Honestly, I’d expect nothing less.
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This is a pretty thorough take on the subject, if you’re interested. If you’re not, or just want the tl;dr version, here’s the summary:
The SEC holds onto divisions for one more season. As a result, Georgia dominates SEC odds boards thanks to its path to Atlanta. While the SEC East is by no means easy, they rate nearly 10 power points higher than the second-best rated team, Tennessee. Compare that to the SEC West, where Alabama edges out LSU by just 4.0 power points. After LSU, there’s a drop off in the West, explaining the three-team race.
Tennessee and Texas A&M make up a middle class, with the Vols needing to upend Georgia to get to Atlanta – something they haven’t done since 2016. A&M, on the other hand, upset Alabama in 2021 and is 3-2 against LSU in its last five meetings. The rest of the league makes up longshots for good reason. While an Ole Miss or South Carolina could rise up and shock the conference, it would be just that: a shock.
Two things from that. One, sorry, Gators, but just like everyone else on the planet familiar with college football, Vegas sees a honking big gap in the East. And, two, handicapping the SEC in 2024 is going to be a beast of a very different nature.
Filed under SEC Football, What's Bet In Vegas Stays In Vegas
Pete Fiutak always seems to pull out an interesting stat or two in his team previews. Here’s what he shares in his take on this season’s UGA team:
22 out of Georgia’s 30 games over the last two years were against teams that went bowling. 16 of the 27 games 2011 and 2022 Alabama played were against teams that went bowling, and two of them were losses. (Admittedly unfair since there weren’t as many bowls, but …) 12 out of the 25 games 1994 and 1995 Nebraska played were against teams that went to a bowl game.
Oklahoma won outright national titles in 1955 and 1956, and out of the 21 games it played it faced a grand total of four teams that finished with a winning record – the 1955 team beat one team that finished with more than four wins in a ten game season.
And America wants to gripe about the 2023 Georgia schedule.
And ignore the ’24 schedule.
Filed under Georgia Football
This doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.
And before you blame this all on weak home scheduling, consider this:
You’ve got to have an administration that cares about start times, instead of taking what the SEC gives them. (Of course, there’s always the possibility that UGA welcomed the noon starts. Sheesh.)
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