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With top 10 preseason rankings, Georgia and Auburn both figured to be challenging for a national title. Coming into Saturday’s game, each team has failed to live up to those lofty expectations.
No. 13 Georgia looks to make it three straight wins over Auburn when the SEC rivals meet Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
After an easy rout of Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl with 17 starters returning, the Bulldogs were ranked No. 1 in most preseason polls, but any national championship hopes are long gone after losses to current No. 1 Alabama and Florida, which clinched the SEC East last week.
Georgia (8-2, 5-2 SEC) enters Saturday ranked 10th in the BCS standings, but is likely on the outside looking in for a BCS bowl berth.
Last week at Kentucky, the Bulldogs needed Matthew Stafford’s 11-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Green with 1:54 left to avoid the upset.
“They are not always going to be pretty. They’re not always going to be good,” said Stafford, who threw for a career-high 376 yards and three scores in the 42-38 victory.
That close win came on the heels of a 49-10 thumping by Florida that pushed the preseason No. 1 to No. 2 in the SEC East for a second straight season.
The Bulldogs, however, had their largest offensive output in two months with 520 yards against the Wildcats. Georgia previously broke 500 yards in the second week of the season against Central Michigan.
Unlike the struggling Tigers, Georgia ranks in the top 30 in scoring, total offense and passing offense.
Stafford already has 2,587 passing yards this season - 54 more than last year’s total. The junior needs four more touchdown passes to match last season’s 19.
Sophomore running back Knowshon Moreno had three touchdowns against Kentucky, giving him 15 this season to surpass last year’s total. Moreno ranks 16th nationally with 111.3 rushing yards per game.
Auburn holds a 53-50-8 all-time lead against Georgia, with the teams separated by just 45 points in those games (1,730-1,685). The Bulldogs are 13-9-2 at Jordan-Hare Stadium, winning their last visit 37-15 on Nov. 11, 2006.
“It’s very dangerous,” Georgia receiver Mohamed Massaquoi said. “It’s not going to be a game they’re going to lay down by any means. I think that we’re going to get nothing short of their best shot.”
Auburn, which was ranked No. 10 in the preseason poll, is in much worse shape than the Bulldogs.
The Tigers (5-5, 2-4) need an upset against either the Bulldogs or Alabama to become bowl eligible, and they might need one to save Tommy Tuberville’s job.
“This one and the next one for us are huge,” Tuberville said. “You can put all the rest of them together and they don’t match the intensity of these two when it comes to the players getting into the game.”
Auburn’s poor play already cost offensive coordinator Tony Franklin his job. Since Franklin’s firing on Oct. 8, the Tigers’ offense, which scored five touchdowns in their first four SEC games, has reached the end zone four times in three league games.
Only last week’s 37-20 win over FCS opponent Tennessee-Martin could break a four-game losing streak, and the Skyhawks tied the game at 20 midway through the third quarter before Auburn rallied to avoid further embarrassment.
Although the Tigers racked up 460 yards of total offense against Tennessee-Martin - their most since 406 in a season-opening win over Louisiana-Monroe - Auburn still ranks 100th nationally in total offense and 102nd in scoring.
No. 13 Georgia looks to make it three straight wins over Auburn when the SEC rivals meet Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
After an easy rout of Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl with 17 starters returning, the Bulldogs were ranked No. 1 in most preseason polls, but any national championship hopes are long gone after losses to current No. 1 Alabama and Florida, which clinched the SEC East last week.
Georgia (8-2, 5-2 SEC) enters Saturday ranked 10th in the BCS standings, but is likely on the outside looking in for a BCS bowl berth.
Last week at Kentucky, the Bulldogs needed Matthew Stafford’s 11-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Green with 1:54 left to avoid the upset.
“They are not always going to be pretty. They’re not always going to be good,” said Stafford, who threw for a career-high 376 yards and three scores in the 42-38 victory.
That close win came on the heels of a 49-10 thumping by Florida that pushed the preseason No. 1 to No. 2 in the SEC East for a second straight season.
The Bulldogs, however, had their largest offensive output in two months with 520 yards against the Wildcats. Georgia previously broke 500 yards in the second week of the season against Central Michigan.
Unlike the struggling Tigers, Georgia ranks in the top 30 in scoring, total offense and passing offense.
Stafford already has 2,587 passing yards this season - 54 more than last year’s total. The junior needs four more touchdown passes to match last season’s 19.
Sophomore running back Knowshon Moreno had three touchdowns against Kentucky, giving him 15 this season to surpass last year’s total. Moreno ranks 16th nationally with 111.3 rushing yards per game.
Auburn holds a 53-50-8 all-time lead against Georgia, with the teams separated by just 45 points in those games (1,730-1,685). The Bulldogs are 13-9-2 at Jordan-Hare Stadium, winning their last visit 37-15 on Nov. 11, 2006.
“It’s very dangerous,” Georgia receiver Mohamed Massaquoi said. “It’s not going to be a game they’re going to lay down by any means. I think that we’re going to get nothing short of their best shot.”
Auburn, which was ranked No. 10 in the preseason poll, is in much worse shape than the Bulldogs.
The Tigers (5-5, 2-4) need an upset against either the Bulldogs or Alabama to become bowl eligible, and they might need one to save Tommy Tuberville’s job.
“This one and the next one for us are huge,” Tuberville said. “You can put all the rest of them together and they don’t match the intensity of these two when it comes to the players getting into the game.”
Auburn’s poor play already cost offensive coordinator Tony Franklin his job. Since Franklin’s firing on Oct. 8, the Tigers’ offense, which scored five touchdowns in their first four SEC games, has reached the end zone four times in three league games.
Only last week’s 37-20 win over FCS opponent Tennessee-Martin could break a four-game losing streak, and the Skyhawks tied the game at 20 midway through the third quarter before Auburn rallied to avoid further embarrassment.
Although the Tigers racked up 460 yards of total offense against Tennessee-Martin - their most since 406 in a season-opening win over Louisiana-Monroe - Auburn still ranks 100th nationally in total offense and 102nd in scoring.
