The first touchdown of the game came with 1:20 left in the third quarter. The only way home was through them,” Smart said he told his team about the Crimson Tide.īennett, the former walk-on turned starter, finished 17 for 26 for 224 yards and no interceptions.įor most of the first three quarters, first CFP title game to be a rematch of a regular-season game was an ol’ fashion Southeastern Conference defensive struggle. The Bulldogs lost two SEC championship games, including one five weeks ago, and the 2018 CFP title game to the Tide under Smart. Smart returned to his alma mater as coach in 2016 and has been chasing his mentor ever since. Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide had won seven straight against the Bulldogs, including the last four against Smart, Saban’s longtime assistant. “I cried, so pretty good,” Bennett said when asked how it felt. If simply snapping the drought wasn’t good enough, doing against No 1 Alabama (13-2) had to make it feel even better. The Bulldogs (14-1) hadn’t won a national title since freshman Herschel Walker led them there in 1980. “There’s going to be some property torn up in Indianapolis tonight,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said, paraphrasing the late Georgia play-by-play man Larry Munson.
GEORGIA PICK-SIX TO SEAL THE WIN! 🐶 #NationalChampionship /MHlE9MMZHI- ESPN January 11, 2022
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