ATLANTA — Kirby Smart didn’t try to hide what beating Alabama meant for Georgia football and its fans after the Bulldogs had so often gone up against the Crimson Tide and left with pain and suffering.

“You know what? These fans have been through a lot of heartache and agony in these games,” the Bulldogs coach said from a stage set up on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium field after their SEC Championship Game win Saturday Dec. 6. “But not tonight, baby, not tonight!”

No, the 28-7 Georgia win was a near-masterful performance not so much in the stat sheet, but in the way the Bulldogs handled the Crimson Tide in nearly every facet of the game.

“Man, to beat Alabama like this,” University of Georgia president Jere Morehead told the Athens Banner-Herald as he followed players towards a vic

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