Life’s been good for Alabama in Atlanta.

Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide have played in nine SEC title games, winning eight of them.

They will face Georgia to try for nine and a potential spot in the College Football Playoff on Saturday. But first, let’s look back at Bama’s conference title appearances under the head coach, many of them some of the greatest games played in program history.

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9) 2016: Alabama 54, Florida 16

Led by true freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts, Bama smothered the Gators with just 372 offensive yards, holding Florida scorless in the second half. The Tide’s dominant defense, who went on a non-offensive touchdown scoring spree this season, did it again with a Minkah Fitzpatrick 44-yard pick-six in the first quarter. It also marked Verne Lundquist’s final SEC Championship Game broadcast. Fittingly, Bama linebacker Reuben Foster was named the game’s most valuable player, as Alabama would march to the College Football Playoff where they would defeat Washington in the semifinal and fall to Clemson in the title game.

8) 2014: Alabama 42, Missouri 13

After an Iron Bowl shootout in Bryant-Denny Stadium, Blake Sims (the game’s MVP) put on a passing clinic on these Tigers, slinging it for 23-27, 262 yards and two touchdowns (including a deep touchdown to DeAndrew White where Sims received a vicious late hit from Shane Ray, who was ejected). Derrick Henry rumbled for 141 rushing yards and two touchdowns, and the Tide buried Missouri with a 21-0 fourth quarter. Few thought Bama would even make it to Atlanta after their upset loss in Oxford, but Lane Kiffin’s potent offense led them to an appearance in the inaugural College Football Playoff, where the Tide fell to Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl semifinal.

7) 2015: Alabama 29, Florida 15

Derrick Henry carried the ball 44 times (yes, forty-four) for 189 yards and one touchdown to cap a successful Heisman campaign and send the Tide back to the playoff, where they would smash Michigan State 38-0 in the Cotton Bowl and then win a thriller against Clemson in the final to give Nick Saban his fourth national title as head coach in Tuscaloosa. Jake Coker also threw for two touchdowns, one to ArDarius Stewart and another to Richard Mullaney. Henry would win the game’s MVP honors.

6) 2021: Alabama 41, Georgia 24

Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs would end up in the College Football Playoff, win or lose, so this game meant a whole lot more to the Crimson Tide if they still had national championship aspirations. And they rose to the occasion behind quarterback Bryce Young, whose MVP performance cemented his hopes to become the next Heisman Trophy winner (Bama’s first QB to win it). They lost Iron Bowl hero John Metchie III to a torn ACL, but Ohio State transfer Jameson Williams played the game of his life with seven receptions for 184 yards and two touchdowns. Bama made quick work of Cincinnati in the semifinal before facing Georgia once more in the championship game. While the Tide had a fourth quarter lead, the Bulldogs dominated the final stretch to secure their first title since 1980.

5) 2008: Florida 31, Alabama 20

Saban’s only loss in the SEC Championship Game or Atlanta since becoming the Alabama head coach, thanks to the heroics of Tim Tebow, one of the greatest college football players of all time on his way to a national championship win over Oklahoma. After an undefeated regular season, the Crimson Tide were ahead of schedule, returning to the top of the NCAA landscape as a dynasty would begin just a season later. Alabama led the Gators 20-17 in the fourth quarter, but Urban Meyer’s talented squad held the Tide scoreless in the final period. Tide stars like Glen Coffee and Julio Jones did their part to get the team one step closer to its first national title game since the 1992 season, but Florida was just too good.

4) 2009: Alabama 32, Florida 13

The breakthrough game for Alabama as a college football power. After two straight undefeated regular seasons, they managed to slay the dragon, er, Gators led by Tim Tebow, head coach Urban Meyer and a roster full of NFL talent with a dominant performance to secure Nick Saban’s first SEC championship as the Alabama head coach. Javier Arenas intercepted Tebow late to help secure the win, as Alabama’s offensive stars Greg McElroy (the MVP), Mark Ingram (who did enough to win Alabama’s first-ever Heisman Trophy) and Marquis Maze. The Tide would face Texas in the BCS Championship Game in Pasadena, winning 37-21 and giving the program its first title in 17 years.

3) 2020: Alabama 52, Florida 46

Florida gave Alabama’s unstoppable 2020 juggernaut squad as much of a scare as anyone could that season, with Heisman finalist Kyle Trask throwing for 408 yards and three touchdowns, but the Tide offense put up 605 yards behind Mac Jones’ 418 threw the air (and five touchdowns), eventual Heisman-winner Devonta Smiths’ 184 receiving yards and two touchdowns and Najee Harris’ 245 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns. It was an onslaught. And while the Gators hung in there in a really explosive and exciting game, they simply had no answer for Steve Sarkisian’s relentless offense.

2) 2018: Alabama 35, Georgia 28

You could not script it any better. Nearly a year after he was benched in the national championship game against Georgia, Jalen Hurts backed up the quarterback who replaced him until Tua Tagovailoa injured his angle, and Nick Saban called his number. Opting to stay at Alabama instead of transferring despite losing the starting job, Hurts bided his time until opportunity arose and he came in to lead the Tide to an unbelievable 35-28 comeback victory to secure the conference championship and a spot in the College Football Playoff, capped with a 15-yard touchdown run with 1:04 left in the game. We knew Hurts would likely leave the program at season’s end, which he did when he transferred to Oklahoma, but he left one more mark for fans to remember forever. “I’m so proud of this guy for what he’s done this year. I can’t even tell you,” Saban said about Hurts after the game.

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1) 2012: Alabama 32, Georgia 28

A 15-round heavyweight prizefight. This SEC title game became a de facto national title game in retrospect, considering how the Crimson Tide pounded Notre Dame in the BCS finale. Either team would have crushed the Irish, and it all came down to the final seconds. This was arguably peak “joyless murderball” era under Nick Saban behind rolling boulder of a running back Eddie Lacy’s 181 yards and two touchdowns (backed up by the talented T.J. Yeldon) and defensive stars like C.J. Mosley, Dee Milliner and Quinton Dial. The Bulldogs struck the first blow in the first quarter after quarterback Aaron Murray found Jay Rome for a 19-yard score. Bama answered, but things got worse for the Tide when UGA linebacker Alec Ogletree returned a blocked field goal 55 yards for a touchdown to give them a 21-lead. A Todd Gurley fourth quarter go-ahead touchdown put the ball back in Bama’s court, as AJ McCarron skied a 45-yard bomb to Amari Cooper who snuck behind the defensive backfield for the winning score. Unable to put it away on offense late, Bama punted back to Georgia with about a minute left, as Murray led a drive all the way down to the Alabama 8-yard line. But with five seconds left and no timeouts, Chris Conley was tackled inbounds, and the clocked rolled to zero to send Alabama to the BCS Championship Game. Everyone caught their breath after a clear instant classic in Atlanta.

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