No. 4 Georgia will be shorthanded in a must-win SEC Championship game against No. 2 LSU next weekend after freshman receiver George Pickens was ejected for fighting Georgia Tech’s Tre Swilling in the third quarter of a lopsided rivalry game. Pickens and Swilling threw multiple punches at one another, and Pickens pulled Swilling’s jersey and rammed his head into a wall. Surprisingly, Swilling was not also ejected for his role in the fight.
Because he was ejected for fighting in the second half, Pickens will not be eligible to play in the first half of the SEC Championship game against LSU, assuming Georgia does not issue any further punishment to the player. For a team that just lost leading receiver Lawrence Cager to an ankle injury, Pickens’ absence will be costly.
