ATLANTA — Georgia won’t truly be able to answer any questions until Sept. 3 when it opens the season against Oregon at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

But the Bulldogs will get a chance this week to provide some indication of how they have been going about their work this offseason.

Coach Kirby Smart, along with quarterback Stetson Bennett, center Sedrick Van Pran and outside linebacker Nolan Smith will appear at the College Football Hall of Fame when Georgia takes its turn at SEC Media Days.

Already, there’s a buzz that this season will be sorted out by defending SEC champ Alabama and the defending national champion Bulldogs.

“The dynamic in this conference has changed a little bit with Georgia finally getting over that Alabama hurdle, finally getting that four-decade monkey off their back when it comes to winning another national championship,” SEC Network analyst and former Florida and NFL receiver Chris Doering said during the SEC This Morning Show on Monday.

“How do they handle this week? How does Kirby handle it?”

Alabama coach Nick Saban and the Tide will make it business as usual on Tuesday, bringing arguably one of the most star-studded casts in recent memory in Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young, Nagurski winner Will Anderson and projected first-round safety Jordan Battle.

The Tide will most certainly be picked to win the SEC this season — as it has been the past six years (winning four of those titles).

Alabama’s status as the preseason No. 1 team in the eyes of many has taken some of the attention from Georgia.

“It makes sense because of all of the attrition, especially on the defensive side, that Georgia had from last season’s team,” Doering said, referencing UGA having an NFL-record 15 players drafted, including five first-rounders off the 2021 record-setting defense.

“Alabama is set to kind of have one of those generational-type defenses this year, so I do understand it, but I think that’ll be cool to see whether or not this is a shift in power in the league, or if this is just a blip on the radar from last year.”

Doering, who won three SEC championships at Florida, said he believes having to reload might actually work in Georgia’s favor.

“Sometimes it’s harder to deal with success than it is a failure,” Doering said. “When you fail, you can go back and look at what you did wrong, you can use that as motivation. When you succeed, you have to try to find some motivation from somewhere else. You have to avoid complacency.

“(But) there’s a lot of guys on this team that are going to have opportunities to play that didn’t have as big a role last year.

“So, I think they’ll find that motivation about them wanting to create their own championship, but at the same time, I think it’ll be interesting to see if these folks have that same fire and burn that they did last year trying to get that monkey off their back.”