Beating Georgia Tech was a given for Georgia. Doing so convincingly was expected. The Bulldogs unofficially checked off both boxes by halftime Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium. If those aligned with them weren’t already thinking it, they were by that point.

Beat Alabama.

“Everyone has had it kind of circled and seen it out there,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said after the 45-0 victory. “We’ve really tried to work hard on getting better. That’s been the emphasis is, ‘What can you improve on?’”

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Ja’Quon Stembridge, shown here in July at the Henry County Republican Party monthly meeting, recently stepped from his position with the Georgia GOP. (Jenni Girtman for the AJC)

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