TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – Alabama coach Nick Saban believes Georgia’s Nick Chubb and Sony Michel stack up well against any tailback tandem in college football.
For his part, Chubb figures the 13th-ranked Crimson Tide has “probably the best (front) seven in America.” Those two groups will collide – a few dozen times, probably – Saturday when the eighth-ranked Bulldogs host Alabama.
Maybe the game will come down to former ACC quarterbacks Greyson Lambert of Georgia and Jake Coker of Alabama. Receivers like the Bulldogs’ Malcolm Mitchell and ‘Bama’s ArDarius Stewart will have their say, too.
But the Southeastern Conference’s No. 2 rushing offense against the top run defense clearly is the most compelling matchup to watch. It’s strength versus strength, literally.
“The whole goal in running the football, up front anyway, is to get movement,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said. “Get guys moved back or get them moved sideways or something, but get them off the spot, get them out of their gap.