The marquee matchup of the 2024 season kicks off from Bryant-Denny Stadium, as No. 4 Alabama welcomes No. 2 Georgia in a bombshell confrontation between ranked SEC rivals and national title hopefuls in college football’s Week 5 action on Saturday.
A month into his debut season, the game represents by far Kalen DeBoer’s biggest test in his mission to replace Nick Saban, and a major proving ground for him to convince an uncertain fanbase that he can uphold the program’s lofty standard in games of this magnitude.
There’s plenty of pressure on Georgia, too. The favorite to win the national title at the sportsbooks since the end of last season, the team lost its No. 1 ranking after a sloppy win at Kentucky and this game is the first of three huge road tests against top-10 ranked competition…