They really, really don’t need reminding.
In each of the past two football seasons, the Georgia Bulldogs have had their national championship aspirations dashed by Alabama. In each of those memorable games against the Crimson Tide, the Bulldogs built double-digit leads before eventually losing in dramatic fashion.
Were it not for Alabama, the Bulldogs could be seeking a third consecutive national championship, but the reality is that 1980 remains the only season in which Georgia was No. 1 in the final Associated Press rankings.
“You can’t dwell on the past,” Bulldogs senior safety J.R. Reed said. “I’ve been playing for a long time and part of this program for a long time. We lost on a ‘Hail Mary’ to Tennessee my first year here, but we couldn’t dwell on that, and we lost to Vanderbilt at home on homecoming that same year. Those are games that happen, but you can’t dwell on them.
“What you do is learn from them. You see your mistakes when you watch the film, and you figure out how you can get better. You move on and focus on the next game or the next season.”