A look at LSU/UGA in the SECCG

Over the coming weeks we will see it posted a thousand times of LSU's record against UGA in the SECCG, but I'd like to dig a little deeper and actually look at those matchups.

2003: LSU win
-LSU had 1 loss and was ranked 3rd entering the game
-UGA had 2 losses and was ranked 5th entering the game
-LSU had already beaten UGA earlier in the year
-By pretty much any objective measure LSU was the better team, not only before hand but woululd go on to win national title

2005: UGA win
-LSU had 1 loss and was ranked 3rd entering the game
-UGA had 2 losses and was ranked 13th entering the game
-By all accounts LSu was the better team, although they were playing this game without a bye week. Was that enough to erase the apparent gap in teams?
-UGA started red hot and would go on to win comfortably

2011: LSU win
-LSU entered undefeated and ranked #1
-UGA entered with 2 losses and ranked 12th
-If not for that fateful January day, this would be considered one of the best teams of all time. It would undoubtedly be unanimously LSU's best football team ever up to that point in time.
-UGA started 0-2 before beating a bunch of nobodies to win the east. It was a miracle the game was as close as it was for 2 quarters before LSU pulled away en route to a title game appearance. UGA would lose 4 games this year

2019: LSU win
-LSu entered undefeated and ranked #1
-UGA entered with 1 loss and ranked 4th
-LSU would end up one of the 3 or 4 best teams ever fielded in CFB on the way to being national champs. UGA had james coley calling plays, and any prayer of staying competitive went out the window due to george pickens and deandre swift being out or injured.


So what do we have here? In every matchup of these teams, LSU has had the better record, better season, and better team. Only 1 of the matchups you could argue UGA might maybe should be favored or the programs were equal or slightly better. 1 of the matchups LSu had an edge even if not a major one but were still the predominant favorites. And in 2 of hte matchups it was a night and day staggering difference between the 2 programs in favor of LSU.

What is the point? I say all that to say...that in this matchup the better team wins. In 2022, there is zero doubt who the better team and program is. Or who has a better roster. Or a better coaching staff. Better offense and better defense. So let the LSU fans spew what they will, while the rest of us already know what's going to happen.