LSU and Georgia in the SEC title game? There is in fact some history to consider.
It can be argued that the 2005 SECCG may have been the apex of the Richt era...and even brighter had Shockley not missed the WLOCP. A team that was pegged to take a step back? All it did was win the East and stun LSU. In that moment, it was a good assumption that for the forseeable future, Georgia would own the East and have all things in its corner...especially with Matthew Stafford coming in. Then that elation ended with the Sugar Bowl, and it can be argued that Richt lost some goodwill in that game that never came back.