UGA vs SC history since the turn of the century

I've seen people lately mention that UGA needs to be extra careful this weekend since SC always plays us close. It got me to reminisching and while there was a time years ago that that held true it really hasn't been accurate at all as of late. So I wanted to recap this series since the turn of the century. Rankings are for final post-season. It's a bit silly to use ranking at time of game, especially since this game is frequently early in the year.

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UGA: Richt SC: Holtz
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Athens 2001: #22 UGA 9, #13 SC 14
Columbia 2002: #3 UGA 13, SC 7
Athens 2003: #7 UGA 31, SC 7
Columbia 2004: #7 UGA 20, SC 16

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SC: Exit Holtz, Enter Spurrier
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Athens 2005: #10 UGA 17, SC 15
Columbia 2006: #23 UGA 18, SC 0
Athens 2007: #2 UGA 12, SC 16
Columbia 2008: #13 UGA 14, SC 7
Athens 2009: UGA 41, SC 37
Columbia 2010: UGA 6, #22 SC 17
Athens 2011: #19 UGA 42, #9 SC 45
Columbia 2012: #5 UGA 7, #8 SC 35
Athens 2013: UGA 41, #4 SC 30
Columbia 2014: #9 UGA 35, SC 38
Athens 2015: UGA 52, SC 20

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UGA: Exit Richt, Enter Smart
SC: Exit Spurrier, Enter Muschamp
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Columbia 2016: UGA 28, SC 14
Athens 2017: #2 UGA 24, SC 10
Columbia 2018: #7 UGA 41, SC 17
Athens 2019: #4 UGA 17, SC 20
Columbia 2020: #7 UGA 45, SC 16

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SC: Exit Muschamp, Enter Beamer
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2021: #1 UGA 40, SC 13


So let's look at what we have here across 21 matchups:

-In 14 meetings UGA has finished the season ranked higher. UGA is 10-4 in these.
-In 4 meetings SC has finished the season ranked higher. SC is 3-1 in these.
-In 3 meetings both teams have finished unranked. UGA is 3-0 in these.
-Since Kirby has been HC, UGA is 5-1 overall and 3-0 in Columbia. The average score in columbia is 38-15.
-The first 6 year's of Richt's tenure it was a very tight game yearly despite UGA holding a 5-1 advantage. From 2007-2014 most games were also tight but the advantage swung SC's way as they held a 5-3 edge. From 2015-present UGA has held a 6-1 edge.


So basically, it looks like everyone wants to base their talking points around a stretch of games that ended nearly a decade ago when neither coach involved is still there. But by all means, keep thinking that SC will play us close "because they always do"...