Josh Pate argues that Georgia is currently struggling with a persistent pattern of underperforming in the first half of games.

“Georgia has gotten behind in every big game this year. Defensively, they are 85th in pass yards per first half allowed. They are 130th in first half completion percentage allowed. They are notorious for getting behind the eight ball this year.”

He believes the current state of the SEC will lead to a matchup between Texas A&M and Alabama in the conference championship.

“I think what we're seeing in the SEC right now, what we saw the rest of the day from other teams, we got A&M. We got Alabama. We're going to meet in Atlanta.”

He believes it is highly unlikely for a defensive player to win the Heisman Trophy given the current landscape of college football.

“I don't think people understand how special you have to be as a defensive player in college to be considered for a Heisman. Yeah. Just because he's saying people popping out on film because collectively as a whole you guys have a good defense, it's always one person.”

He believes that the Alabama defense was the deciding factor in their victory over LSU by holding them to nine points despite multiple red zone attempts.

“Alabama's defense did an outstanding job holding LSU to nine points even though they were in the red zone like four or five times on that. Yeah, they did yeah. And so, give those guys credit. Give Alabama defense credit. They played really, really well tonight.”