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5 takeaways from Alabama’s impressive SEC Championship victory

Alabama football is back in the College Football Playoff, and it made an emphatic statement with its return.

The Crimson Tide is the No. 1 seed in the playoff after capturing a dominant win in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game over Georgia.

Despite being a 6.5-point underdog, Nick Saban and Alabama earned a 41-24 victory at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. National media, oddsmakers, and the college football world were stunned by the 17-point drubbing of the Bulldogs in Atlanta. It faces Cincinnati in the Cotton Bowl for a CFP semifinal matchup. We look at the five biggest takeaways from Alabama’s win over Georgia.