No. 2 Georgia opens as massive favorite against Tennessee
If No. 2 Georgia is to slip up against any of its remaining SEC East opponents, Vegas certainly doesn’t think it’ll happen this weekend.
The Bulldogs opened as 32.5-point favorites at home against Tennessee on Saturday, according to gambling website betonline.ag. Earlier this year, Georgia was expected to beat Middle Tennessee State by just many points and had no problem covering the spread.
Georgia is a 32.5-point favorite this week over Tennessee. The Bulldogs were 32.5-point favorites over Middle Tennessee for their Sept. 15 game and won 49-7.
— David Paschall (@DavidSPaschall) September 24, 2018
Georgia has already passed what appears to be two tougher division tests, beating South Carolina 41-17 and Missouri 43-29, both the road. The Volunteers, meanwhile, took a 47-21 loss against Florida in their SEC opener last Saturday.
Given just how large the spread is on Monday, it’ll likely see a little movement down throughout the week. But the Bulldogs (4-0, 2-0 SEC) should still be heavy favorites when they host Tennessee (2-2, 0-1) at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Wish I could raise the BS flag on that line, but I won’t be surprised if it is worse. UT is just a dumpster fire and until Pruitt gets rid of the players who won’t, he is swimming against the current. I think he’ll get us in the right direction, but it is going to take time.
I agree. He’s got to sort the wheat from the chaff, but he’ll get it done.
Remember the game a few years ago, UGA at Vandy when Pruitt came completely unglued?
Maybe we are looking at Butch 2.0
DD2 why are you still hiding behind the Tigturd name?
I’m surprised by that line. The score very may well get to that point but if I were a betting man I’d put money on UT to cover that score. I don’t think there’s much of a chance that UT wins but I think it more likely (based on the talent on the roster alone) that UT keeps it a fight early and UGA tries to coast once they have a 3 score lead.
I’m really surprised this game got the 3:30 CBS slot. I really don’t expect this game to be competitive. Something like 49-0 isn’t outside the realm of possibility.
sounds about right..
Yeah this will be a waxing. The only good thing is Kirby hopefully won’t want to lay it on too heavy to a friend.
Kirby’s been really good about trying not to humiliate an opponent once the game is in the bag. He empties the bench and grinds clock to end it quickly and get everyone out with as little chance of injury as possible. I really appreciate that. Plenty of other coaches will leave their starters in to pump the stats, or be throwing the ball around in the 4th quarter up by 35.
It’s premature to be talking blowout, though. The Dawgs showed a few warts last Saturday, and Pruitt’s boys didn’t quit when UF got up big early.
I don’t know if Pruitt and Kirby are friends. They’ve worked together, yes, but I wouldn’t put that relationship at the same level as he and Champ. If this one gets out of hand, I wouldn’t expect to see Kirby pump the brakes as hard as he did against USCjr.
Exactly. Kirby is going to spend all week beating up his guys about their play Saturday at Mizzou. This one is going to get sideways very quickly and only get worse from there.
Maybe the up side to this is we won’t have to listen to Rocky Top 475 times.
^This
Amen to that!
UT will be paying for the miracle finish in 2016 vs UGA for many years to come.
Yea, GA is the real deal and they are going to put it to us this week. I think that if we lose by less than 30 it would be a win for TN.
This go be a rinse and repeat yawn give us LSU!