Aaron Murray voices concern over Alabama, Georgia following Week 7 action

ESPN analyst and former Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray has serious concerns over the Bulldogs as well as Alabama. Both teams won their games in Week 7, but it could each could have just as easily lost.

Murray was of course all in on the opportunity to rag on Alabama. However, what he doesn’t like is having to accept what that means for his Bulldogs, who lost to the Crimson Tide in Week 5.

“I want to say that Bama is just not elite this year… but then what does that say about UGA?” Murray wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

The Crimson Tide allowed South Carolina to recover an onside kick with under a minute to play and nearly get in position for a game-winning field goal try. However, their defense came up big late to force a game-sealing interception and run out the clock.

Georgia, on the other hand, struggled to put away Mississippi State in an eventual 41-31 win. Although it was never quite as close to losing as Alabama, fans surely would have liked to see a more dominant performance against a team that has yet to win a conference game.

In fact, Mississippi State and South Carolina are a combined 1-6 in SEC play and teams that both Alabama and Georgia should have handled easily. This isn’t the first sign of struggle we’ve seen from the teams either. The Crimson Tide suffered an upset loss to Vanderbilt in Week 6 while Georgia escaped a game against Kentucky by one point in Week 3.

At least one of Alabama or Georgia has competed for an SEC Championship every year since 2014. They have played each other three times during that span, including twice in the past three seasons.

However, with what we’ve seen from both so far this season, there are legitimate questions about whether that will continue. It’s not out of the question yet, but it’s been bad enough that fans and alumni of both Georgia and Alabama such as Aaron Murray are starting to say something.

Alabama has a big matchup looming next week against rival Tennessee while Georgia will take on No. 1 Texas. It’s safe to say if they both play the way they did Saturday, it won’t be a pretty result.