Georgia Football: 3 takeaways from Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry at Auburn

Georgia football took down Auburn on the road in a top-12 edition of the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. Here is what to take away from the big Bulldogs’ win.

Georgia had the opportunity to seal up their spot in the SEC Championship Game when they headed west to The Plains for a Week 12 date against Auburn in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.

The No. 4 Bulldogs hoped to maintain their top-four position in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s Top 25 rankings for another week, and they did just that after holding on for a 21-14 victory on Saturday evening.

Kirby Smart’s team opened up a big lead, then held on for dear life as Auburn tried to come back from their biggest deficit of the season. Bulldogs fans held their breath as the Tigers tried to crush their dreams before the end of November.

While momentum seeped away from Georgia in the late comeback rally that ultimately fell short, it raised some questions about what transpired away from Athens. A win is a win in the end, but will the way everything went down impact how the selection committee sees this team when they reconvene to release their next set of rankings?

The big win in the interdivisional rivalry game raised as many questions as answers for the Bulldogs. Here are some things we learned about both of these teams in the narrow Georgia victory over Auburn in SEC play in Week 12.