Torch has been passed: Georgia repeats as champ while Nick Saban becomes a talking head | Opinion
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Stetson Bennett IV bumped his center’s fist, then spread his arms, cocked his head and smiled in a pose befitting of this two-time national champion.
The look on the Georgia quarterback’s face was as if to say, this is too easy.
It was.
Bennett had just scored one of the easiest touchdowns of his career, strolling into the end zone untouched, shielded by a pair of lead blockers.
The national championship trophy ceremony was still a couple of hours away Monday at SoFi Stadium, but by then it already had become clear: Georgia remained on top of college football.
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The nation’s best team shattered the glass slipper and pulverized Cinderella.
No. 1 Georgia 65, No. 3 TCU 7.
Georgia’s greatness is no fairy tale.
TCU earned its place in this game, but the national championship was decided when the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve in Atlanta, when Georgia prevailed by a single point over Ohio State in a semifinal. The Buckeyes’ record got stained because of two poor fourth quarters, but I’m convinced the nation’s two most talented teams met that night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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Nick Saban used to turn national championships into blowouts.
Four of Saban’s six national titles at Alabama were lopsided affairs. One of the two exceptions was Alabama’s overtime triumph against Georgia in 2018, a reminder of how close the Bulldogs came to winning three national titles in the past six seasons.