The Solid Verbal: Georgia-Alabama was excellent, bad, weird, and normal
Let’s buckle in for a roller coaster of national championship emotions.
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Following Alabama’s 26-23 College Football Playoff National Championship win over Georgia, let’s examine the game to figure out its rhythms and oddities and how we got from point A to point B. We’ll do so trying to answer the following questions:
• Just how improbable was Alabama’s offensive comeback that had to be fueled by true freshmen QB Tua Tagovailoa, RB Najee Harris, OT Alex Leatherwood, and WR Devonta Smith?
• What made Georgia’s job on defense early on easier than normal?
• Did refereeing ultimately cost the Bulldogs the game?
• How did each team attempt to get their offenses comfortable early on? To what extent did these strategies actually work?
• What happened to Georgia’s offense in the final stretch of the fourth quarter as RB Sony Michel looked to be putting the game away?
• How did Alabama manage to (successfully) play frenetically and out of their comfort zone?
• What do Alabama and Georgia’s rosters look like in 2018?
... and much more!
