SEC Championship Game, Saturday, Dec. 6: Kickoff time and TV info
By Andrew Olson
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This Saturday, there’s only one SEC football game on the schedule. It’s time to crown a conference champion.
The SEC Championship Game is set for Saturday in Atlanta. The game between No. 3 Georgia and No. 9 Alabama is set for a 4 p.m. ET kickoff, airing on ABC.
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Georgia and Alabama are familiar SEC Championship foes, especially in recent years. This year, however, the matchup wasn’t set until the final week of the regular season. Saturday serves as Round 3 between Kirby Smart and Kalen DeBoer.
The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide met already this season, a 24-21 game that went to UA. Georgia’s 1 loss was keeping the Bulldogs out of the conference title game as long as Alabama only had 1 loss (tiebreaker) and there was an undefeated team in conference play.
Texas A&M had been that unblemished team, all the way until Rivalry Week. Things changed with the Aggies’ loss to rival Texas, opening the door for Georgia to play for the SEC Championship. There were Dawgs fans, however, disappointed by the news as UGA appeared situated to finish within the top 4 of the CFP rankings and secure a first-round bye without having to play the conference title game.
Alabama enters the game with an Aug. 30 loss to Florida State and a Nov. 15 loss to Oklahoma. For the Crimson Tide, everything was on the line last week in the Iron Bowl. Without a win against Auburn, the Crimson Tide would not have made the SEC Championship Game over a 1-loss Ole Miss squad. A 3rd loss would have almost certainly removed UA from CFP contention.
It wasn’t easy, but Alabama held on at Auburn to pick up the rivalry win and keep the Tide’s postseason hopes on track. Now it’s time for the Tide and the Dawgs to play for the SEC title.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
