LSU freshman tailback Jeremy Hill and his Tigers teammates did Georgia a favor Saturday night by downing previously undefeated South Carolina 23-21 in Baton Rouge.The to-do list for the Georgia Bulldogs these next two weeks is obvious.
Pull for the Florida Gators. Defeat the Florida Gators.
Georgia’s most logical route to a second consecutive Southeastern Conference East Division title involves Florida downing South Carolina in Gainesville on Saturday and the Bulldogs topping Florida in Jacksonville on Oct. 27. If such a scenario occurred and the Bulldogs, Gators and Gamecocks won the rest of their other league games, then Georgia and Florida would finish atop the East with 7-1 conference records and the Bulldogs would own the head-to-head tiebreaker.
The Bulldogs also have SEC games remaining against Kentucky, Ole Miss and Auburn, a trio that is a combined 1-10 in league play.
“Right now, I think the best thing for Georgia is to focus on getting better and focus on Kentucky,” Bulldogs coach Mark Richt said Sunday. “It’s kind of a boring answer, as always, but it’s really what we’ve got to do.”