Georgia’s 39-34 loss to Mississippi in the Sugar Bowl will go down as one of the most disappointing finishes to a season in Bulldogs football history. Back-to-back years of the season ending in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal after the high of an SEC championship victory, in the very same building no less is not what anyone wanted to see. But what makes it worse is all the differences between last year’s team and this one.
Last year’s Bulldogs overachieved to win the SEC amid a year of shaky offensive line play, dropped passes and an unreliable run defense— not to mention the fact that their starting quarterback Carson Beck was lost for the season at halftime of the SEC Championship.