If Georgia football coach Kirby Smart had his way, outcomes each Saturday wouldn’t have to come down to crunch time in the fourth quarter.

His most dominant teams could dial it back and let backups take over late in games.

Only the Kentucky blowout has been like that the last six games, but tight games have become the norm not just for No. 5 Georgia but throughout the SEC.

“I don't believe in playing with fire,” Smart said. “But if I could just write the script and say, yeah, let's go up by 14, let's go up by 21, I don't write the script. So the script kind of plays out. I know that our kids are not uncomfortable playing from that.”

We’ll see how things go on Saturday Nov. 5 at Mississippi State.

The other Bulldogs have had their share of one score games as well, losing in overti

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