Georgia retains title over Alabama

Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton got off to a faster start against Alabama in Saturday’s SEC championship than he did last week against rival Virginia Tech.

Stockton completed a 28-7 victory over the Crimson Tite at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta with multiple touchdowns to secure Georgia’s spot in the College Playoff (CFP).

While winning the sec title put Georgia in the first playoff spot, Alabama suffered for the third time of the year. The tide is now in danger of missing out on one of the 12 coveted CFB Postseason spots.

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Head Coach Kirby Smart and Georgia’s Win also ended Alabama’s dominance of the schools recent head-to-heads.

State had won the last four meetings in the SEC Championship game, and Smart was 1-7 against Alabama. Before Saturday, the 2022 national college football championship was recorded as Smart’s lone victory against a neighboring state school.

Smart has now coached Georgia to four conference titles.

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The Crimson Tive believed that they were in good shape when they moved from ninth place in the CFP lower levels, but the losses prevented by the Bulldogs renewed concern for the second consecutive season under the second coach under the head Kalen deOOER.

After the loss, Deboer made his low-profile Crimson offense stay out of CFP contention.

“I think you look at the games we’ve played throughout the season, but if you really look at this game, I mean, it was a 14-point game with seven and a half minutes to go,” Deboer said. “You look at the things that went wrong – we gave them four short fields. And again, I don’t want to take anything away from what Georgia did.

“The battle for field position is part of it. But we gave them four short fields. I mean, that’s, that’s a defense against our strong defense.”

Late in the first quarter, Daynette’s interception of Alabama Quarterback’s Pass by KJ Boldnen gave the Bulldogs the ball near Midfield. Stockton’s 1-yard run by Dillon Bell gave Georgia a 14-0 lead.

London Humphreys’ block helped Nate Frazier score an easy 9-yard run for the first half of the second half, extending the lead to three touchdowns.

Alabama posted the biggest comeback in SEC football history when it beat Georgia 35-28 in 2018 after trailing by 14 points.

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The latest CFP rankings and starting rotation pairings will be released on Sunday.

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