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Wiedmer: Bama’s Saban still the soul-crusher of opponents’ championship dreams

AP photo by Brynn Anderson / Alabama football coach Nick Saban talks to players during the first half of Saturday's SEC title game against Georgia at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
AP photo by Brynn Anderson / Alabama football coach Nick Saban talks to players during the first half of Saturday's SEC title game against Georgia at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. AP photo by Brynn Anderson / Alabama football coach Nick Saban talks to players during the first half of Saturday's SEC title game against Georgia at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

It will end one day, this Alabama stranglehold on its Southeastern Conference football brethren. At some point, albeit at some seemingly distant moment in the future, Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban will surely retire.

Won’t he?

Mustn’t he?

The storylines of No. 3 Bama’s 41-24 victory over No. 1 and previously unbeaten Georgia on Saturday will be both diverse and discouraging if you’re a Bulldogs fan looking ahead to the College Football Playoff.

Two costly second-half interceptions by Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett will reenergize the preseason question posed by CBS announcer Brad Nessler early in Saturday’s fourth quarter: “Is Stetson good enough to win the big game?”