Georgia Linebacker Yells 'Humble Yourself' At Baker Mayfield After Rose Bowl
Posted on 01/02/2018 5:54:36 AM PST by blam
It's only fitting that Atlanta, home to the SEC title game, is hosting the all-SEC College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T.
No. 4 Alabama didn't play for the SEC title this year because it didn't win the SEC West, but the Tide will have a chance to finish the season as the best team in the conference and the country when they face SEC champion and No. 3 seed Georgia at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Georgia, which will be playing roughly 70 miles from its campus in Athens, will be the first team to play a national championship game in its home state since LSU played in New Orleans in 2012, when it lost to Alabama. That was also the last time two teams from the same conference played for the national title.
While this game will feature an abundance of talent at every position, the playmakers on both defenses are particularly elite. Georgia linebacker Roquan Smith won the Dick Butkus Award this season as the nation's best linebacker, and Alabama safety Minkah Fitzpatrick won the Chuck Bednarik (defensive player of the year) and Jim Thorpe (best defensive back) awards. Alabama entered the Allstate Sugar Bowl against Clemson allowing an FBS-low 11.5 points per game and held the Tigers to just two field goals. That stingy group will be tested against a Georgia offense that racked up 527 yards in a 54-48, double-overtime win over No. 2 Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual. Georgia's defense, meanwhile, entered the Rose Bowl ranked third nationally in scoring defense (13.2 points per game), holding opposing offenses to 158.3 passing yards per game, second in FBS. It did, however, allow OU a whopping 531 total yards.
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Roll Tide!!!!
RAMMER JAMMER!!!!!!
Roll Tide! Bring home #17
I was rooting for OU, but the Rose Bowl was a lot of fun to watch.
Alabama looked very tough. Two good defenses, should be a great game.
.....does ESPN have the broadcasting rights to the Championship?
The Rose Bowl was intended for the Pac 10 vs. Big 10 as the Good Lord intended...
True, that’s the way I remember it!
No sour grapes here, the Dogs handed us our a$$ in the 3rd Quarter. We’re used to defensive brain farts.
However, I’m not happy at all about the all SEC final. It’s basically a SEC championship part deux.
I figured this would happen and I think it’s going to really hurt college football because it’s all based on opinions now and not conference championships. The opinions may be right but that doesn’t matter.
I for one, I have very little interest in watching next week, especially a night game between two clone teams that will be overhyped.
I thought the playoff game would be between Oklahoma and Clemson. Georgia was better than I thought and Alabama’s defense beat Clemson.
In case anyone bothered to watch the after-match interviews with the Georgia players, both gave thanks to God . . . what a difference it is to see how college kids from the South compare to their space cadet brethren on the West Coast . . . no point comparing them to the Northeast . . . there’s scant college football worth talking about up there . . .
Those 3 long TD runs did it for Georgia.
I don’t know what was said in the OU locker room at halftime, but I hope those words are never uttered again.
Georgia’s Defense came out and flat out kicked our ass in the 3rd and our offense and defense went into the fetal position. You can’t play 3 quarters and beat a solid team like that.
I was impressed with the rookie quarterback Fromm. He’s got quite a future if he’s stays serious.
Baker Mayfield acted in the most obnoxious manner I have ever seen a college football player act.
I’m glad he lost and glad it stings, he is such a prick.
SEC...SECond to none!...........................
I for two. I'll be doing something else next Monday night.
Despite being a long time Alabama fan I was rooting for Clemson. Sadly their offense is lacking. This is a weakness that Alabama has shown as well. Title game should be a good match and I think college football fans will be the winners.
It was probably the most exciting college or Bowl football game I've ever watched.
Leni
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