Georgia-LSU head back to Atlanta for their fourth battle to capture the SEC Championship, but it’s fair to ask if both teams would be better off not playing the extra game

So the stakes of Saturday’s showdown between the Bulldogs and Bayou Bengals at Mercedes Benz Stadium – an arena the Georgia faithful initially liked following the 2017 Southeastern Conference Championship Game – are clear and obvious. No need to go into what’s next.

With the “Playoff-ization” of college football, the value of conference championships, while still very important, is not of paramount importance. Hey, in this decade alone, both of Saturday’s combatants have been victimized by a certain school in the SEC that has had a different set of rules, in national championship games. You know what I’m talking about.