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Georgia won't get a chance to play for the Southeastern Conference championship. At least the Bulldogs still have their state title. Matthew Stafford ran for one touchdown and threw for another, Thomas Brown rushed for 139 yards, and No. 6 Georgia seemed to catch every break in stretching its winning streak to seven in a row over Georgia Tech with a 31-17 victory Saturday.
Sorry Georgia, resilient Tennessee is back on top in the SEC East. The Volunteers stuffed a scrambling Andre Woodson on a 2-point conversion attempt in the fourth overtime to secure a 52-50 victory Saturday against Kentucky and a spot in the Southeastern Conference title game.
Georgia has done all it can. Now, the Bulldogs need a little help from the team they just beat to reach the Southeastern Conference championship game.
Andre Woodson threw for 222 yards, Rafael Little had 70 yards rushing and No. 24 Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 27-20 on Saturday to keep its slim hopes of a berth in the Southeastern Conference title game alive.
Tennessee needed a solid game before their final Southeastern Conference stretch. The Volunteers got it in a 59-7 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday.
This Alabama-LSU game is a high-stakes division showdown with major Southeastern Conference and national title implications, featuring a once-dominant program battling back toward the top and another trying to stay there.
Wesley Carroll threw for two touchdowns and Mississippi State forced a season-high six turnovers in the second half, upsetting No. 14 Kentucky 31-14 on Saturday. Kentucky (6-3, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) has lost two straight since knocking off then-No. 1 LSU in triple overtime.
Steve Spurrier did it to Georgia again. The ol' ball coach, who beat the Bulldogs regularly while at Florida, guided South Carolina to a 16-12 upset of No. 11 Georgia on Saturday night, signaling the Gamecocks as a possible title contender in the Southeastern Conference.
Forget all that talk about the top-ranked Florida Gators rolling through the Southeastern Conference undefeated. Derrick Byars and Shan Foster each scored 24 points, and Vanderbilt snapped the nation's longest winning streak by upsetting the Gators 83-70 after they finally fell into a hole they couldn't dig themselves out of Saturday.
As silver confetti blew all around them, the Florida Gators celebrated their first Southeastern Conference since the "Fun 'n' Gun" days. The party didn't last long, though. It was time to start lobbying for a chance to play for the biggest title of all.
Before Arkansas could move on to the Southeastern Conference title game, LSU made a convincing case to pass the Razorbacks in the league's pecking order.
Auburn's defense was getting run over again, this time by No. 2 Florida and it's two-headed quarterback attack. Coach Tommy Tuberville had seen enough and challenged his defenders at halftime.
And then there was Florida. Yep, while baseball is still swinging away and a crucial midterm election looms a month away, the Southeastern Conference is down to one serious national championship contender.
Erik Ainge felt like he had all the time in the world, which made it easy to dismantle the nation's stingiest defense. No. 13 Tennessee became just the second team to put up 50 points on Georgia between the hedges, coming from behind for a stunning 51-33 victory Saturday night that defied the norm in the defensive-minded Southeastern Conference.
Florida coach Urban Meyer learned all he needed to know about the Southeastern Conference last season against Alabama.
Samantha Mahoney and Sarah Elliott each scored 20 points to lead Kentucky to an 88-70 victory over No. 23 Florida on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament.
Beating No. 1 at home usually brings the fans rushing onto the court. The crowd at Florida State got to do it twice in one night. Alexander Johnson broke the game's final tie with 1:06 to play Wednesday night, and the Seminoles beat top-ranked Duke 79-74, the second time in three years Florida State beat the Blue Devils when they were on top of the poll.
In a matchup of two of the Southeastern Conference's best frontcourts, Florida dominated LSU in the second half.