What started as a field goal fest opened up in the second half with the Bulldogs creating big plays on both sides of the ball and ultimately stemming the defending champion Crimson Tide, After being clearly rattled in the first half, Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett played poised and confident over the final 30 minutes, throwing the final two offensive touchdowns of the game while completing 17 of 26 passes for yards.
Alabama QB Bryce Young, the Heisman Trophy winner, coughed up a deep interception -- his second turnover of the night -- that defensive back Kelee Ringo returned 79 yards for a touchdown to ice the game with less than a minute to play. The Dawgs scored the game's final three touchdowns. Bennett found star freshman tight end Brock Bowers for a yard score with to play. On Georgia's prior possession, Bennett hooked up with Adoni Mitchell for an astounding yard touchdown on a free play created by an offsides penalty on the Tide.
Alabama went with a pass-heavy attack despite leading most of the game as Young finished 35 of 57 for yards with a touchdown and two picks. It's the first time in his career that Young finished a game with more interceptions thrown than touchdowns. However, Young was without his top two pass catchers for most of the game due to another significant injury suffered in this second Alabama-Georgia meeting of the season.
Bama booted field goals of 37, 45 and 37 yards in the first half. However, Williams -- Bama's leading receiver -- suffered a non-contact knee injury on his catch, leaving the Tide shorthanded for the duration of the contest.
Georgia connected on kicks of 24 and 49 yards to trail at halftime. Bennett linked up with George Pickens on a deep post for 52 yards to create their team's first field goal and its best play of the opening 20 minutes. Young committed the game's first major miscue early in the third quarter as he sailed a pass intercepted by Georgia's Christopher Smith at the Bama He responded by driving the Tide down the field on the next possession only for Georgia's defense to come up big again by blocking a yard field goal attempt.
A yard run by James Cook, the longest allowed by the Tide since , put the Dawgs into the red zone. They found paydirt later for the first touchdown — and their first lead -- of the game as Zamir White rumbled into the end zone to give Georgia a lead. On the next possession, Young found Agiye Hall, who dropped a key pass on the prior drive, for 28 yards down to the UGA 5; however, Alabama stalled again and kicked its fourth field goal of the game from 21 yards out.
Bennett gave the Tide the ball back a couple plays later in the fourth quarter as he fumbled while being sacked on third down. Defensive back Brian Branch, scooping up a ball he thought was an incomplete pass, lucked into a fumble recovery with Alabama taking over at the UGA Young hooked up with Latu for a 3-yard TD reception, putting the Tide back on top after a failed two-point conversion.
The Dawgs took off from there, responding with Mitchell's touchdown, extending their lead to eight points on the back of Bowers' score and then clinching their national championship win with the game-ending pick six. Recruiting matters: At least, it does when you want to win national titles.
Georgia winning its crown Monday didn't happen by accident. There's one thing Kirby Smart learned coaching under Saban that was more important than any schematic advantage: The most brilliant coach on the planet can't win a national title with good players. You need great ones. That's why recruiting has been a priority at Georgia since Smart took over.
Smart's first season at Georgia in saw him bring in a class ranked sixth nationally in the Sports Composite. He's never hauled in a group ranked lower than fourth in the five classes since. The depth of the Dawgs' talent was evident throughout the night as Georgia's defense flew all over the field and stopped an Alabama offense few teams could even slow.
Georgia is a team that is so talented, it somehow managed to win a national title using a former walk-on at quarterback. Georgia's pass rush was helped by its run defense: One of the reasons Georgia could get so much pressure on Young was that it could blitz from anywhere it wanted because it knew Alabama couldn't run the ball consistently.
The Tide tried to do so in plenty of different ways but only had inconsistent success. Early in the game, Alabama tried to get Brian Robinson on the edge with tosses and sweeps. Those didn't work. Play for free, entries by Search Sky Sports. World Cup Dates, draw, schedule, kick-off times, final for Qatar tournament World Cup takes place in Qatar from November 21 to December 18; 32 teams to compete in eight groups; full schedule to be confirmed after finals draw in April ; Scotland and Wales set for play-offs in March.
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