Here's how Alabama football shut down LSU's offense and in the process proved it's good enough to compete in the College Football Playoff.

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And the sensible answer is heck no. Under the old four-team format for the College Football Playoff, conference championship games were mostly a steppingstone toward a playoff berth. Georgia's 2023 team would be a glaring exception − Alabama's win over the Bulldogs in the SEC title game last year knocked UGA out of the playoff − but far more often than not,