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Scott Cochran is more than just a strength and conditioning coach.He representedthe heartbeatof the NickSabandynasty before he was hiredaway from Alabama by Georgia coach Kirby Smart on Monday Taylor Guerrieri Jersey . He served as Alabama's strength coach for the last13 years, and hefamously proclaimed before the Georgia game in 2008 that the Bulldogs were .The Crimson Tide led that game 31-0 at halftime en route to a 41-30 victory.A psychological ploy by the Bulldogs backfired and when it comes tothese two SEC powerhouses that blow has reverberated ever since.Remember, Georgia was ranked No. 3 and Alabama was No. 8 in that game. The Bulldogs have lost the last five meetings.That is the significance of Smart who tried to hire Cochran in 2015 getting the longtime strength coach now. Cochran will serve as the specialteamscoordinator for Ivan Rodriguez Jersey the Bulldogs, but it's more about taking something valuable away from the Crimson Tide.MORE: Other SEC schools have tried to pull Cochran away. Lane Kiffin, now at Ole Mi s, attempted to do itafter being hired this cycle.Saban, however, was always able to hold on to one of most-trusted coaches despite endle sstaff turnoverin Tuscaloosa.Cochran wasa symbol of some level of stability for the program. He helped maintain order.No, losing Cochran isn't a death blow for the Alabama dynasty. The Crimson Tide will be ranked in the top five acro s most publications next season, Jeffrey Springs Jersey andSaban, who turns 69on Halloween, by no means has lost his touch.Still, every Alabama fans knows about allowing 40-plus points in lo ses to Clemson, LSU and Auburn the last two seasons.The Crimson Tide have not won the national championship since Tua Tagovailoa fired a second-and-26 pa s toDeVontaSmith for a 26-23 victory in theCollege Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 8, 2018.That was against Georgia, of course. It preceded a 35-28 victory in the SEC championship the following season, one in which Jalen Hurts leda pair of fourth-quarter TD drives. It furthered the pain felt by Bulldogs fans in recent decades.Alabama has two-year national championship drought. By comparison, Georgia's stretches all the way back to Herschel Walker's freshman year in 1980. Of the true blue-blood programs, the Bulldogs have the .It isabsolutely a psychologicaldrought as well.Georgia has finished in the top 10 a total of 15 times since 1980, including each of the last three seasons. There are big questions for 2020, too.Jake Fromm is Hunter Pence Jersey gone, there was a large exodus to the NFL Draft and new offensive coordinator Todd Monken and incoming transfer quarterback Jamie Newmanare tasked with e sentially "doing what LSU did"in 2020. Florida might be the preseason favorite to win the SEC East.That's why the Cochran hire comes at the perfect time. Smart landed the nation's top recruiting cla s in two of the last three cycles.Georgia's national championship window remains wide open, while some are wondering if there are cracks forming in Alabama's dynasty underSaban. Hey, Cochran finally left.Whatotherconclusion would you draw?That's why we can' Jesse Chavez Jersey t wait for Sept. 19. That's when Georgia will come to Alabama, and Cochran will be firing up the Bulldogs. It will beanother chance for Georgia to reverse the curse of that ill-fated night when it walked into itsown funeral.Do not expect the Bulldogs to be wearing black for the occasion. With Cochran, theprogram's heartbeat is stronger than ever.