For Georgia fans who are ancient history buffs

Congrats on the SEC Championship. Good luck in the playoffs for the National Championship!

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A Pyrrhic victory is a “a victory that is not worth winning because so much is lost to achieve it.” The word comes from the name of Pyrrhus, a long-ago king of Epirus, who suffered heavy losses in defeating the Romans at Asculum in Apulia in 279 B.C.E.

Pyrrhic first came into use as an adjective, in the late 17th century, with the meaning of “of, relating to, or resembling that of Pyrrhus.” In its earliest use it was used in reference to the war waged by the king.

The Generous Brutus her Infranchiser,
Papyrius, who reveng'd the Pyrrhick War;
Stayd Curius, and Fabricius, a stern Pair!
Marcellus, who the third rich Trophies bare
And Cossus Second, from Kings spoyl'd of Life.
— Edward Shelburne, The Sphere or Marcus Manilius, 1675

In the early 19th century Pyrrhic began to be paired with victory, and the two words took on the specific meaning of ‘victory achieved at excessive cost.’