USA TODAY
ATLANTA — College football fans had every reason to believe that Saturday’s SEC championship game might be a classic. On one hand, you had the No. 1 team in the Amway Coaches Poll in LSU trying to finish off an unbeaten season and win its first SEC title since 2011. On the other, you had an 11-1 Georgia team playing close to home, fighting for its College Football Playoff life and sporting a defense that could theoretically slow down the Tigers’ offensive machine.
But an attractive matchup on paper doesn’t always translate to a great game.