ATLANTA -- After blowing a 14-point lead in the second half of Saturday's SEC championship game -- one that saw him gamble and lose on a fake punt try late -- Georgia coach Kirby Smart said the No. 4 Bulldogs proved they should be among the four teams selected for the College Football Playoff.
"We told our kids that for a week they would hear nothing but how good Alabama was, and that's what they heard," Smart said after the top-ranked Crimson Tide's 35-28 win. "Everybody said they were unbeatable, and everybody talked about it.