No. 1 UGA Football Listed as Double-Digit Favorite vs. Ole Miss Rebels
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ATHENS - No. 1 UGA Football has been installed as a double-digit Favorite favorite to beat Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss Rebels Between the Hedges in Athens on Saturday.
According to FanDuel, UGA Football is listed as an 11.5-point favorite to beat the Rebels on Saturday. Ole Miss is the only SEC team to have an undefeated record against Kirby Smart thanks to the Rebels’ win in 2016. Georgia beat Missouri 30-21 in Athens Saturday. The Rebels beat Texas A&M 38-35 in Oxford Saturday.
UGA and Ole Miss likely will be featured on CBS at 3:30 on Saturday. If so, that would be the fifth time this season the Bulldogs will play on CBS. Georgia’s previously played South Carolina, Auburn, Vanderbilt, the Gators and Missouri on CBS, The Bulldogs have won all of their contests this season by ten points or more this season save the come-from-behind win at Auburn in late September.
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UGA Football will have a huge spotlight on Saturday’s game as ESPN’s College Gameday is headed to town for the first time this season.
ESPN made that annoucement just before 8 PM EST Saturday night. The game, which as of 8 PM, has not been selected by a TV network, will likely be on CBS at 3:30. Otherwise the game will kick in primetime on ESPN.
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Georgia is 14-17 all time in so-called Gameday contests. The Bulldogs are 5-2 in those contests in Athens.
Georgia defeated the “No. 1” Vols 27-13 in Athens last season when Gameday was in town. No. 10 Ole Miss survived Texas A&M 38-35 in Oxford on Satruday.
The College Football Playoff’s first rankings of the year were released Tuesday night with Ohio State at No. 1 and the Dawgs at No. 2. Georgia can win the SEC East with a vicroty over the Rebels on Saturday.
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Against Missouri on Saturday it was a grind from start to finish Saturday night at Sanford Stadium, a white-knuckle ride for Georgia and Missouri with the top spot in the SEC East on the line. In the final eight minutes, the Bulldogs got an interception from a 320-pound senior defensive lineman and a career-long 48-yard field goal by a 175-pound freshman to help Georgia pull out 30-21 win.
The Bulldogs (9-0, 6-0 SEC), ranked No. 1 in the polls all season but No. 2 in this week’s first College Football Playoff rankings, had to battle against the Tigers (7-2, 3-2), ranked No. 12 by the CFP, to stay undefeated. The win was Georgia’s 26th in a row, the 24th straight on Dooley Field, and the program’s 25th consecutive SEC regular-season win.
It was a one-score game, 27-21, when big Nazir Stackhouse got the pivotal interception with 7:46 remaining. A few minutes later, Woodring, the freshman kicker, made it a two-score game with the 48-yarder with 3:57 to go in the game. Safety Javon Bullard sealed the win with an interception with 1:36 remaining.