Georgia's intense postgame stunt sends message to rest of CFP hopefuls

The University of Georgia football team didn't just win the Southeastern Conference championship on Saturday; they took it by force. The No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs demolished No. 9 University of Alabama 28-7 en route to the program's first-ever back-to-back SEC championship. 

After time expired in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs ran out onto the field not with a flag to plant on the field, but with belts in hand. These weren't wrestling replica title belts that the WWE sometimes gives winners of big games — those might come soon enough if Georgia makes it back to the national championship game — they were just regular old belts. 

The message coming from the Bulldogs players? They weren't going to be upset by Alabama like they were earlier in the season. So they put a belt to you know what on Saturday, and the team clearly plans to bring that mentality to the playoffs. 

Georgia players make an aggressive statement by dominating Alabama

For three quarters, Alabama didn't score any points. It wasn't until it was too late that the Crimson Tide got its first and only touchdown of the game. The Alabama offense came into the game as one of the best in the country. On Saturday, they rushed for negative three yards as a team. 

So, if any player was going to lead their fellow student athletes in a rather aggressive celebration, it's fitting that defensive tackle Christen Miller took up the belt. While Miller didn't show up on the box score, the defensive line stiffled Alabama all night.