SEC Championship Game Preview: Georgia vs. Alabama

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00:00We'll start right there with the SEC championship game.

00:02It's going to be a massive game.

00:03Currently right now, Coach Raven, maybe about a minus one and a half to minus twos,

00:07depending where you're shopping at, as a favorite towards Georgia,

00:09which is basically a coin flip.

00:11I need some information on this game about how close these two teams are,

00:14and, Coach, also the importance of can Alabama still make the college playoff

00:18if they lose this game today?

00:21Well, that's going to be a decision that's got to be made, I think,

00:23and it's not going to be an easy one.

00:25Because once you start leaving and having no team in the ACC,

00:28you know, if Duke were to win and all those kind of things,

00:31you would think they're going to be in,

00:33but they've got to do some crazy things to pick the right teams

00:37at the bottom part of the 12th.

00:39But getting back to this game, I'll tell you, Georgia,

00:41it's going to be important that Georgia stays close at the beginning.

00:45He's got to have those guys coming out of that locker room ready to play

00:48because Georgia has fallen behind twice against Alabama,

00:51and they're too good to spend the whole game catching up

00:55and hoping you're going to win it at the end.

00:57I think if Georgia will come out there and come out there

01:00and play a great first half, keep it close, don't have to be winning even.

01:04They'll pull away because of their strong running attack

01:06and they have a better defense,

01:08and I think Kirby Smart will make the better game time adjustments

01:12to win in the second half.

01:14Coach, it's back-to-back games in Mercedes-Benz Dome,

01:17and we know Georgia knows that Dome very well.

01:20Is there any benefit to that,

01:21knowing that they already played there last week against Georgia Tech?

01:25Yeah, the one big thing is illegal procedure, crowd noise.

01:30An indoor stadium gives you difficult crowd noise,

01:33and that usually affects the offensive linemen and snap count.

01:36You know, illegal procedure, jumping off sides,

01:38jumping off sides or backing up too soon,

01:41that's one they should be more comfortable with.

01:43It is an advantage to Georgia to have just played there.

01:46They will recognize the noise level,

01:48and those offensive lines should do a better job of being prepped for it,

01:52and it only takes three or four five-yard penalties

01:55on first or second down to stall a drive or two

01:58and cost you the game.

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