The LSU football team has had a lot of success since 2003.The Tigers have won two national championships, two Southeastern Conference championships, three SEC West championships and have earned five bowl victories.But the Tigers have not had much success when facing this weekend’s opponent  — Georgia (3-1, 2-0), who LSU plays Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga.LSU (4-0, 2-0) has lost its last three matchups against Georgia and hasn’t beaten the Bulldogs since the Tigers’ 34-13 victory in the 2003 SEC Championship game.LSU coach Les Miles has beaten every team in the SEC at least once since he came to LSU in 2005 except Georgia.”They are a very talented team,” Miles said when asked about never beating Georgia. “They’re a team that has been very successful in this conference.”The Tigers come into Saturday’s game with a No. 4 ranking reminiscent of the same ranking LSU had last season when the then-undefeated Tigers rolled into Gainesville to take on Florida.LSU lost the game, 51-21, to a Florida team that was trying to climb back up through the rankings several weeks after losing to Ole Miss.Similarly, Georgia enters Saturday’s game with one loss after stumbling in its opener against No. 14 Oklahoma State, 24-10.The Bulldogs average 30.75 points per game and have the fourth-best passing offense in the SEC, averaging 245 passing yards per game.LSU senior defensive tackle Al Woods said the Tiger defense will go into Athens with a never-quit attitude against Georgia’s potent offense.”I don’t care whether we’re up by 40 or down by 40,” Woods said. “LSU’s defense is always going to fight until the last snap of the ball in the fourth quarter.”Georgia’s senior quarterback Joe Cox has the second most passing yards (980) and touchdown passes (9) in the SEC.”We know they are going to try to come out there and air out the ball and try to get the running game started,” said LSU sophomore safety Brandon Taylor. “We’ve got to be mentally focused and stop all the big plays.” Georgia sophomore wide receiver A.J. Green has been on the receiving end of 25 of Cox’s passes and leads the SEC in receptions per game (6.25), receiving yards per game (107) and total receiving yards (428).But Georgia coach Mark Richt thinks LSU’s secondary has the size and talent to slow down his team’s passing offense. “We’re not going up against some small corners that wouldn’t have a chance against the jump ball situations that A.J. has been winning all along,” Richt said. “I’m sure by scheme and just by pure athleticism and size they will match up better than anybody we’ve played.” Despite being No. 2 in the SEC with seven passes intercepted, LSU’s pass defense has given up 198.75 passing yards per game, third worst in the SEC.The Tiger defense gave up 321 passing yards to Washington and 223 passing yards to Mississippi State — more yards than any other team has allowed against Washington and Mississippi State.LSU has had trouble moving the ball offensively and only had 30 yards rushing last week against Mississippi State. The Tigers rank last in the SEC in total offense, averaging 310 yards per game.”What usually happens when you don’t do well in a particular area where you have history, you aren’t going to say let’s bail out on it,” Richt said. “You’re going to say let’s get back to the basics and do it better than we did and establish our ability to run the ball.”But even though Georgia’s defense has given up 355.75 yards per game, Miles said he’s not going to underestimate the Bulldog defense.”I think their defense is going to be very difficult for us to move against and certainly one that we will have to focus on,” Miles said.- – – -Contact Jarred LeBlanc at [email protected]