INDIANAPOLIS — Georgia nose tackle Jordan Davis took a long look at himself in the mirror after Alabama humbled the Bulldogs by a 41-24 count in the SEC Championship Game, and he didn’t like what he saw.

“I had to look at myself and realize I wasn’t doing enough,” Davis said on Saturday, two days before the Bulldogs meeting against the Crimson Tide in the CFP Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Davis made four tackles in that meeting against Alabama last month, but there were times the Outland Trophy and Bednarik Award winner appeared out of breath. A video clip of Davis, standing stationary as the fast-moving Tide offense scurried around him, went viral.

When Smart said after the game that, ‘sometimes, you see those flaws, brutal truths,” many imagined he might have been talking about Davis’ inefficiency when playing at a heavier weight.

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