Overview

• Kadyn Proctor, a 6-foot-7, ~366-pound left tackle, lined up wide and took a backward screen for 11 yards to the 2-yard line, setting up Ty Simpson’s two-yard rushing score that proved decisive.
• The Proctor call was installed in camp, shelved after a misfire, then revived when a midweek practice catch convinced Kalen DeBoer to greenlight it, and it was officially scored as a rush.
• Ty Simpson went 24-of-38 for 276 yards with two passing touchdowns plus a rushing TD, leading Alabama to 13-of-19 on third downs and a 77–53 play-count edge.
• Georgia’s Kirby Smart defended a failed 4th-and-1 call at the Tide 8, saying he would make the same choice “10 out of 10 times,” as his record versus Alabama fell to 1-7.
• Alabama improved to 3-1 (1-0 SEC) and rose five spots to No. 11 in the US LBM Coaches Poll, while Georgia slipped to No. 10 and turns to regroup before Kentucky.