re: Georgia fans...so arrogant and may be whistling past the graveyard

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We all know how that turned out, don't we? That Iron Bowl was the Irrelevant Bowl, they shot their bolt winning it and got whipped in the SECCG by UGA

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You do realize this just proves my point, right?

Bama lost a regular season game that ended up not mattering in 2017.

Regular season games matter LESS with the 12-team playoff. If UGA loses to Bama in the regular season than goes on to win the national title, it makes that loss (or any regular season loss) irrelevant. Just like the SECCG loss in 2021 ended up being irrelevant.

The name of the game is to make the playoff and win the national title. While individual regular season games often mattered in the BCS days and the 4-team playoff days... it becomes much less important with a 12 team playoff. Bama losing the SEC West in 2017 and it not mattering or UGA losing the SECCG in 2021 and it not mattering are going to be the norm, not the exceptions.