Entering Saturday’s SEC championship game, Alabama football needed to be competitive against Georgia to lock up a College Football Playoff spot. Given that the Crimson Tide had beaten the Bulldogs in Athens earlier this year, that didn’t seem to be too much to ask.

But as it turned out, that was hard to do. UA looked largely overmatched most the game and lost 28-7 which could throw its CFP status into question. As Alabama waits for a decision, here’s what to know about the game.

Unprecedented result

Before Saturday’s game, Alabama and Georgia had met four previous times in the SEC championship game. Despite all of those matchups taking place in their home state, the Bulldogs hadn’t won any of them.

That changed on Saturday. Kirby Smart finally picked one off the place where he prev

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