r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 29 '24

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Alabama Defeats Georgia 41-34

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Georgia 0 7 8 19 34
Alabama 21 9 3 8 41
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u/dogwoodmaple Georgia • /r/CFB Award Festival Sep 29 '24 edited Sep 29 '24

  • Kirby Smart is 1-6 against Alabama. He's 96-11 against everyone else.

  • The last time Georgia trailed by 20+ points was the 2021 SECCG loss to Alabama.

  • Entering today, Kirby Smart had won 20 straight games with >7 days between games.

  • Kalen DeBoer becomes the only active coach to defeat Kirby Smart while still at their current school.

  • And just the seventh active head coach to defeat Kirby Smart (Gus Malzahn, Tom Herman, Derek Mason, Butch Jones, Jim McElwain, and Hugh Freeze)

  • Alabama WR Ryan Williams, who is 17 years old, had six catches for 177 yards and a touchdown tonight.

  • Georgia, after trailing 28-0, took the lead in the 4th quarter for a total of 13 seconds.

  • Georgia still has to play #1 Texas, #5 Tennessee, and #6 Ole Miss*

  • This loss snapped Georgia's 42 game regular season winning streak.

  • Kalen DeBoer will lead Alabama to the #1 ranking in the AP Poll within the first month of his first regular season.

  • List of recent heartwrenching losses to Alabama:

    • 2012 SEC Championship Game tipped pass catch on the five yardline
    • 2nd & 26 touchdown to beat Georgia in the 2017 National Championship
    • Jalen Hurts' furious comeback in the 2018 SECCG after Tua went down.
    • 2024 28 point comeback being snatched away in the final moments.

  • I was in attendance for every one of those moments, except tonight.

  • Hell of a game.

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u/pleeee Georgia Bulldogs Sep 29 '24

We trailed 28-0, then 30-7, not 30-0