beating the AL Crimson Tide.
First national championship since Hershel Walker in 1980 (40 yrs).
GA's QB Stetson (the Mailman), a walk-on who started out on the scout team vrs the Heisman Trophy winning Bryce Young. But GA's 140 rushing (and 79yd int for TD) to AL's 30 was the bigger game decider than the passing game.
Both teams played tremendous defense, the first touchdown of the game came with 1:20 left in the third quarter, and it could have gone either way. GA got the breaks and a few more big plays.
Nick Saban, was denied his eight national title, seventh with Alabama in the last 13 years. GA's Kirby Smart, a Bulldogs defensive back in the mid-90s, returned to his alma mater in 2016 after helping Saban build a dynasty as an assistant at Alabama.

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