Grace made a great point earlier about how it feels like the coaching roles have flipped in this Alabama-Georgia rivalry since Kirby Smart’s former boss Nick Saban retired and was replaced by Kalen DeBoer in Tuscaloosa, making Smart the more experienced SEC coach in the matchup.
For me, it just comes down to this very unscientific explaination: Watching Georgia-Alabama games when it was Smart vs. Saban felt like watching Georgia dominate for 40 minutes, wondering how Alabama was still in the game, then usually watching a late Crimson Tide comeback.
Watching Smart vs. DeBoer both last year and this year, it feels like the roles have reversed — Alabama gets out to a big lead, but Georgia hangs around and refuses to surrender…