Dawgs and BAMA Meet for College Football Playoff Championship

Is the Passing of the Torch at Hand in College Football Playoff Championship?

The Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs will meet in the College Football Playoff Championship Game on Monday. The Southeastern Conference foes meet at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8:15 pm EST on ESPN.

Oddsmakers opened the Crimson Tide as -4-point favorites versus the Bulldogs, while the game's total opened at 47. The line is back to -4 now after getting up to 5.5 earlier last week, then last night went to Alabama -3.5. The total is down to 45.5 at the moment.

The SEC is about to take it's ninth national title in the past 12 seasons as the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs meet Monday night. Talk of the SEC being down was way overrated and tonight in Atlanta, Georgia the Conference can shine in prime time.

Alabama is playing in its third straight College Football Playoff championship game. The Tide is seeking its fifth national title in nine years under coach Nick Saban. Georgia has went out and hire former Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart. He has Georgia in the title game in only his second season.

This is Georgia's first national title shot since losing the 1983 Sugar Bowl to Dan Marino and the Pitt Panthers. They have not won a National Championship since 1980 with NCAA, and UGA legend, Herschel Walker leading the way.

Both Teams Looked Impressive in Semi-final Wins

The Crimson Tide proved they belonged with a 24-6 victory over defending national champ Clemson at the Sugar Bowl. It was a rematch of last year's title game.

Georgia assured that one SEC team would be playing for the title earlier in the day. They beat Oklahoma 54-48 in double-overtime at the Rose Bowl. Sony Michel's touchdown run ensured the win and made the game an "Instant Classic". The Bulldogs rallied from a 31-14 deficit in the second quarter.

Alabama and Georgia are in different divisions of the 14-team SEC. They have played just four times in Saban's 11 years in Tuscaloosa. Bama is 3-1 in those games.

The most painful for Georgia was the 2012 SEC Championship Game. A late drive fess just short in a 32-28 loss. Alabama went on the crush the overrated Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

College Football Playoff Will Feature Strength Versus Strength

Georgia running backs Michel and Nick Chubb combined for 326 yards rushing and five touchdowns against Oklahoma. Michel also scored on a pass from freshman quarterback Jake Fromm.

Georgia's defense that gave up 531 yards to the Sooners in the national semifinal. That number doesn't tell the whole story. The real story is that Georgia's defense won that game by generating five straight stops to start the second half.

Georgia needs to find just enough stops against the Tide to get it done. It starts with Julien Rochester, Trenton Thompson, Roquan Smith, Lorenzo Carter. They make up a very fast and physical defensive front seven.

This is by-far Saban's best rushing offense at Alabama. They are averaging 255.8-yards per game. That's second to Georgia in the SEC by an average of 12 yards per game.

There are no 1,000-yard rushers at Alabama but five players have run for at least 276 yards. In fact, Hurts has the most carries. Look for a series of designed runs from Hurts. He has 28 percent of all Alabama rushes since he walked onto the field for the Tide.

 

 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Alabama	12-1	6-7	37.92	11.08	26.84	4-4	2-3	5-8	3-5	2-3
Georgia	13-1	10-4	36.29	15.71	20.58	3-3	7-1	6-8	2-4	4-4

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ALAB	11.99	22.79	-10.8
GEORGI	12.13	18.43	-6.3

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ALAB	13.76	9.80	3.96
GEORGI	14.24	10.34	3.9

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ALAB	5.81	2.70	3.11
GEORGI	5.99	3.65	2.34

Team Records

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	12-1	8-0	4-1	6-7	4-4	2-3	37.92	11.08	26.84
vs Conf	7-1	4-0	3-1	3-5	2-2	1-3	38.38	12.25	26.13
Last 3	2-1	1-0	1-1	2-1	1-0	1-1	31.33	10.67	20.66

Georgia Bulldogs

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	13-1	6-0	7-1	10-4	3-3	7-1	36.29	15.71	20.58
vs Conf	8-1	4-0	4-1	6-3	2-2	4-1	35.89	13.56	22.33
Last 3	3-0	0-0	3-0	3-0	0-0	3-0	40.00	20.67	19.33

College Football Playoff Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	37.92	12	15.71	5
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	36.29	17	11.08	1

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Alabama	4-3	3-4	5-2	30.43	163.57	4.03	23.00	55.28	167.29	330.86	1.57
Georgia	3-4	4-3	5-2	22.57	129.71	3.57	33.71	51.69	207.71	337.43	3.00

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
Oct 3, 2015	ALAB	GEORGI	38-10	189	190	379	2	193	106	299	4
Dec 1, 2012	ALAB	GEORGI	32-28	350	162	512	2	113	281	394	1
Sep 27, 2008	ALAB	GEORGI	41-30	129	205	334	1	50	274	324	2
Sep 22, 2007	GEORGI	ALAB	26-23	153	224	377	2	164	185	349	1
Oct 4, 2003	ALAB	GEORGI	23-37	94	115	209	3	96	274	370	3
Oct 5, 2002	GEORGI	ALAB	27-25	161	224	385	3	109	197	306	2
Sep 30, 1995	ALAB	GEORGI	31-0	110	117	227	0	142	71	213	6

College Football Playoff Betting Trends

Alabama Crimson Tide
Alabama is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games
Alabama is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Georgia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Alabama's last 6 games when playing Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs
Georgia is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Georgia is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Georgia's last 9 games
Georgia is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Alabama
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Georgia's last 6 games when playing Alabama

Team Last 5 Games

Alabama Crimson Tide

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Jan 1, 2018	CLEM	24-6	W	-3.5/47	W/U	141	120	261	64	124	188	-1	A
Nov 25, 2017	AUBRN	14-26	L	-5/47	L/U	209	168	377	168	240	408	0	A
Nov 18, 2017	MERC	56-0	W	-49/		265	265	530	107	54	161	-1	H
Nov 11, 2017	MIS.ST	31-24	W	-14/49.5	L/O	202	242	444	172	158	330	0	A
Nov 4, 2017	LSU	24-10	W	-20.5/46.5	L/U	116	183	299	151	155	306	-1	H

Georgia Bulldogs

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Jan 1, 2018	OKLA	54-48	W	-2.5/62.5	W/O	317	210	527	242	289	531	0	A
Dec 2, 2017	AUBRN	28-7	W	-2/48	W/U	238	183	421	114	145	259	-2	A
Nov 25, 2017	GATECH	38-7	W	-11.5/51	W/U	247	224	471	188	38	226	-1	A
Nov 18, 2017	KENTUC	42-13	W	-22.5/48.5	W/O	381	123	504	124	138	262	0	H
Nov 11, 2017	AUBRN	17-40	L	-2.5/48	L/O	46	184	230	237	251	488	1	A

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