Mercedes-Benz Stadium congratulates Georgia before end of SEC Championship Game

Freshman quarterback Jake Fromm and the Georgia Bulldogs are headed to the College Football Playoff.

December 3, 2017

By Jake Rill, undefined

Georgia appeared to be on its way to winning the SEC championship — only, there was 10:34 to play.

During the fourth quarter of the SEC Championship Game on Saturday, the big screen at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta prematurely congratulated the Bulldogs for winning the SEC title, according to ESPN’s Ivan Maisel. The image even showed a Georgia T-shirt that was for sale.

The SEC just congratulated Georgia for winning the SEC Championship on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium big screen. Showed a nice Bulldog red t-shirt for sale. Only there's 10:34 left to play. Oops. https://t.co/PNEaLJUUZF
— Ivan Maisel (@Ivan_Maisel) December 3, 2017

It may not have been over, but Georgia led 21-7 at the time the image was shown. No team has came back from a 14-point deficit to win in the SEC Championship Game.

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