Alabama keeps streak alive, beats Georgia again in the SEC championship, again in Atlanta
Alabama makes just enough plays to edge Georgia
Smart says ‘no question’ Georgia belongs in College Football Playoff after loss to Alabama
Bulldogs bitten by too many mistakes
Alabama kicker Reichard becomes NCAA’s career scoring leader
Defense has trouble containing Milroe
Column-Alabama’s new Atlanta legend the latest to crush Georgia’s soul
Grading the Dogs, where it went wrong
The defensive adjustment that helped Alabama stymie Georgia
Offense started slow, again, and stayed sluggish
Numbers to note
.6 – Georgia’s offense averaged 5.4 yards a play, a little more than Alabama’s 4.8
1 – Alabama had one more first down than Georgia
26- Georgia had 95 yards after the catch on 21 receptions to 69 on 13 for Alabama
Notes to note (analysis)
🏈 Alabama clinched it with a 9-play, 5-yard drive that ate up 4:29 in the fourth quarter for another 10-point lead.
🏈 Both teams started on the other side of the field only once each. Georgia scored a touchdown, Alabama a field goal.
🏈 Alabama couldn’t do what Vanderbilt, Florida, Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee did against Georgia: score on its first possession.
🏈 Georgia had two three-and-outs, Alabama had four. So, Georgia moved the ball a little better.
🏈 Both teams converted their two fourth-down tries.
🏈 The Bulldogs maligned offense outgained Alabama by 15 yards on four fewer plays, averaging more yards per play, and completed 72.4 percent of their passes to 56.5 for the Tide.
🏈 Georgia gained 78 yards on the ground, the Bulldogs lowest total of the year and second under 100 yards.
🏈 Neither team did well on third downs, Georgia 4 for 12 and Alabama 3 for 13.
🏈 Brock Bowers had 5 catches for 53 yards, and Ladd McConkey 3 for 38. Georgia’s longest pass play was 51 yards to Arian Smith.
🏈 Georgia had only 19 yards in losses to 49 for Alabama.
🏈 The maligned-as-too-conservative Georgia offense ran the ball 31 times, 10 snaps fewer than Alabama.
🏈 The Bulldogs sacked Jalen Milroe four times, the Tide sacked Carson Beck twice.
🏈 Georgia ran the ball on three straight snaps three times, gaining 7, 12, and 4 straight times for 6 yards, the last rush ending in a touchdown. Alabama ran the ball on three straight snaps four times: 6 for 38 yards, 5 for 15, 3 for 11, and 4 for 42. Alabama had three consecutive runs on 18 plays to 10 for Georgia, i.e. Alabama was more conservative/predictable.