Paul Finebaum didn’t mince his words regarding Georgia’s standing following their loss to Notre Dame in the Quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff, comparing the Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs to the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Georgia football’s season came to an end. The Bulldogs fell to Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, with the final score being 23-10. The late-game magic that propelled Georgia in their last two games was nowhere to be found.

The Georgia Bulldogs came into the Sugar Bowl optimistic. Despite massive flaws that caused several games to be close down the stretch, the Bulldogs won the SEC championship to secure a first-round bye.

Among those that picked against Notre Dame, was one of the emerging mouthpieces of college football, On3's JD Pickell. Pickell is fair for the most part when it comes to breaking down games, and he definitely had his fair reasons to pick against the Irish. Although he has picked against Notre Dame many times this season ... I digress.

The story of the Sugar Bowl can be boiled down to less than a minute of game time in final seconds of the first half and opening seconds of the second half.

Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Arian Smith made one of the Bulldogs' only big plays in UGA's 23-10 loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Sugar Bowl. After the game, Smith gave credit to Notre Dame,

The Georgia Bulldogs and Notre Dame Fighting Irish have completed the first half of play in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

The No. 7 College Football Playoff seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish are still alive. Through two rounds in the CFP, Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish are 2-0 after taking down the No. 10 seed Indiana Hoosiers in the first round and the No. 2 seed Georgia Bulldogs in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday.

Georgia and Notre Dame will take the field Thursday afternoon at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans amid heightened security and carrying the emotions of more than a berth in