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A Georgia win in the SEC Championship is good for Alabama football

Despite it not getting into the College Football Playoff, Alabama football can still salvage its season with the next best thing: appearing in a New Year’s Six bowl.

With the loss suffered by Utah to Oregon on Friday, one domino has fallen in favor of the Crimson Tide.

Even though LSU is the favorite to win the Southeastern Conference Championship Game, a win for Georgia is huge because it helps Alabama in the process.

As of now, the Tide is projected to spent its postseason in Florida in either the Citrus Bowl or Outback Bowl. If the Bulldogs topple the Tigers, both teams will go into the playoff and an opening for the Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, La.