Live from the Dome: Favored Bama meets hungry Dogs!
That famous jokester Nick Saban leaves Mark Richt in stitches Friday. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
At the SEC Coaches’ Luncheon at the Hyatt on Friday, emcee Dave Neal asked Nick Saban if it was easier to keep a team motivated as a favorite, or if being an underdog was preferable. Whereupon Mark Richt said, “What does he know about being an underdog?”
Saban’s Crimson Tide is favored today by eight points over Richt’s Bulldogs, but an awful lot of folks — this correspondent included — are picking Georgia. Still, this matchup couldn’t have caught Saban unaware.
“Last summer I was at the lake (Burton, where every big-name college football coach has a summer house) and I was fooling around in the yard, and two guys rode up on JetSkis,” Saban told Richt at the luncheon. “One of them was your quarterback Aaron Murray and the other was your center (David Andrews). And they said, ‘We’ll see you in the SEC championship game.’ ”
And here both teams are, Alabama ranked No. 2 to Georgia’s No. 2, Alabama favored but not nearly a lock, Georgia trying to seize its biggest football moment in three decades. But you knew all that already. So enough of me talking.
I’ll be here until someone is the 2012 SEC champ, and I’d appreciate it if you’d join the fun and frolic. And I thank you, as ever, in advance.
By Mark Bradley
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
2,729 comments Add your comment
True_Crimson
December 1st, 2012
7:35 pm
I just hope that there is a clear winner, and we don’t have to rely upon an OT to decide the game.
What a game!
RTR!!!
oldfart
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
Need some time management here.
Overrated
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
We score last play of the game to beat BAMA and shut the Tide up
blame game
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
Yeah I thought they would burn the clock more, it’s all good
Fools Gold
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
Kool aid Drinkers sorry
dbc
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
This games falls right at the feet of loudmouths like Rambo, Swann, etc. who talk a better game than they play.
me
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
Lets see who can block.
Roy
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
Alright Murray…cement your legacy on this drive.
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
Here it is: Score a touchdown against the nation’s No. 1 defense and play for the national championship
Jimmy
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
This is for the money.
rivercard
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
Best game of the year.
nodefense
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
Well is all on Murray.
GFY
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
Well let’s see if Murray can lead them for a TD
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
First down: Murray sacked.
MTSeats
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
No loss for Richt, $$$$, tomorrow is another day.
blame game
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
air Murray
UGA Fans Are On Suicide Watch
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
sack!
True_Crimson
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
Got him that time!
BAM!!!
RTR!!!
Jimmy
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
Looks like we gonna be broke.
Come on guys.
Need a big play.
Fools Gold
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
turn out the lights
The Grim Reaper
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
Sack… time ticking…never more
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
Second down: Broken up
me
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
me
December 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
Lets see who can block with the game on the line.
Yep. Not the UGA line.
phil
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
We blew it….
sonofadawg
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
Murray just doesn’t have it
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
December 1st, 2012
7:37 pm
This was UGAs chance…..won’t have another for many years.
The Grim Reaper
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
Incomplete… time ticking, wasting away, 3rd and forever
True_Crimson
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
Oh!
Ha Ha didn’t catch it!
Fools Gold
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
CRAPITAL ONE BOWL HERE WE COME!!!!!
Russa
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
on to a lesser bowl game!
Pigskin
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
Wow
Pea
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
Dawgs will score. Bama D’s not good today
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
Third down: Murray misses downfield
kerryb
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
Should have run to start that drive
SnoopyJenkins
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
Can murray step up on the big stage…if they punt that will be the ball game
Scrappy
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
Could be ballgame
nodefense
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
Refs can’t help us now
me
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
All as a result of running a deep out on 1rst down instead of running the ball.
80sDawg
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
3:15 on the clock and we don’t run it once!
True_Crimson
December 1st, 2012
7:38 pm
Bow Up! Bama!!!
RTR!!!
Tide Rising
December 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
Dawgs need one more break like a fumble
The Grim Reaper
December 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
If you punt, game over, tide rolls, SEC seven in a row, now collect your loely parting gifts
Russa
December 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
hope someone calls out Rambo for running his mouth
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
Punt? I believe you have to punt on fourth-and-18. But Georgia has only two timeouts remaining.
blame game
December 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
I think the fried chicken is done
Jimmy
December 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
Another no call by refs.
Oh well.
We need some luck now.
Fools Gold
December 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
FIRE THESE CLOWNS……they will never win us a championship
juice sourcer
December 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
I cant believe they punted the ball.
Tampa Gator
December 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
Richt punted…..game most likely over. Should have put it on the line there. Bad coaching decision at this time.
phil
December 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
Congrats, Bama….
At least you had to earn it.