SEC CHAMPIONSHIP Georgia beats LSU 34-14

ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia won at its home away from home for the second week in a row. Now, the Bulldogs will have to make the short trip to Atlanta one more time -- for the transplanted Sugar Bowl.
D.J. Shockley threw two touchdown passes to Sean Bailey, Bryan McClendon set up another score with a blocked punt and No. 13 Georgia won its second Southeastern Conference championship in four years with a surprisingly easy 34-14 victory over third-ranked LSU on Saturday night.
Cheered on at the supposedly neutral site by a crowd dressed largely in red and black -- not surprising, considering the Georgia campus is only about 75 miles east of Atlanta -- the Bulldogs (10-2) earned the SEC's automatic berth in the Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl.
Sugar Bowl in Atlanta
Normally, that would mean a trip to New Orleans, but this isn't a normal year. The Sugar Bowl has shifted to the Georgia Dome, forced out of the Big Easy by the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.
The Bulldogs were in Atlanta the previous week for a 14-7 victory over rival Georgia Tech. They were even more dominant at the Georgia Dome, defeating an LSU team that came into the day clinging to the faint hope of playing for the national championship.
Georgia took control early, scoring two touchdowns before the game was nine minutes old. The Bulldogs didn't pile up big numbers offensively, but they stunned LSU (10-2) with five big plays -- two on offense, two on defense and one on special teams -- to make up for a loss in the 2003 championship game.
Shockley on target
Shockley, the quarterback who waited patiently behind David Greene the last four years to get one season as the starter, threw a 45-yard scoring pass to Bailey. Three plays after the ensuing kickoff, DeMario Minter intercepted a pass from JaMarcus Russell to give the ball back to the Bulldogs near midfield. Shockley and Bailey hooked up again, this time for a 29-yard touchdown when safety LaRon Landry was late getting over in coverage.