Georgia football returns to Sugar Bowl in College Football Playoffs
Georgia knows its College Football Playoff fate. The Bulldogs are the number three seed and will play in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1 after the final College Football Playoff Rankings dropped on Sunday.
Georgia earned its second straight SEC Championship on Saturday with a 28-7 win over Alabama in Atlanta. Head coach Kirby Smart praised his team’s resiliency to get to this point on Saturday night after the game. Smart takes pride in winning the SEC Championship game.
“It’s one of the greatest championship games you can play in for a great conference,” Smart told reporters after the game. “So I have respect for that. Our administration, Josh Brooks, Jere Morehead do an incredible job supporting these players and helping them out. Then all the credit goes to the players who have had a very long, tough, hard season. The kids in our program buy into hard. I appreciate their toughness and the way they do things. That pays off in the long run. To win back-to-back SEC championships, it’s every kid in this footprint’s dream and honor to be at Georgia and be able to be the head coach here and win games like this.”
Georgia’s side of the bracket is a familiar one
Indiana beat Ohio State 13-10 on Saturday night in the Big Ten Championship Game. That result dropped the Buckeyes from the top spot down to the number three seed.
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Georgia could match up with the Buckeyes in a potential national semifinal game should they both advance.
Georgia will see the winner of the first round match-up between Ole Miss and Tulane in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The Bulldogs fell to Notre Dame in last season’s Sugar Bowl in the quarterfinals.
Georgia beat Ole Miss in Athens back on Oct. 18. The Rebels will be without head coach Lane Kiffin when they battle in their own rematch against Tulane in the first round of the playoffs.
Ole Miss defeated 45-10 back on Sept. 20.
