ATLANTA — With the boogeyman that has been the SEC Championship game vanquished, the No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs now set their sights on conquering even greater monsters.
The No. 1-ranked Bulldogs conquered two beasts at once with Saturday’s 50-30 win over No. 14 LSU at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. One, they were able to capture the school’s first SEC championship since 2017 and only the fourth since divisional play began in 1992. It was the fifth time in the past six years that Georgia has played in the league title game under coach Kirby Smart, but only the second league title during that run. The Bulldogs were 3-6 in the game before Saturday.
Two, the Bulldogs were able to put to rest the notion that LSU somehow has their number. The Tigers (9-4), in their first year under coach Brian Kelly, were one of only two SEC teams Smart has never beaten in his seven years as Georgia’s coach. He entered Saturday’s contest 0-2 against LSU, last losing 37-10 in the 2019 SEC Championship game (Smart’s 0-1 vs. Ole Miss).
