Georgia entered Saturday night's contest with South Carolina with the No. 7 ranking.
Based on rank alone, that might have been enough to assume that the Bulldogs were already playoff contenders.
They weren't, due in large part to a lackluster passing game under graduate transfer Greyson Lambert that looked about as dangerous as a pillow fight against Louisiana-Monroe and Vanderbilt. Lambert struggled to stretch the field over those first two games, and he didn't complete a pass until the second half last week against the Commodores.
That changed in their 52-20 win over the Gamecocks between the hedges.