This is the matchup everyone has been waiting for. Who would be the two teams to face-off in the SEC Championship game? Everyone had their opinions, but Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia will play LSU for the SEC Championship. The winner is headed to the College Football Playoff. Everything is on the line.
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Georgia vs. LSU
- When: Saturday, December 7
- Time: 4:00 p.m. ET
- TV: CBS
- Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)
Both teams are well balanced. However, it is obvious where their strengths lie. The Bulldogs (11-1) led the SEC in total defense, scoring defense, rushing defense and pass efficiency defense. However, LSU (12-0) is an entirely different animal, especially with Heisman front-runner Joe Burrow at quarterback. The Tigers lead the SEC in total offense and scoring offense, and Burrow has set the league’s single-season passing yardage record.
After Georgia’s regular-season finale against Georgia Tech, plenty of attention has been on the health of running back D’Andre Swift. He left last Saturday’s game with a left shoulder injury in the third quarter and didn’t return. While Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said after the game that Swift should be fine for the Championship game, he said on Monday that the team was “hopeful” he’d be able to play. The team’s leading receiver in yardage and touchdowns, George Pickens, will miss the first half of the Championship game after being ejected in the third quarter of last weekend’s matchup for throwing punches.
Now with his focus squarely on Georgia, LSU head coach Ed Orgeron said on Monday that he’s impressed with the Bulldogs on both sides of the ball, especially the offensive and defensive lines that he believes are the best the Tigers have seen all year. Orgeron made it clear he’s aware that Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm has completed less than 50 percent of his passes in the last four games, but isn’t underestimating the quarterback.
The last time LSU was in the Championship game came in 2011 in which it got a 42-11 win over Georgia. The Bulldogs have been in the game the last three seasons and won the Championship in 2017 vs. Auburn.
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