We had such strong leadership from our seniors. They got it. They knew it was a minute football game. It's also impossible to overemphasize the mental part if you're going to beat Saban in Bryant-Denny Stadium, even if you have to drop Ivan Drago analogies.
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Expect a more aggressive defensive game plan from Georgia compared to the SEC championship game, when the Bulldogs seemed intent to casually sit back in coverage rather than force the Tide into mistakes with pressure. Alabama was the only Georgia opponent this season that posted more yards per play against UGA than its season average: 7. That would be Clemson 3. He had accepted the Georgia head-coaching job weeks before Alabama beat Clemson in the CFP championship game, with Smart pulling double duty at both schools leading up to the game.
Another thing to consider: Georgia knew it could afford to lose to Alabama in the SEC championship game and still make the playoff. A mental letdown in Atlanta might have been hard to avoid considering all the media focus is put on the playoff, not conference championships.
The Georgia team that came out of the locker room against Michigan played with a different level of urgency than the team that lost to Alabama. Expect more of the Miami Bulldogs, less of the Atlanta Bulldogs. Just like the SEC championship game, Georgia is favored. We saw how the master motivator used that to his advantage last time.
And probably, just looking at the future, probably will be for some time in the future as well. Saban was 52 years old when he won his first national championship at LSU. Georgia 31, Alabama The Tigers have canceled a season-opening game at Middle Tennessee to avoid beginning the year with back-to-back road games. Tigers' career wins leader will be part of National Football Foundation's class.
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Log in or Activate your account. No thanks, return to homepage. Edit Close. When it comes to revenge games, no elite coach in SEC history wins them quite like Saban. He doesn't just win them; he often dominates them. Saban is in rematches as an SEC coach -- at Alabama and at LSU -- and has won these contests by an average of two touchdowns. Miles got Saban again in the regular season with a victory.
Saban got the last laugh by beating LSU for the national championship and has won four in a row over Miles. After those losses, Saban won 12 straight rematch games -- and some of them were crippling.
Georgia dressed in black in and got blacked out in its rematch loss to Saban. Tommy Tuberville got fired after his rematch loss that same year.
Urban Meyer went to the hospital and temporarily resigned after his Saban revenge loss in
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