Q: Were players on the Georgia football team allowed to go back home and stay before the National Championship? Were they allowed to go back to Athens (after Saturday’s Media Day at Mercedes-Benz Stadium), and spend the night in their own bed and not have to stay in a hotel?
—Horace Sanders, Chamblee
A: Teams were asked to report to Atlanta on Friday before the College Football Playoff National Championship game. The team stayed in Atlanta the nights of Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, a spokesman for the UGA Athletic Association told Q&A on the News.
The team was allowed to bus back to Athens for practice on Saturday and returned to Atlanta the same day. No nights were spent in Athens, the spokesman said.
Alabama beat Georgia 26-23 in overtime for the College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 8.
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