Alabama versus UGA. Did everyone see the same game I did?

Serious question time. I watched a slugfest between two relatively evenly matched teams, with UGA up for large portions of the game, and Alabama taking the lead at various points as well. I saw two defenses that played extremely well, and two QBs playing excellent overall games against the competition.

And now, I see on SI.com and ESPN.com how 'Bama was clearly the better team from the jump, and Georgia was lucky to have been in the game. As if it was a foregone conclusion that the game ended how it did. Am I insane, or did I watch a different game, where Georgia looked and played like potential SEC champions? Because reading some of these articles, I can't believe what I'm seeing.