It was not always pretty on Saturday for Alabama's defense, but you have to give credit where credit is due: with an offense that fell silent and failed to produce any second-half points, the defense stepped up when it had to in order to get stops and hold Georgia to just seven second-half points to preserve a three-point victory.
Alabama did get a couple of breaks to help: Georgia WR Talyn Taylor dropped a sure touchdown on a deep ball from Gunner Stockton that would have given the Bulldogs the lead late in the third quarter.