freshest, least recycled, most sound-nibble-free, comprehensive coverage around

 

Monday

Both bosses get to business immediately

UGA’s winners and losers in the Orange Bowl

Kirby gets off the plane and on to Facetime with ESPN

Rat poison flows

Robinson compared himself to a car

 

Tuesday

Bennett gets it, about recruiting stuff

Kendrick on CFP stage, again

Column: Smart is smart, successful, and underrated

Georgia’s Crean has the prime eating options in Indianapolis

Matchups that will decide the rematch

Smart dismissive about ‘bogeyman’ talk

Respect is mutual, success against the other is not

 

Wednesday

Column: If not now, when will Saban’s machine stop rolling?

Rat poison alert: Bama as an underdog is not good news for favorites

Column: Why ‘what if?’ still haunts the Dolphins 15 years after Saban left

Job 1: Defending Brock Bowers

Job 1: Disrupting Bryce Young

Wednesday’s update

The Bama weakness iiiiis …
Pressure on Bennett? Yes and no

 

Thursday

Monday is “Stetson Bennett” and “Go Dawgs” day in Pierce County

What do the oddsmakers say?

Column: Alabama = chameleon

Going to Indy? Bundle up

The plan to contain Young is …

Kendrick back on national-final stage, this time with UGA

What was life like back in 1980?

Georgia eyes the skid-breaker

Flawed, but peaking at the right time?

 Friday

Ticket prices are dropping

Jones County grad Hartley getting props for Bowers’ emergence

Warm welcome in ice-cold Indy

Saban in good spirits

Does Alabama have a weakness?

The ol’ Ball Coach likes the Dawgs

No Metchie, but Williams is mighty good

Column: Who can stop SEC from swallowing the game?

Rematch blues: Bama tries to buck history in title game

Relentless recruiting equals all-star teams

Column: Decades of frustration mounting, but no excuses, should end Monday

70 or not, Saban still chews assistant butt