“We had the opportunity to win and we didn’t,” Latham said. The first time it happened in 2019, LSU won the national championship.īoth of Alabama’s losses last season came on the road when Tennessee won 52-49 on a field goal with 15 seconds left and LSU won 32-31 on a two-point conversion in overtime. Everything happens for a reason.”Īlabama missed the playoffs for the only second time in nine years since the four-team format began in 2014. “I wouldn’t say I was pleased with it, but it was a learning process,” Alabama junior linebacker Dallas Turner said of last season. When Georgia beat Ohio State 42-41 and TCU 65-7 in last year’s playoff games, Alabama had to settle for a 45-20 victory over Kansas State in the Sugar Bowl to finish 11-2. The Tide’s most recent national title was after the 2020 season when they beat Ohio State 52-24. When Georgia beat Alabama 33-19 to win the 2021 College Football Playoff title game, it was the Bulldogs’ first national championship since 1980.Īlabama has won six national titles under Coach Nick Saban since 2009, including beating Georgia 26-23 in overtime in the College Football Playoff title game in 2017. Winning the national championship is the standard.” “But at the same time while their standard is great, I don’t think it’s above our standard. “I respect the fact they’ve won national championships,” Crimson Tide junior offensive tackle JC Latham said at SEC media days. Georgia has won back-to-back national championships, but Alabama isn’t ready to concede the top of the SEC to the Bulldogs. Sixth in a series previewing SEC football teams
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