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00:00 So Zeno, the SEC Championship game is now set.

00:03 It's the only Power Five conference

00:04 that has their title game set at this moment.

00:08 It's Alabama and Georgia.

00:10 We'll look at that line in Atlanta in the opening.

00:13 Okay, we'll look at it right now.

00:14 In Atlanta to start off the opening weekend of December

00:19 right here, right now.

00:20 Zeno, we'll get back to that in just a moment.

00:22 Let's talk about the Crimson Tide,

00:24 who have a non-FBS, non-conference game this Saturday

00:28 against Chattanooga, but Alabama's rolling.

00:31 Their only loss this year was against Texas early on.

00:35 The Crimson Tide have covered

00:36 in six of their seven SEC games as well.

00:40 Zeno, in your evaluation of Alabama,

00:42 what have the Tide figured out?

00:44 Well, they've figured out how to play more consistent offense

00:49 and their defense has gotten better every single week.

00:51 Look, like Jalen Milrow is one of the more efficient

00:53 passers in the country,

00:55 especially when it comes to throwing the ball

00:55 down the field.

00:57 They're one of the top players, or at the top of college

00:59 football in that category.

01:00 And when you look at Alabama, you know,

01:02 they've figured out how to balance the run in the past

01:05 and they've just become a very consistent football team.

01:08 And I think when you look at Alabama more than anything,

01:10 they're doing the one thing that Georgia necessarily isn't,

01:14 and that's getting better each week

01:17 and becoming the best version of themselves

01:19 at this point in time.

01:21 Again, Georgia hasn't seen an opponent like Alabama

01:23 all year long.

01:24 I mean, we owe all deference to Ole Miss and even to a certain

01:28 extent Missouri, but they're not at the level of Alabama.

01:30 I mean, neither one of those teams obviously

01:32 would be favored, and we know what Alabama did

01:34 to Ole Miss earlier this year.

01:35 So, you know, this is just a completely different level

01:37 what Georgia's gonna see the first weekend

01:39 in December in Atlanta.

01:40 Let's get that Atlanta graphic ready here up on the screen

01:44 because it's coming, it's official here.

01:45 Georgia and Alabama will be playing a four-point line

01:50 here, Georgia, as that slight favorite

01:51 over the Alabama Crimson Tide.

01:53 Also, as we know, look, this game is coming here,

01:55 but there are football games to be played in between.

01:57 If I ask you this question right now, two-pronged attack,

02:00 who's going to win this game, Mark?

02:02 And also, what is that closing line, do you think,

02:04 going to be by the time we get game time?

02:06 Well, it's interesting to note, DRS,

02:08 that that line has come down.

02:10 Two weeks ago, the proposed line on that was 6 1/2.

02:13 So, it tells you odds makers are realizing

02:16 how much better Alabama is getting.

02:19 And again, I think some of that had the tight game

02:21 against Missouri and, you know, I guess for the first half

02:24 against Ole Miss, that it looked like, you know,

02:26 they might have been able to hang around a little bit.

02:27 But, you know, I think this game will also be

02:30 a little bit telling as to what this line closes at,

02:33 simply because, again, the final game of the regular season

02:35 isn't going to matter for Georgia against Georgia Tech.

02:37 Maybe Alabama might lose a little luster

02:39 if they struggle with Auburn in the Iron Bowl.

02:41 But I think Alabama is, I think it's going to be

02:46 one of these games, guys, where the spread

02:47 doesn't really matter because either Alabama wins outright

02:50 or Georgia wins by margin, right?

02:52 Like, I don't know that necessarily this comes down

02:54 to a field goal between these two teams,

02:56 especially the way they play.

02:58 If Georgia can get a lead,

02:59 they're going to control the entire pace.

03:01 And that's why I keep talking about it.

03:02 What happens in the second half late

03:04 when Georgia forces teams into passing situations

03:06 and forces them to kind of be one-dimensional,

03:09 that's where they really excel.

03:11 The only way for Alabama to win this game

03:13 or cover it, rather, is just to go out and win it outright.

03:17 So, I don't know that the number necessarily

03:19 going to matter, especially at under a touchdown.

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