<Li> y--Championship game participant </Li> <P> The 2012 SEC Championship Game was played on December 1, 2012, in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, and determined the 2012 football champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game featured the Georgia Bulldogs, winners of the SEC Eastern Division vs the Alabama Crimson Tide, the winner of the SEC Western Division . </P> <P> Georgia was the designated "home" team . The game was televised by CBS Sports for the twelfth straight season . Kickoff was scheduled at 4: 00 (EST). Alabama won the game 32 - 28 improving their record to 4 - 4 in the title game . Alabama's Eddie Lacy was named MVP after rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns . The game at the time was the most watched college football game of the 2012 season (it would be surpassed by the 2013 BCS National Championship Game on January 7, 2013) with the game receiving a 10.1 share or 21.0 million viewers tuned in . </P> <P> After the first - ever scoreless first quarter in this game's history, the teams traded touchdowns in the second quarter . Alabama kicked a field goal as time expired in the first half to take a 10 - 7 lead . </P>

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