Alabama–Georgia football rivalry

that's what Izzy is saying.

He remembers Alabama-Georgia in an SEC championship game.

Give me the first-round playoff game that you remember in a

12-team format.

that's what Izzy is saying.

He remembers Alabama-Georgia in an SEC championship game.

Give me the first-round playoff game that you remember in a 12-team

format.

I said I didn't wanna focus on it a, a, a week ago.

But like, I felt like Alabama-Georgia lacked juice going in, comparatively.

Relative, yeah.

Comparatively.

Like, this is where I'm trying to spin it forward in a positive way.

I think we are tribal enough as a sport where people will be really ticked off if they lose a game either way.

And even though the Alabama-Georgia game lacked a little bit of, quote-unquote, "juice" last weekend, 12.2 million people watched it.

It's the most ever in the history of the series.

The Monday Night Football game between the Falcons and Saints one week ago down in New Orleans drew 11.9 million people for Monday Night Football.

This last week, Georgia and Alabama drew 12.2 million, so that game drew more than an NFL Monday Night Football game.

You add this 20-team playoff, do you think that that game is gonna draw 12 million people in the month of October between Alabama and Georgia? Because people across the country, they're not gonna care.

Georgia fans are gonna watch, 'Bama fans are gonna watch, but someone in Spokane, Washington, they're like, "Ah, it's just a middle of the season game."

Well-

It's like, it's no big deal.

They're not gonna watch

... didn't we already have this? I, I'm putting you on the spot, but what were the ratings for Alabama-Georgia in the SEC Championship Game last year?

little bit torn because...

As I've watched college football over the years, Gold, there's been a part of me that is like, well, I don't want to only care about the Alabama-Georgia game, the Michigan-Ohio State game, and by making it so these teams who are trying to get the 23rd spot in the college football playoff, maybe you're going to be forced to care about the MU-KU game or KU-K State or maybe these two teams will be fighting for one late.

In the Big 12 and, like, maybe some of these teams whose games don't have juice late do now, right, and do have for those fan bases and aren't just for pride but are for a spot at least in a college football playoff.

So, like, I'm a little bit torn on that.

So I think the part where a lot of people are frustrated about this is, yes, Iowa to Nebraska all of a sudden means something, but the Iron Bowl means nothing if Alabama's in there.

And the conversation goes, you're making more teams... quote-unquote relevant.

You're making Iowa and Nebraska relevant at the expense of Alabama-Georgia because that game that happened last week means nothing because both teams are going to make the college football.

That doesn't sound all that bad to me, Drew.

I'm always a little bit torn because...

As I've watched college football over the years, Gold, there's been a part of me that is like, well, I don't want to only care about the Alabama-Georgia game, the Michigan-Ohio State game, and by making it so these teams who are trying to get the 23rd spot in the college football playoff, maybe you're going to be forced to care about the MU-KU game or KU-K State or maybe these two teams will be fighting for one late.

in the Big 12 and, like, maybe some of these teams whose games don't have juice late do now, right, and do have for those fan bases and aren't just for pride but are for a spot at least in a college football playoff.

So, like, I'm a little bit torn on that.

So I think the part where a lot of people are frustrated about this is, yes, Iowa-Nebraska all of a sudden means something, but the Iron Bowl means nothing if Alabama's in there.

And the conversation goes, you're making more teams quote-unquote relevant.

You're making Iowa-Nebraska relevant at the expense of Alabama-Georgia because that game that happened last week means nothing.

Because both teams are going to make the college football.

Well, you never watched it.

You're still gonna watch Alabama-Georgia.

You're still gonna watch, you know, you know, Tennessee and Florida.

That, I, I mean, that, you're exactly right, and that's why they feel so comfortable doing it.

Obviously, this podcast comes out every Friday, so be ready for the debrief of tomorrow's games.

Uh, but I think we're gonna start off with last week's, and there were some ridiculous games, and I think we'll start off with Alabama-Georgia, which ended, uh, 17 to 20 to Georgia.

Uh, the f- Georgia went six and oh at the end of it, and, uh, safe to say there was a bit of controversy over a certain call.

[laughs] It was pass-