Alabama set to host 2-time national champion Georgia as part of 2024 SEC slate

The full 2024 SEC schedule won’t be released until Wednesday night, but some news has started to leak out ahead of the announcement. One game we now know will take place will feature arguably the top two current programs in the league and Georgia and Alabama.

According to Charlie Potter of BamaOnLine.com, Alabama will host Georgia at some point during the 2024 season.

The matchup should be one of the biggest games for the entire 2024 college football slate. Georgia has won each of the past two national titles, while Alabama has won six national titles since 2009 under head coach Nick Saban.

Georgia won the last meeting between the two teams as Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs earned a 33-18 win over Alabama to capture the 2021 national championship.

Prior to that, the Crimson Tide had won seven straight games in the series.

Alabama and Georgia are not scheduled to play in 2023, at least in the regular season. It is of course possible that the two teams could meeting in the SEC championship game or in the College Football Playoff.

Of the last five meetings between the two teams, four of them have been neutral site games.

Alabama is ranked No. 2 in ESPN’s FPI rankings ahead of the 2023 season, while Georgia is No. 3. Both teams should once again be national title contenders this season.

Paul Finebaum assesses other areas of concern for Alabama outside of QB room

In order for the Crimson Tide to compete for a national title, they are going to need some inexperienced players to step up.

After years of consistent, elite play at the quarterback position in Tuscaloosa, there’s an unfamiliar sense of uncertainty at QB for Alabama heading into the 2023 season. Quarterbacks Jalen Milroe and Ty Simpson have been battling for the starting job this offseason, with Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner adding his name to the conversation in April.

College football analyst Paul Finebaum spoke on McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning Monday about Alabama’s quarterback situation, as he was asked if there were any other areas of concern for the Crimson Tide heading into the season.

“They have to have somewhere between serviceable and quality I think,” Finebaum said. “After last year I was concerned about the wide receivers but I’m assured that has been taken care of, I’ll defer to you guys.”

The Crimson Tide were missing the usual high level of firepower that fans had become accustomed to seeing over the last few seasons at the wide receiver position last year. But when looking at Alabama’s schedule, no games really present a threat to the Crimson Tide in the eyes of Finebaum to make him particularly worried about any position.

“But I think what concerns people about Alabama is you can look at the schedule inverted or reverse it. And yeah I’m well aware of Texas being a threat, but I believe Texas is back when they actually win something, not when they win nine games and I hope they’re back, I think we’re all collectively pulling for Steve Sarkisian,” Finebaum said. “But I don’t think Texas is going to win that game. I don’t think Tennessee‘s going to beat Alabama. I don’t think LSU‘s going to beat Alabama.”