Jumping right in, just like Tua Tagovailoa did last night in delivering Alabama its fifth national championship in the past nine seasons.

Here are 10 things I still can’t believe about the Tide’s thrilling 26-23 walk-off victory over Georgia.

1. Even though I started calling for it two months ago and predicted last week it would happen Monday, I still can’t believe Nick Saban actually benched Jalen Hurts and turned to Tagovailoa — in the National Championship Game. I’ve been trying to think of other situations where somebody came off the bench to become the hero.

Kirk Gibson’s pinch-hit home run to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series is the most obvious choice. No Braves fan old enough to remember Dale Murphy will forget Jim Leyritz’s 3-run shot off Mark Wohlers to tie Game 4 of the 1996 World Series. The Braves were 5 outs from taking a commanding 3-1 series lead. The Yankees went on to win that game and the World Series.

2. Tagovailoa threw 3 TD passes in 2-plus quarters against Georgia. Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield threw 2 TD passes in 4-plus quarters against Georgia.

3. Georgia had 5 runs longer than 10 yards, the most unlikely was Sony Michel’s 26-yarder on 3rd-and-20.

4. Alabama gave Nick Chubb the Leonard Fournette treatment: 18 carries for 25 yards. As the game wore on, I grew more and more surprised at the volume, especially considering how effective Sony Michel was in comparison.

5. Be honest. Tagovailoa was throwing to Bo Scarbrough, not Calvin Ridley, but Ridley never gave up on the route and caught the crucial fourth-down, game-tying touchdown pass.

6. Until that catch, Riley Ridley was outplaying his older brother.

7. Alabama’s Mehki Brown going after an assistant on the sideline. Usually, only Nick Saban does that.

8. I don’t know where Da’Ron Payne ranks among Bama’s D-linemen during this decade of dominance, but he was the most dominant force on the field last night. That was believable, maybe even predictable, but the way he took on double teams, slipped through gaps and disrupted everything between the tackles exceeded what I thought was possible.

9. Alabama didn’t even play that well. This certainly wasn’t the best team Saban has had. All things are relative, but it might rank No. 5 among the Tide’s past five champions. The gap and standard for excellence that Saban has created is remarkable.

10. Nick Saban enjoyed the moment. Finally.