From the Sports Desk

 

For the third straight week, the College Football Playoff Selection Committee ranked the undefeated, 12-0, repeat National Champion Georgia Bulldogs at No. 1. Georgia was followed in the rankings by Mishigas (2), Washington (3), and Florida State (4), just like the AP Poll.

If the playoffs were to begin today, Georgia would play the FSU Semen Holes, and then the winner of the Washington-Mishigas game.  Whoever wins the Washington-Mishigas game would bring the belts, the Magnificent Seven Championship Belts and the Holy Moly Guacamole One True Belt (blessed be its name), to the CFP Championship Game. Were Georgia to win that game, they would unify those belts with their own Three-Peat Championship Belts (2021, 2022, and 2023) to create the ultimate Bitchin' Boombastic Bad-Boy Bulldog Belt. 

The regular season may be over, but we still have the not-trivial matter of the SEC title game against Alabama this Saturday. The Bulldogs are favored by 5.5 points, but history and tradition are on Alabama's side.  The Bulldogs have not beaten the Crimson Tide in an SEC title game, ever, and Alabama has not lost in a title game against any opponent since 2008. 

The last time the Bulldogs lost any game at all, it was against Alabama, 41-24, in the 2021 SEC title game (we subsequently beat them in the CFP Championship Game that year).

But the past is history and no indicator of future results.  It's a must-win game for Georgia's three-peat ambitions and the most Alabama can realistically hope for is to be a spoiler. I'm a fan and obviously biased, but I believe the Bulldogs will pull out a victory on Saturday.