SEC Championship Game: No. 1 Georgia, No. 8 Alabama follow different paths
“It should be a lesson for everybody in life: Overcome adversity, man,” Alabama head football coach Nick Saban said.
“It should be a lesson for everybody in life: Overcome adversity, man,” Alabama head football coach Nick Saban said.
With Georgia’s No. 1 ranking on the line, Brock Bowers caught a 40-yard touchdown pass from Carson Beck in the final minutes of a 27-20 win over Auburn.
Auburn is seeking to show progress under first-year coach Hugh Freeze and beat the Bulldogs for the first time in seven years.
From 2016-2022, sportswriters have picked Alabama to win the SEC football title, but not this year.
The Georgia Bulldogs are the first repeat national champions in major college football since Alabama went back-to-back a decade ago.
After the best semifinal day in the nine-year history of the College Football Playoff, the title game will match the defending national champion against the closest thing the sport has had in years to a Cinderella team.
Longtime Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, an Alabama native who played at Auburn, has died at the age of 90.
Auburn has been outscored 125-31 in the second half of their last nine games against Power 5 teams.
Auburn coach Bryan Harsin would receive a much-needed boost if Auburn can end a streak of five straight losses in the series with Georgia.
Two-time defending champion Alabama was predicted to win a third consecutive Southeastern Conference title in voting by media attending this week’s SEC Media Days.