ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia’s seniors will be vying for a 50th time Saturday afternoon when the Bulldogs host Kentucky in this year’s Sanford Stadium finale.
That is normally a satisfactory sample size in which to determine a legacy, yet it’s the handful of remaining contests that will define this year’s class.
“We have so much ahead of us,” senior defensive back Aaron Davis said. “We have to take care of business on the front end for those things to be possible for us, and as long as we continue to do the things we need to do and be able to regroup and not let one game define us, we should be able to continue to get better.”
As many as 10 seniors could start Saturday for the No. 7 Bulldogs, who are 9-1 and have led the charge in Georgia winning its first Southeastern Conference Eastern Division championship since 2012. Before last weekend’s 40-17 loss at Auburn, the Bulldogs had earned their first No. 1 standing in the College Football Playoff rankings, a spot they occupied for two weeks.
Wins against Kentucky and next week at Georgia Tech would keep Georgia in the national championship picture, and a triumph over the Alabama-Auburn winner inside Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Dec. 2 would represent the most significant victory for the program since the Herschel Walker era.