ATLANTA — While Alabama was running into its tunnel at one corner of Mercedes-Benz Stadium at halftime, a roar went up. The Bama contingent was outnumbered in the building, but a vocal minority shook crimson and white pom-poms anyway. The Tide were up seven on Georgia after a blazing offensive second quarter.
In the other corner of the stadium, Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart was saying the obvious about how the Crimson Tide had done what nobody else could: score a significant amount of points on his vaunted defense.
When asked by CBS’s Jamie Erdahl what was perplexing his defense, Smart replied: “Well, Bryce Young is.