A mere year ago at this time — while a nation pondered the eternal question: What does one do with a giblet? — Georgia and Georgia Tech prepared to play a football game of semi-sweeping importance.
Both teams ranked. Both trending upward — Tech winner of four straight including a rout of No. 19 Clemson; the Bulldogs 6-1 since the start of that October with a rout of their own, over No. 9 Auburn.
But now?