- Georgia currently sits as a 17.5 point favorite over the Ducks for September 3rd, the season-opener for both teams.
- The next game that is on the books is the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party against Florida on October 29th where Georgia is also a large favorite, coming in at -15.
- One week later, Georgia takes on Tennessee in Athens as 15.5-point favorites.
- Despite the Wildcats being considered some of Georgia’s toughest competition in the SEC East, the Bulldogs are 16-point favorites on November 19th.
- The wrap things up in the regular season, Georgia hosts Georgia Tech where the Bulldogs are 28-point favorites.
Georgia is a bigger favorite against Oregon in Atlanta than at home against Tennessee. Hmmm…
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Given the tragedy yesterday at Oregon, I’d have the Vols over the Ducks in Atlanta.
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Very sad. ICYMI, Oregon footballer Spencer Webb died after hitting his head on a rock.
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Multi-touchdown favorites over all key rivals. Thank you, Kirby Smart for giving us the Kirby era.
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Really. Were we ever double digit favorites over every team on the regular season schedule during the Richt era? And I don’t mean that as a slight against CMR. I’m just curious.
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No, we weren’t.
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No. This is the best Georgia has ever been at football for a sustained period, and last year was almost certainly the best team Georgia’s ever fielded. The only rival is probably 1946.
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You know you’re good when you can appreciate that Arkansas’ and Michigan’s potential should not be judged by what you did to them last year.
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Played for Natty 3 years in a row 1980 – 1982. But, I agree with you. We’ve had 5 years of the kind of sustained success that one dreams of. I can see us being in the CFP 3 of the next 5, if not more.
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Metchie and Williams hadn’t been conceived yet, but I agree the early 80s were good.
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We’ll know well in front of the UTjr. game if this is going to be a game or not. Oregon is a different animal. Saw great improvement in Nix last year as the year went on. Believe Bobo made a world of difference. And he had a huge Spring game. With that said, there is a kid up there that is supposed to be just as, if not more talented than Nix. The question for Lanning is do you put th ‘unknown’ against Georgia (meaning Dawgs do not know the kid) or do you go with th SEC Vet, who knows exactly what he is about to face. If it’s me – it’s Nix.
Oregon returns 7 starters on both sides of the ball and their O-Line intact. One of those starters is the QB, so if Nix comes in – that’s 6. Defensive side, he lost his entire secondary and Thibodeaux (stud edge rusher). D-Line should be good and they are very strong at LB, including the Nolan kid that Georgia would have killed to have. (He’ll be an All-Pro in the league).
That more or less says that Georgia may just go up and down the field in the air in this game and use the pass to set up the run. And then hit them in the mouth in the 4th quarter with a vicious running game. Really like Georgia in this game; believe the only thing that can make this close is ‘Nix’ doing ‘Nix’ things without doing stupid ‘Nix’ things. Their WR’S had a huge Spring Game, but remember, they are replacing their entire secondary and their RB room is ‘okay’ at best.
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I still think that Oregon spread is too large. They’re a good team, plus being an early game, Kirby will play close to the vest. He’s not going to embarrass Lanning in his debut. No way should Oregon be a bigger underdog than Florida or Tennessee.
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I dunno. I’d say we win this game by three TDs when it’s all said and done. They don’t have the horses in the trenches compared to us.
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I agree. I could see this being a 10 to 14 lead at half with 7 to 10 more points scored by Georgia in the second half than Oregon puts up.
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I agree. I think that barring, as you said, Nix doing Nix things without the usual stupid Nix things or SBIV having a Quincy Carter like 5 interception game, I think that Georgia wins comfortably and covers.
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I keep wanting to temper my expectations for the 2022 season and Vegas keeps saying “nah man”
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“Bigger” meaning by a 2pt. safety? UT warped speed offense will render ineffective (won’t do shit) when we run the ball down their throats and clock block their asses.
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I might bet my house on tech giving 28.
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That to me is a very odd line. Collins may not even be the head coach by that point (or it may be a foregone conclusion that he won’t be the head coach by Sunday evening), the Tech players could very well have completely thrown in the towel if they have only 1 or 2 or 3 wins, and it is in Athens.
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In a 2020 season, Fech would probably pull a Vandy. They know this year could be really ugly.
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My bad, I read that -28 as the north avenue fucking trade school deficit at half time vs UGA football…GO DAWGS!
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Here is to one step closer to surpassing the drought and setting the blowout record this year. We might be in danger of losing the rivalry, so we need to make sure GT doesn’t hold any records of consequence if it happens.
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When you win the championship you get a lot of credit. Until you lose it all, it can last a while.
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I’ll take it.
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Prayers for the family and Oregon fan base.
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Not sure I could take the spread on ANY game the Dawgs play in the Benz.
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It’s getting close, the UGA Cheerleaders are at the Athens YMCA!
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Hard to know how Lanning has transformed attitudes in Eugene, but…
I watched Oregon’s 2 games against Utah late in the season and then the P12 championship rematch. Total physical quit by Oregon, both times. It was honestly shocking. And if Cristobal hadn’t hightailed it to Miami, he’d have been on some hot seat lists over those performances. Team just flat out quit on him, both games.
No way Smart embarrasses Lanning here, so that has to be taken into account on the spread – but otherwise, Georgia can pretty much name the score.
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