The No. 1 LSU football team may wind up in the BCS National Championship game regardless of its result in Saturday’s Southeastern Conference Championship.
But if the Tigers know their history, they’ll want to win the game against the Bulldogs.
Since 2006, the team that wins the SEC Championship game has gone on to win the BCS National Championship every year.
LSU has only hoisted the SEC Championship trophy once during that time, in 2007.
But the Tigers have a better winning percentage in SEC Championship games than any other team.
LSU has gone 3-1 in its four trips to the game in the Georgia Dome, with the lone loss coming to Georgia in 2005 when No. 13 Georgia upset No. 3 LSU dominantly, 34-14.
This season’s game will mark Georgia’s first trip to the SEC Championship game since 2005.
Sophomore safety Eric Reid said the Tigers won’t be looking for revenge against Georgia for the 2005 defeat.
“We’re not too concerned about what’s happened in the past,” he said. “We’re just focused on what’s happening now, so we’ve got to win this us.”
 
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