With today bringing us another edition of the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry, which has soured in recent years from the brotherly gathering it used to be to a tense, acidulated affair, it’s hard to see if a game has mattered more for different reasons.
Georgia recently moved into the College Football Playoff top four.
Auburn still has a (remote) chance to win the SEC West, but the Tigers would need LSU to lose out at the very least for that to materialize.
Also, it’s not a stretch to say that Gus Malzahn hangs on this game today.