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This year's SEC Championship has something you haven't seen before

Mascot Big Al of the Alabama Crimson Tide carries a flag across the field during the 2015 SEC Championship game against the Florida Gators at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
Mascot Big Al of the Alabama Crimson Tide carries a flag across the field during the 2015 SEC Championship game against the Florida Gators at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Nov 29, 2016

Yes, The 23rd SEC Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta at 4 p.m. Saturday will feature the very familiar lineup of Alabama against Florida.

Saturday will be the ninth time in the event’s 25-year history that the Tide and Gators have met, including the seventh time in the 23 games in Atlanta. Florida has four wins over Alabama.

It’s the most frequent matchup in the event’s history.

New this year - its final in the Georgia Dome - is something that will be very familiar to each team.

Each end zone will be painted as they appear at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla.:

A look at the painting in action, for Alabama:

And for Florida:

#Hyperlapse video of the @GatorsFB endzone being painted for #SECChamp25 #ItJustMeansMore

🐊🏈

— The Georgia Dome (@GeorgiaDome)

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