The Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 33-18 to win the College Football National Championship. It was just five weeks after Alabama soundly defeated them in the SEC Championship, and the game was a nail-biter.
This is the first national title for Georgia football since the 1980 season. And it was the first victory ever for Georgia coach Kirby Smart as a head coach against his mentor, Alabama’s Nick Saban.
“Anybody and everybody affiliated with the University of Georgia…it just makes you walk a little taller and hold your head up a little higher,” said Bill Bradberry, who was watching the game in Athens.
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