STARKVILLE, Miss. — Georgia’s last two games of the season are as close to meaningless as they could get in terms of their overall effect on the big picture. Technically, the Bulldogs don’t have to beat either Kentucky next Saturday or Georgia Tech in the final week of the regular season to be able to play for postseason seeding in the Dec. 3 SEC Championship at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The teams that will meet in the conference title game are the No. 1-ranked Bulldogs (10-0, 7-0 SEC), clinching the Eastern Division’s berth on Saturday night with a 45-19 win over Mississippi State, and No. 7 LSU (8-2, 6-1), which locked up the West with a 13-10 win over Arkansas in Fayetteville coupled with Alabama’s 30-24 win over Ole Miss in Oxford.
Just don’t bother to ask Georgia coach Kirby Smart or the Bulldogs how much time or resources they will devote to getting themselves ready for the SEC title tilt.
