As far as the title game I think UGA has a chance because they are more balanced on offense.
I don't think you have to be a great team to stop Alabama. They have 1 WR, no TE, good but not great running backs and they'll run their qb 20 times. If I'm Georgia I'd be pissed if I gave up over 20 to this Bama team.
UGA just needs to run right at them, hit some play action and don't give Bama a short field with turnovers.
It might only take 17 to win.
you DO have to be a great team to stop bama- without qualification. good but not great RB's? they have no less than three sitting on the bench that would start @95+% of other schools... UGA run right at them? there has been one instance this season where a team found success doing that, and that was MSU (though Auburn did it to a degree because of the outside and passing threat).
it's fairly evident this board wants to talk down bama, but that isn't reality outside of the board. bama IS all that. they're not GODs, but they're as good as any other bama team over the years. though i don't like to see two teams from the same conference anymore than anyone else, but.... it's unavoidable now. tOSU lost terribly to a team that struggled to put down BC in their bowl. that can't be overlooked no matter how you shake it. They also lost to a team at the beginning of the season that
is equivalent to the team opposite bama right now, as anytime a team goes into OT all they're proving is their lack of being even marginally better than whomever they played into OT.
bama lost by 12 to a RIVAL team that caught them in bad shape- no excuse, it happened... 12 to a rival away.. tOSU lost by what, 31? to a team they should have beaten by 21+ if they were so good... dropped a game? sure... but to
them? and a second loss? there is no mercy for a two loss team, especially such an
ugly loss. it cost you fans that day in early november, and had less to do with pageant than y'all are suggesting.
as it is.... they got this season right as much as i dislike it. i dislike that bama, a non-conference champion, got off as easy as they did.. they effectively got an extra week, and since the debacle with utah, saban has rarely been out coached. time is something they will use to their advantage every time. it's with great fortune they were likely thinking OU moreso than UGA, because OU is far less of a puzzle for a defense like bama fields than UGA.... UGA is MSU and Auburn combined, both of which gave bama fits.
but anyway, reading a comment like "run right at them" and "you don't have to be a great team to stop bama" screams that whomever is saying such a thing hasn't really watched bama play- or, they focus on flaws and the rare moments when they goofed rather than when they were taking care of business, which was far more often.