You know the "common opponents" is a flawed argument and saying X is better than Y can be swayed multiple different ways. Bama/Aub is one of the biggest rivalries in all sports. Anything can happen in that game.By the logic that UGA had a far superior record against common opponents than Bama, Bama was the better team???
UF gave up before they ever met UGA.
Arkansas hit bama with the big plays and made it close, UGA had better pass D and shut it down against them.
Head to head Bama was better at full strength than UGA (Atlanta).
Head to head UGA was better with Bama losing WR1 and WR2 (Indy).
Would UGA have beat them had Bama not lost their two top targets? Possibly, we will never know.
But we did see what happened when both were healthy.