LSU to play Georgia on Saturday for SEC title

LSU now travels to Atlanta in hopes of extending the school's first undefeated season since 1958, when LSU coach Paul Dietzel led the Bayou Bengals to the team's first national championship. The No. 1 Tigers will take on No. 14 Georgia in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game at 4 p.m. Saturday. If the Tigers win, they will have earned a trip to the national championship to play what many analysts believe will be a rematch with Alabama. When asked if a team should be allowed to play in the national championship game without winning their conference, LSU coach Les Miles replied, "No comment."

"If we want to make it to the national championship, we first have to win the West and then the SEC," said LSU sophomore safety Eric Reid. "We got step one done, and now we're looking forward to step two."

The Tigers have won all 12 games this season by a combined score of 458-127, earning LSU a No. 1 ranking for a school-record ninth consecutive game. LSU and Georgia have played each other twice in the SEC Championship Game and have split the series, with then-No. 13 Georgia winning the most recent game in 2005, 34-14, against then-No. 3 LSU. The Tigers are in search of their 11th SEC title and fourth SEC Championship win since its inception in 1992. The last time the two teams faced off was in 2009, when LSU running back Charles Scott busted a late 33-yard run to put the Tigers up by seven points. That was LSU's first win in Athens since 1987. Then-sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson went 18-of-27 for 212 yards through the air.

Jefferson, who was suspended for four games earlier this season, has started the past three games after coming off the bench against No. 2 Alabama. He leads the SEC in active wins for a quarterback and has posted 907 total yards and eight touchdowns since his return.

by M.Gegenheimer