ATHENS - Kirby Smart’s UGA Football is set to travel in the SEC for the final time this season. The Dawgs are listed as slightly more than a touchdown favorite to topple the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
The Dawgs are considered a 7.5-point favorite to beat State. The line means the Bulldogs have “about” a 75% chance to win the game straight up. Only twice in nine years have Kirby’s Dawgs favored around a touchdown to beat the Gators in his nine previous meetings.
The Bulldogs are coming off a 24-20 win over the Gators in the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. State got its first win in SEC play this season with a come-from-behind win at Arkansas on Saturday.
On Saturday UGA got the game-winning touchdown from Chauncey Bowens, and Kirby Smart described the play:
“Great runs. I’ll be honest with you, Nate [Frazier] can probably make those runs, too. Dwight [Phillips] can make those runs. [Josh] McCray can make those runs. I’ve got to give credit where credit is due. Chauncey did an awesome job, and I thought that the check on the run for the touchdown was the second biggest play of the game. Gunner saw something, changed the ‘O-line,’ picked it up. It’s hard to run that and to defend that play when you’re straining the line, which they were doing. A great check by him [Stockton], and our ‘O-line’ ran it beautifully. We’ve worked on that very hard. Chauncey was worth a great run, so I’m really proud of him. That was a good job, and the toss sweep was a nice play, too.”
