ATLANTA — From his left, from his right and in front of his face, Jalen Milroe had defenders closing in, the pocket shrinking into a straitjacket. Alabama, the team on his 20-year-old shoulders, needed a first down in the fourth quarter of the SEC championship game Saturday to bury Georgia with a touchdown instead of giving it late life with a field goal. So Milroe hung in there. He scanned the field in Georgia territory at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. And while those defenders reached for him, he flipped a pass to Isaiah Bond, the ball landing softly in the wide receiver’s waiting hands. Three plays later, eighth-ranked Alabama scored that touchdown to extend its lead to 10, the padding it needed in a 27-24 win that snapped No. 1 Georgia’s 29-game winning streak. In the moment, it meant another conference title for the Crimson Tide and Nick Saban, who has won…
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