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Pressure's on you guys, not us. Bama wants to prove it's still relevant. Bama's not sure who/what they are. Georgia KNOWS who/what they are. Bring it, Tide. See you in downtown Atlanta.

As long as Alabama continues winning 11+ games a year (one win away from a record 13th consecutive 11+ win season) they'll stay relevant.

Georgia has become the undisputed top dog (no pun intended) ever since beating Alabama in the 2021 national title game and is poised for a historic run of their own but as another poster in this thread pointed out there is zero margin for error this season especially if both FSU and Texas win their next two. In fact, if FSU and Texas win out and Alabama somehow pulls off the upset over Georgia on Dec 2nd then Georgia will almost certainly be out of the playoff. In fact, both Georgia AND Alabama could be left out under that scenario.

The question isn't whether Alabama is still relevant or not (they are), it's whether Georgia can make history and equal the 15 season run Alabama has been on from 2009-2023 since winning their first national title under Saban in 2009.

Since the start of the 2009 season Alabama has gone 185-20 with 6 national titles and 8 SEC titles. Georgia is off to a red hot start (2021 to current) but a loss to Alabama on Dec 2nd most likely ends Georgia's opportunity to do something truly special and historic. The SEC East won't stay historically weak forever like it has the last 3 or 4 seasons and with the addition of Oklahoma and Texas will only get more difficult going forward so chances are Georgia won't continue to have the historically weak schedules (with historically bad Auburn and Florida teams) it did in 2021, 2022, and 2023.