Published November 28, 2011 - 2:42pm
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Much has been made of Georgia’s “easy” schedule. The fact is that SEC East runner-up South Carolina and UGA’s SEC schedule only differ by one team. UGA drew Miss State and USCe drew Arkansas, that’s it, one team is all that separates a trip to the Dome Dec 3rd and watching at home in Columbia.
1. Attending the Florida/Florida State game with my Gator fan wife Saturday night, the Gators had a moment of silence before kick off to honor long-time UGA announcer Larry Munson. A classy move by the Rowdy Reptiles they certainly didn’t have to do.
2. Georgia “avoided” the Big 3 from the SEC West this year by the round-robin schedule making of the SEC league office. Many experts say that is the only reason UGA is where it is. I say maybe it is the only reason LSU, Bama and Arkansas are where they are! Doesn’t anyone think that the Dawgs were capable of taking down one of the Big 3 if they had played Georgia this year? Perhaps it is they who are the lucky ones….
3. Nobody outside of Athens is giving the Dawgs any chance of beating LSU this weekend. That is exactly the thinking that will help the Dawgs. When they began the season in the Ga Dome vs. Boise State back in August, the pride of the SEC was on the Dawgs shoulders. Under dogs in that game but expected to win nevertheless, the Dawgs came out tight and never recovered. This week is a totally different scenario. The Dawgs are under dogs again, but have no pressure on them at all. Aaron Murray and company are free to play loose, take chances and enjoy the night.
4. Les Miles has a winning record vs. all other SEC teams except one……Georgia. The last time UGA won the SEC Championship was vs. LSU in 2005. The two SEC Championships Georgia has under Head Coach Mark Richt in 2002 and 2005; Tony Stewart won the NASCAR championship those years as he did already this year. I’d say Georgia has plenty of reason to be confident Saturday.
Georgia does not stand a chance. Previous years make no difference in what happens this year. Bringing up Georgia’s past game against Boise is a good idea. They will definitely play better than they did against Boise, but look at LSU’s past. Since the West Virgina game, NO ONE has moved the ball on LSU. LSU is on a mission and Georgia isn’t going to stop them. Don’t get me wrong, Georgia is a good team, but LSU is the best team. Georgia will not be able to stop LSU’s running backs, and Jefferson will play to his best and be hard to stop as well. Scoring will be almost impossible for Georgia. Look for this game to get ugly quick. LSU wins this one by more than 21 points.
Will not even be a close game.
Bama locker room before the Sugar Bowl vs. Utah…..”Don’t sweat it boys, we got this one in the bag”.
The easy schedule sure does help Georgia get there a lot, but in the end south Carolina slipped up against an inferior auburn team, Georgia didnt. That’s why the play the game. I hate Georgia but I’d love to see them screw up the west.
Lets see? Where to start with this one?
Past games and years don’t mean anything?! Are you frigging kidding me!!! Phil Steele and Danny Sheridan make millions of dollars by knowing history ,trends, coming off bye weeks, on turf vs grass etc etc etc. Of course the past means something. Thats ridiculous to believe otherwise.
Does it mean UGA wins of course not but it figures into the line Las Vegas uses and billions will be wagered using some of that HISTORY.
Lets see? Most recent. Oklahoma vs Texas Tech. How about Oklahoma vs Boise State, Alabama vs Utah. To think UGA doesn’t have a chance is BS. Upsets happen every weekend. I have an idea! Lets all quit our jobs and move to Vegas and bet on football games for a living. YEAH RIGHT! Of course UGA has a chance. Are the odds against them winning? Yes.
I have listened to talk sports and one idiot called in and said Georgia would lose to Auburn and Georgia Tech. I bet that brainiac isn’t anywhere near LasVegas.
I have an idea. Why don’t we just go ahead and give LSU hte victory. After all they’ve played against a QB like Murray before this season right? And they played against some good defenses like Alabama right? How many touchdowns did they score? Oh none?
Why don’t we just wait and see. Unless you guys want Danny Sheridan’s job? I think you would probably suck. I’m just sayin!
GO DAWGS!!!
No one said anything about history, just previous years. You can take into consideration everything you said, but LSU’s loses to Georgia in previous years do not play a factor in this game because none of those players play anymore. There is a big difference in taking into consideration factors that matter and saying in 2005 LSU lost to Georgia, therefore UGA has a chance to win this game. There is no relevance. LSU does have more to play for in this game and that makes a big difference. But LSU has also preformed well under pressure. You want to talk about low offense games. 1 word for you Kentucky. HAHA. LSU smoked the crap out of Kentucky, UGA scored what? 10 points. LSU has beaten all but 1 opponent by more than 10 points. Vegas has nothing to do with this game. Last time I checked, Arkansas was supposed to hang with LSU, Oregon was supposed to beat LSU. In this dog vs cat fight. The Tigers are going to send the puppies packing.
Andrew…lets not put the horse before the cart. We have a great team, but anything can happen on any given Saturday. Do I think LSU will win? Yes, but the dogs play us tough and you just never knwo what may happen. We may want to let this one play out as opposed to garunteing wins. We see where that got the Hogs last week. Good luck to the Dawgs and Geaux Tigers!!!
I completely agree, that game is no where near decided. But lets be real, LSU is ranked #1 for a reason. No one has played a schedule like they have and survived. LSU’s defense is insanely good and their offense is ruthless. Does Georgia stand a chance, yes they do. But they better play the best game ever and make no mistakes because LSU is just that good. Even when LSU has an off day they still find a way to win.
THEY HAVE A CHANCE…. BUT IF WE THINK ABOUT THIS THEY LOST TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND A BIG REASON IS BECAUSE OF MARCUS LATTIMORE SO IF LSU HAS ABOUT FIVE RUNNING BACKS THEY CAN ROTATE IN AND OUT… THEY HAVENT FACED A DEFENSE LIKE LSU DEFENSE LSU ROTATES PLAYERS IN AND OUT… MAY I REMIND YOU OF THE BOISE STATE GAME ON HOW THE 3 DOWN LINEMEN FOR GEORGIA WERE GETTING WHIPPED AND THEY WERE WORE OUT OK JUST STOP BEING A GEORGIA FAN AND LOOK AT ALL DIFFERENT SIDES IM AN LSU FAN BUT I LOOK AT ALL THE STATS I MEAN SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE IN THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE THEY BEAT GEORGIA AND THEY ARE UNDEFEATED IN THE SEC EAST.. SO BE LUCKY YALL GOT IN
GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!!!!!! HONEY BADGER DONT CARE!!!1
Although I would love to say LSU “has this one in the bag” I know this is the SEC. Anyone can beat anyone on any given Saturday. Yes, we are better than we have ever been (IMO). Yes we are about a two touchdown favorite. But when that coin is tossed and the ball is teed up, does anyone think that’s what’s gonna be going through the players minds? No. I’ll treat this like I’ve treated every other game. Can we win? Yes. Are we better yes? Is it guaranteed? NO. This is why we play.
To the real usc once again. stop using the GEORGIA HAS A EASY SCHDULE. I just showed you and this article also told you the schdule from usc to uga is the same outside of the draw uga got miss st, and you got arkansas. If you didnt read the last article that i post then here you go once again from Nov 16th off espn page are direct words from your coach, ” The question was then brought up if he thought Georgia benefited from a softer schedule than most other teams in the SEC, but Spurrier said Georgia and South Carolina had almost identical conference schedules, except for one game. To lsu fans congrats on the season to everything you’ve did this year. But to the 90% of lsu fans who paidattention to ONLY lsu or the SEC WEST, georgia aint a push over. I dont want to here past games, easy schdules blah blah blah blah the same words gettin recycled to make an arguement just watch the game like the rest of the DAWG nation. Who should win LSU because they are the number 1 team. CAN WE WIN? NO DOUBT, but for it to happen georgia has to be a well balanced team like the game they put up against auburn.
Is this guys really predicating a UGA win based on a NASCAR result? Credibility went out the window with that ridiculous argument….lol
Maybe we should say that everytime the championship is in new orleans lsu goes!!!!! they win every four years 03, o7,……11… really nascar hahahahaha!!!!! so what makes you think georgia will beat lsu in the sec championship…
LSU has only allowed 127 points in 12 games. UGA has only allowed 213 points in 12 games. This game is going to be closer than you think. But if I had to bet money I would lean towards LSU just because Miles is so tricky.
Chris – you’re right, it was one game difference. But it was Ole Miss/Arkansas (we played Miss State in Starkville – y’all got ‘em at home). So we both played Aub and Miss St. Y’all got an absolute assured win in Old Miss and we got one of the 6 best teams in the country. So it was a substantially easier road. After SC beat UGA, SC had no room for error. True, UGA didn’t either, but UGA lost to SC so they shouldn’t have had any room for error.
SC should have beat Aub – it’s our own fault and it is what it is. But get off the idea that y’all didn’t have an easier sched. You would have lost to Ark if you’d played them rather than ole miss – you’d have been 6-2 and we’d be going to Atl.
Congrats on winning the East – but quit acting like you would have won it anyway.
@ Dove
Not acting any way..Just trying to have a little fun and pointing out ANY team in the SEC East really had it easier than the West.
NASCAR reference was thrown in just for kicks. Funny how some things can be related to obscure events.
Kennedy’s secretary was named Lincoln, Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy etc.
Were we lucky to not play Arkansas or was Arkansas lucky to not play us? SC played a good game but it goes to show what can happen on any given Saturday. You can’t say all of the top 3 from the west would have beaten Georgia because we don’t know. It should be fun Saturday and I think if Georgia wins, no team from the west should be playing in the national title. Because according to your logic that SC is a better team because they beat Georgia, if Georgia wins, that means none of the top 3 in west are better then them because lsu beat the other 2. SC was a good team that game but couldn’t finish, that’s what separates the two and that’s what makes Georgia the better team
Wow. First of all, the two teams that were different on the USC UGA schedules were Arkansas and Ole Miss. That is not just a little difference. That is a 10 ten team verses a 2 win team. And they had to pull away late in that one to win.
Second, would UGA beat one of the big 3 – absolutely not. Just look at UGA’s common opponents with Arky Bama and LSU. Arky kills USC, USC beats UGA. Bama and LSU beat UF and Tenn in the first half – UGA wins by 4 points and 8 points. Bama crushed Vandy and Georgia snuck by them.
Also, LSU has a very good, grinding and demoralizing offense – they beat you up on D and get big plays on offense. LSU also get turnovers – and they don’t give up any.
LSU is simply better on offense and defense and maybe special teams, since UGA has a choke artist for a FG kicker. Georgia can win this game, just like LSU could have lost to Ole Miss or Arkansas. The problem is that LSU was too complete a team for those teams and it is too complete a team for UGA. After the crushing UGA gets (31-6), I see them ending up in the Chic Fil A bowl. Have fun playing Clemson in your bowl game, just try not to embarass the SEC by losing to them too
I want to know… why is georgia in the sec championship game if south carolina out right won the sec east.. south carolina only lost to sec west teams they beat georgie in their football game.. if i was south carolina fans i would be madd!!
I’m sorry. This article sounds reminiscent of the same jabber that came out of Fayetteville last week. The game will
Speak for itself.
Are you serious? IGWADOLLA please do some homework before you Blog and make a complete idiot out of yourself. Oh well to late.!
danielgeddings I don’t know why we’re even playing the game? Hell we should just go ahead and give LSU the trophy. Afterall upsets never happen. Do they? Georgia hasn’t got a chance.
you know what when lsu blows out georgia i will just small and laugh!!!!!! Upsets do happen!! LSU will win the game!!!
HONEY BADGER DONT CARE!!!!!
Well I guess you were wrong. So very very wrong. UGA goes out and embarrasses the East. LSU plays one quarter and they crush UGA. UGA had every opportunity and they couldn’t take advantage. LSU played like a champ.