For Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Saturday's SEC Championship game is a no-brainer.

"Georgia's going to win."

And why is the Mayor backing the Bulldogs so strongly over the defending national champs?

"The key is passion, tenacity and home field advantage," Reed tells WSB.  "I think the crowd is going to be incredible and I've talked to people around the Georgia team.  Everybody's on fire and I think passion makes the difference in games like that."

Mayor Reed's sentiments are echoed by Governor Nathan Deal, who is also fully behind UGA.  The Governor, however, thinks he might be Georgia's good luck charm, in a strange sort of way.

"I was with them at the Georgia-Georgia Tech game," says Deal.  "I got to flip the coin.  It was the second year in a row I flipped the coin for the Georgia-Georgia Tech game.  Georgia lost both coin tosses, but won the games.

"Maybe if they'll let me flip the coin for Saturday's game and Georgia loses the coin toss they'll win the game."