re: Alabama At Full Health

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The team that thoroughly dominated Georgia in Dec had injuries to 1 starting corner, so did Georgia. Bama had 1 starting OL out, so did Georgia. Bama had 1 starting OLB out and lost its 1150 yard receiver in the first half. Those were pretty evenly matched and the game was over early 4th quarter.

In Jan, Bama had injuries to both its starting corners, its starting OLB, its starting wr, its starting center, lost its 1600 yard wr on the first offensive play of the 2nd quarter, and lost its best DL in the 4th quarter when the game was on the line. Georgia had the same 2 players out with injury. They had a starting OL go out but it actually helped them as he could have returned but Georgia liked the replacement guy more and kept him in the game. This game came down to the last minute. Despite the large discrepancy in injuries Bama still had more yards, more first downs, so the health of the teams was the difference in the game.

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