WATCH: SEC Network analyst Greg McElroy makes pick for Georgia-Notre Dame game
Perhaps the biggest game of Week 4 will take place in Athens, where the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs are hosting No. 7 Notre Dame.
It’s a game with major College Football Playoff implications, and the winner will be able to add a top-10 win to its resume.
As you can see below, SEC Network analyst Greg McElroy explained on “Thinking Out Loud” why he thinks Georgia will win comfortably:
https://twitter.com/SECNetwork/status/1173755032598196224
“I fully expect Jake Fromm to play well,” McElroy said. “And I expect Ian Book, the quarterback for Notre Dame, I think he’ll play well, too. I don’t think Notre Dame can run the football. I really don’t. I don’t think their run game has been up to the standard set a year ago. … I look at Georgia and I think this offensive line is peaking at the right time. They’re going to be able to control the line of scrimmage, they’re going to milk the clock and that’s going to open up some play-action games down the field and some one-on-ones with those talented young receivers. I like Georgia to win the game comfortably. I really do.”
Saturday night’s game will kick off at 8 p.m. Eastern time and can be seen on CBS.
Oh dear!
Please let this be true!
Hope the predictions don’t go to anyone’s head, but the biggest factor on UGA’s side that I think no one is bringing up is that UGA hasn’t lost a night game in Sanford Stadium since God knows when. They always seem to play well.
However, that advantage arises most prominently when they’re the underdogs. The best example would be the 2014 Auburn game. A much higher-ranked opponent, and they exploded from the start and never looked back.
Just out of curiosity, was the “Black Out” game against Alabama a night game?
It was, but it occurred 11 years ago, and ever since then we’ve done solidly.
Continue with the same recipe that they’ve been using through the first few games. Build a lead, run the ball with the 5 elite RBs we have, and choke the game out. The most intimidating part of UGA, as currently constructed, is the OL w/ those RBs. The fact that Fromm is an assassin is icing on the cake. The running game beats teams into submission.