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« Reply #51 on: January 12, 2021, 12:53:50 AM » |
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Some crazy stats:
-This is the first time since 2009 that Alabama actually had an undefeated season. Their 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2017 championship seasons all featured a loss. On the other hand, they lost in the CFP Final in 2016 and 2018 after perfect regular seasons.
-Alabama last trailed at any point in a game on October 17th, their 4th game of the season. In their last 9 games, they never had so much as a 3-0 1st quarter deficit.
-This was the 13th consecutive season that Alabama was ranked #1 at some point in the season. It's also the 12th time in those 13 seasons (and 9th straight) that they entered their regular season finale (generally the Iron Bowl) with a legitimate shot at a national championship.
-This is the second straight year that the national champion was an undefeated SEC team that averaged scoring north of 48 points per game and featured the Heisman Trophy winner. Those are also the only two occasions the 1-seed has ever won the College Football Playoff since its creation.
-DeVonta Smith set the all-time record for receptions and receiving touchdowns in a CFP Title Game and was 8 yards short of Ja'Marr Chase's receiving yards record from last year. And, that's all despite only playing half of the game.
-In the last 15 years, the SEC has now won 11 national championships. The ACC follows with three, and the Big Ten has one. In that same 15 year span, the SEC has actually sent 16 teams to the National Championship Game, only being shut out in the 2014 season (but having both participants in 2011 and 2017).
-This also finishes off a 7-2 bowl campaign for the SEC, which is even more remarkable because all seven wins came against ranked opponents (including unranked teams Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and Kentucky downing ranked foes). That sets an all-time record for wins by a conference against ranked opponents in a bowl season.
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