They Said It

"I can't say enough about the remarkable senior class. These two young men sitting next to me, they meant more to Georgia than yards. A lot of heart and soul. A lot of fire. Sony Michel came over and talked to the group several times during the game, inspired those guys. But in overtime we didn't finish when we had to and Alabama did. Give them credit, but I think everybody can see that Georgia's going to be a force to be reckoned with."

Kirby Smart

"We needed a spark on offense. Tua certainly gave us that and did a really good job. Defense stepped up when they had to. We didn't do very well on third down in the first half, which really hurt us ..."

Nick Saban

"Yes, absolutely. We talked long about it and talked about the ways we play him. We played enough snaps. We'd seen him on tape. We told everybody at halftime there was no question they were going to him because they were struggling and they needed some momentum. He provided them some juice, got them some momentum, got the momentum swung back their way."

Smart

"We called four verticals on that play. After the sack, we just got up and took it to the next play. And throughout that process, we got the ball. It looked like they were running two trap. The corner trap on that single receiver side, and I held the safety in the middle as the over was coming. I looked back out, and he was wide open, Smitty was wide open so I hit him, and here we are now, thank God.

Tua Tagovailoa

I felt like that we've had this in our mind that, if we were struggling offensively, that we would give Tua an opportunity, even in the last game. No disrespect to Jalen, but the real thought was, you know, they came into the game thinking we were going to run the ball and be able to run quarterback runs, which we made a couple of explosive plays on. But with the absence of a passing game and being able to make explosive plays and being able to convert on third down, I just didn't feel we could run the ball well enough, and I thought Tua would give us a better chance and a spark, which he certainly did.

Saban

"We didn't do a good job of finishing. We had some drives and were out of momentum, and we ended up punting the ball. That hurts us, the momentum. That was a great defense we went up against. A lot of respect for what they do. A lot of big bodies up front, makes it hard to run. But at the end of the day, it just comes down to us not executing well."

Nick Chubb

"They had a good plan against our defense. Their quarterback did a really good job of checking some plays and hitting some passes, but it was split safeties in the middle of the field. So we were struggling a little bit in the first half defensively, but if you can't overcome hard, you're never going to have any great victories in our life."

Saban

"You know, Jake's a special kid. He's a gamer. He understands the game of football. He sees spacing on the field. He sees guys open, very accurate passer. I mean, I think, if you want to find out about Jake Fromm, go ask those guys on the other side of the ball, and they'll tell you because that's a really good defense he just went against. These guys over here pounded the rock, had some hard, tough earned yards. It's as physical and big as a defense there is, and Jake Fromm really did some nice things in the game."

Smart

"I think one of the things that makes me most proud of this team is - and I'm surprised nobody asked it - we've never had this many games missed by starters in a season ever, and to be able to overcome that with the next guy up, whoever it was, to go out there and play the way they played together as a group and trusted and believed in each other, and I think that respect and trust is something that's really important to have in a good team.

Saban

"So many great people we've met through the past four years and great teammates like Sony and great coaching staff and Coach Richt, Coach Smart, and those guys. It's great to play for good coaches and meet amazing new people. It's something I know we'll never forget."

Chubb

"I don't know, the biggest difference from Hawaii and Alabama would probably be there's no beaches, but other than that, the people are very nice. The people are very religious. There's football too. So how much better could it get?

Tagovailoa

"Coach Saban and Coach Pruitt always talk about just farm your own land and do your job, and I think we were just out there trying to make plays instead of focusing on what we had to do as a defense to be successful. But I think we settled down and just got back at playing good 'Bama defense."

Da'Ron Payne

"The standard's been set by these young men right here. I can't put into words what these seniors mean. We're running out of the tunnel tonight, and this guy over here next to me, 27 comes by me and says, 'I'll go anywhere with you, and I'll follow you anywhere, and I'll fight for you because I believe in you.' And that meant more to me than anything."

Smart