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  Onto the next. That was the mindset of Georgia football about a week after winning its first national championship in 41 years last January, according to center Sedrick Van Pran-Granger. "We understood that last year had nothing to do with this year, so we had to work for everything," the redshirt sophomore said. That work by players and staff and a still-loaded roster even with a slew of NFL departures has gotten No. 1 Georgia to Monday's 7:30 p.m. College Football Playoff national championship game against upstart and No. 3 TCU at SoFi Stadium. Georgia is trying to become the fourth team to win back-to-back national titles since 1979, joining Nebraska in 1994-95, Southern Cal in 2003-04 and Alabama in 2011-2012. "It doesn't start when the season starts," Georgia coach Kirby Smart said Sunday morning. "It starts Tuesday when the season ends. And it just continues. I don't know that you can relax and just say, OK, we're going to be fine." You have to make it happen. And I think each and every year you have a different team."

Smart has won five national championships as a coach including four with Alabama as defensive coordinator under Nick Saban including in 2015 when he finished out the season after being hired by Georgia. The Crimson Tide won it in 2009, but went 10-3 the following year in a season that ended in the Citrus Bowl. Alabama completed back-to-back national titles in 2011 and 2012, going 12-1 and 13-1. The Crimson Tide lost eight NFL draft picks off that 2011 team including four first-round picks-running back Trent Richardson, safety Mark Barron, cornerback Dre Kirkpartrick and linebacker Don't'a Hightower. Six of those eight draft picks came from the defense. - Athens Daily Banner


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