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If Georgia football didn’t already have bulletin board material for the 2023 season, it does now. ESPN “College GameDay” analysts Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Kirk Herbstreit all picked the Alabama Crimson Tide to win the SEC on Saturday.
McAfee and Herbstreit both picked the Bulldogs to make the College Football Playoff with Alabama as their national champion pick.
Howard didn’t have Georgia in the College Football Playoff and tabbed Michigan as the national champion.
It’s worth noting the Crimson Tide have not named a starting quarterback one week before their season opener versus Middle Tennessee.
Under head coach Kirby Smart, the Bulldogs have shown an ability to maintain motivation regardless of who they play or where they are projected to finish.
Georgia was ranked No. 3 in last year’s preseason AP Poll and finished with a 15-0 season and another national championship.
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The Bulldogs will begin their title defense on Sept. 2 versus UT Martin in Sanford Stadium.