"This is a depleted team right now," Griffith said. "I mean, this is a team that's taken a lot of the best punches. You know, the SEC dealt them a schedule where five out of six teams had a bye week before they played Georgia in the last two months of the season."
Wide receiver Lawrence Cager will not play as he continues to deal with an ankle injury. Meanwhile, receiver George Pickens will miss the first half of the game after being ejected for throwing punches in last week's game against Georgia Tech.
"Now they've got the ultimate test but, you know, they're shorthanded. Their top two receivers won't be there at the start of the game, and their NFL running back is, I guess, probable but you wonder how effective D'Andre Swift will be if his left shoulder's injured...LSU looks like a healthy with a lot of momentum and Georgia's a team that's just fought to get there for a third year in-a-row."