Just 11 months ago, they gave us one of the greatest games in college football history.

Is there any way No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Georgia top that Saturday when they meet again, this time for the SEC Championship?

That remains to be seen, but we’ve been talking, well, pretty much since January about which team would win the rematch we were sure to get.

Connor O’Gara: Alabama wins 45-28

It’s hard to envision a scenario in which Alabama’s offense is kept under wraps for 60 minutes. We’re talking about a completely different group from the one that Georgia saw in the first half of last year’s national championship, and it isn’t just because of Tua Tagovailoa.

It’s the connection that he has with the likes of Jerry Jeudy, Henry Ruggs, Irv Smith Jr. and others that make me think this still ends up being a frustrating day for the Georgia secondary. I could see plenty of flashbacks to 2nd-and-26, at least in terms of the type of passes Tagovailoa can make when he isn’t pressured.

I do, however, think that this Georgia offense will be able to move the ball.

The Dawgs are too balanced to be contained like LSU or Mississippi State were against Alabama. Jake Fromm is playing the best ball of his career, and combined with healthy D’Andre Swift and Elijah Holyfield, they’ll be able to at least make it interesting early on.

But there’s too much firepower in that Alabama offense for Georgia to pull off the upset in Atlanta.

— Connor O’Gara is the senior national columnist at SDS.

Michael Bratton: Georgia wins 30-28

I’ve had a feeling all offseason that if these two teams meet in Atlanta we could see something similar to the 2009 SEC Championship Game. If you don’t remember that game, Urban Meyer’s Florida team was a heavy favorite, led by Tim Tebow, the Gators had beaten Alabama in the 2008 SEC Championship Game and were picked by nearly everyone to do so again in the rematch.

Of course, that didn’t happen and the landscape of the conference shifted and has remained in Nick Saban’s favor ever since.

That’s a nice storyline, but it won’t be possible unless Georgia continues its hot streak over the previous 6 weeks. Jake Fromm is playing the best football of his life at the moment, which certainly helps matters, but I question whether Kirby Smart’s defense can get enough stops in this game.

Will motivation come into play for Alabama? How can it not, when everyone seems to be suggesting that the Tide are in the Playoff, even with a loss in this game?

Georgia, on the other hand, is playing for its Playoff lives. I’ve picked against Alabama once before this season and was made to look foolish, I’m up for doing it again!

— Michael Bratton is the news editor at SDS.

Joe Cox: Alabama wins 38-28

I do think it’s Alabama, just because Georgia, while it has been quietly exceptional, hasn’t had that other gear that Alabama finds.

I don’t think it’ll be one-sided, because Alabama isn’t as strong now as they were a month ago. We’ve seen two games where the opposing team has given them a really good half. I think Georgia will give them a really good entire game, but ‘Bama will have an extra ace up its sleeve — maybe a pick-6 or a special teams play or something like that will be the difference.

I will say this: If I’m wrong, Jake Fromm will have the game that he looks like he is gearing up to have. That could be Georgia’s x-factor.

— Joe Cox is an SEC columnist at SDS.

Adam Spencer: Alabama wins 45-21

After slow starts against The Citadel and Auburn, it’s not going to be a fun week of Alabama practices. The fact that the Crimson Tide have been able to cruise in the second half is something that has to be driving Nick Saban crazy. If they’re that good after halftime, why can’t they play that way in the first two quarters?

That does not bode well for Georgia, as I expect the Crimson Tide to come out strong and get back to their performances of earlier in the year, when they were touchdown machines on their opening drives. I think the Bulldogs go down a couple of touchdowns early and don’t have enough firepower to hang with the Tide in the second half.

— Adam Spencer is an SEC reporter at SDS.

Chris Wright: Alabama wins 41-30

Alabama will miss its 9th extra point of the season, but ultimately it won’t matter.

Rodrigo Blankenship will kick 3 more field goals, but ultimately it won’t matter.

If this Tide team truly is the best Nick Saban has had, which would make it the best any team Alabama coach has had and possibly the best any coach anywhere has ever had, then it handles a Georgia team that has a good defense, but not a great one.

Mecole Hardman and D’Andre Swift are every bit as dangerous and explosive as anybody on Alabama’s offense. They’re going to make plays, too, more than most make against Alabama.

Tua Tagovailoa and Alabama are just going to make more.

In one half and one possession of overtime, Tagovailoa came off the bench and threw 3 TD passes against Georgia, and those stakes were bigger and that Dawgs defense was better.

Will he challenge Danny Wuerffel’s SECCG record of 6 TD passes? That’s an unfair ask of anyone, but if anybody does match or exceed it, Tagovailoa is the best bet.

— Chris Wright is the executive editor at SDS.

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