For much of the past decade, Alabama has been the elephant-sized obstacle standing in Georgia's way of ending what is now a 41-year drought without a national title.
The 2012 SEC championship game ended with the Bulldogs catching a pass at Alabama's 5-yard line as time expired in the Tide's 32-28 victory. Alabama went on to crush Notre Dame in the BCS national championship.
In the CFP national championship at the end of the 2017 season, Georgia had a 13-0 lead at halftime, but lost 26-23 when freshman Tua Tagovailoa threw a touchdown to DeVonta Smith on second-and-26 in overtime.