Georgia is back in the SEC Championship for the third season in a row, and has faced a different opponent each time.
In 2017, the Dawgs had Auburn, last season it was Alabama and now it’s LSU.
For LSU, this is the Tigers’ sixth SEC Championship Game appearance and fourth against the Bulldogs. For Georgia, this is our eighth, which is the most of any SEC school since 2000.
The last time Georgia and LSU met in Atlanta it was 2011. Georgia was riding a 10 game winning streak into the Georgia Dome and actually outplayed an LSU team (for the first half) that would go on to play for a national championship.
The final score read 42-10, but if you remember we had a dropped touchdown and Tyrann Mathieu actually let go of the football prior to crossing the goal line on a punt return that was called a touchdown. That’s a 14 point swing. The game’s leading receiver was Tavarres King, who provided us with a score prediction below.
The next time the two teams played, Georgia pulled off one of the greatest wins in the history of the program, beating the sixth ranked Tigers 44-41 after a last minute touchdown from Justin Scott-Wesley, who is also with us in this post.
And most recently, it did not go so well for the Dawgs when they met the Tigers in Baton Rouge. Georgia was routed last season in Death Valley by a score of 36-16. It just was not Georgia’s day.
But now, a new breed of Bulldogs stands ready to bring home yet another SEC Championship. It won’t be easy, but if the defense plays like it has all season and Georgia can control the clock, then I like the Dawgs to win it.
We asked a few former Bulldogs to give us their score prediction, and though the rest of the country is picking LSU, these guys stayed loyal to the G.
Predictions:
WR Tavarres King: “Tough one but I’m going to say 34-31 Dawgs”
WR Justin Scott-Wesley: “Dawgs by three”
S Corey Moore: “34-28 UGA”
RB Keith Marshall: “31-27 Dawgs”
LB Dannell Ellerbe: “24-20 us”
TE Arthur Lynch: “41-38 Georgia”
“Tight ends have their first true breakout game to make the difference and catch LSU off guard.”
TE Jeb Blazevich: “24-17 DAWGS”
TE Orson Charles: “28-10 Georgia”
OL Hunter Long: “20-17 Dawgs”
DT Toby Johnson: “28-10 UGA”
“Win or go home and I know we ain’t going home.”
DT Mike Thornton: “30-27. Comes down to a big kick at the end. Dawgs survive”
WR/PR Damien Gary: “24-21 Dawgs”
K Marshall Morgan: “37-31, Dawgs on Top!”
“My guy Hot Rod will have his leg sniper dialed in and go 3-3 casually! Let’s go!”
LB Ryne Rankin: “24-21 Dawgs. Hot Rod going to send us to the playoff!”
DT John Atkins: “21-14, Georgia”
OL Austin Long: “30-24 DAGWS ON TOP!”
OL Ty Frix: “36-31 UGA”