- ABC News
- January 9, 2022
INDIANAPOLIS -- Georgia coach Kirby Smart saw enough of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young a month ago to know what the Bulldogs are up against Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T. "We talk about him as Houdini, because he can make people miss," Smart said Sunday. "He gets rid of the ball. People don't even account for the number of times this guy has avoided sacks and thrown the ball with no intention of anybody catching it. But he knows where to throw the ball to not take a sack. When you can do that, you're really elite." Young, this season's Heisman Trophy winner, set an SEC championship game record with 461 yards of total offense in Alabama's 41-24 win over Georgia in Atlanta. He passed for three touchdowns and ran for another against a Georgia defense that had allowed only seven touchdowns in 48 quarters entering that game. Young led the Crimson Tide to three touchdowns in the first half. In his first...