ahoelsken
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They definitely don't have the offensive firepower to hang with LSU's offense but Georgia's defense should match up well against the LSU offense. And as @patebuff said Kirby needs to open up that offense. He has a couple of good backs in Swift and Herrien and they were very efficient in the 2nd half against ND. And if Kirby doesn't get gun-shy on 4th down with a 10-point lead they could have won that game going away.
Regarding UGA's lackluster games against mediocre opponents, yes the USC loss was a bad loss but they have the good wins to make up for that. You mentioned the first half against UT, but Georgia led by 12 at halftime and won that game by 29. The Kentucky game was played in terrible weather but as you saw today this team plays tough, low-scoring games for the most part. And they still beat Kentucky by 21.
UGA's defense is damn good, and its better than anything LSU has seen this year. That being said, LSU has seen three top 30 defenses (Auburn, LSU, and Florida) and they've scored an average of 37 a game in those games. If Smart thinks he can go win a physical, low scoring game in the SEC Championship game, he's got another thing coming.