The Rose Bowl was one for the ages, with Georgia’s double-overtime victory over Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Baker Mayfield and the Oklahoma Sooners on Monday providing one of the most-exciting bowl games in years.

Now, the Bulldogs have advanced to the national championship game, where a hungry and determined Alabama team awaits.

Yes, the Bulldogs played well in the second half of the Rose Bowl, but they’ll need a more complete effort on Monday in Atlanta if they’re going to take down Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide.

However, there’s time to fix a few things that went wrong for coach Kirby Smart’s crew this week, and it will be very interesting to see how the Bulldogs play with a title on the line.

Here are five things Georgia needs to clean up during this week of practice before the championship game kicks off on Monday night:

1. Get out to a faster start

A long field goal by Rodrigo Blankenship just before halftime shifted the momentum a bit in the Rose Bowl, sending the Bulldogs into halftime down 31-17 instead of 31-14.

However, allowing 31 points in the first half is very un-Georgia-like, even if it was against the best player in the country.

Playing better defense in the first half against Alabama will be incredibly important, as it will be nearly impossible for the Bulldogs to come back against the Crimson Tide if they go down 14 points early.

2. Establish the run earlier

In the first quarter, the Bulldogs ran 11 pass plays to only seven runs, even as the running game was picking up huge chunks of yards.

Eventually, offensive coordinator Jim Chaney started dialing up more runs, to great success. It’s hard to fault his game plan too much because they scored 54 points, but most Georgia fans will agree that the Dawgs need to establish the run earlier against Alabama.

3. Third-down efficiency

Not a lot went wrong for the Bulldogs on Monday, but one glaring deficiency was their third-down conversion percentage.

The Dawgs only converted 3 of 11 third-down tries, which is crazy in a game that featured a combined 102 points.

When the Bulldogs scored they did it by gaining big chunks and avoiding a lot of third-down situations. But it’s safe to say they’ll face more than 11 third downs against Alabama’s defense, and they’ll have to convert more of them to succeed.

4. Getting D’Andre Swift more involved

With Sony Michel and Nick Chubb playing so well, there wasn’t much work to give to Swift. The true freshman had four carries for 6 yards and wasn’t very involved in the passing game, either.

Swift is a dynamic playmaker, and he should have a bigger role against the Crimson Tide on Monday. It’ll be interesting to see how Chaney tries to get him involved this week and whether he’ll record a catch against Alabama.

5. Shore up the run defense

The Bulldogs actually did about as good of a job as anyone can against Mayfield, holding him under 300 yards passing and giving up only two touchdown passes (to go with one interception).

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However, Sooners running back Rodney Anderson stole the show, gashing the Georgia defense for a whopping 201 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries. He was running hard all night and bowled over several Bulldogs while putting up big numbers.

The Georgia defense played much better in the second half, but against Damien Harris, Bo Scarbrough, Jalen Hurts and the Alabama rushing attack, the Bulldogs need a much better performance or they’ll be in for a long day.