Chase Daniel is one of the greatest players in Mizzou history. But even his optimism toward his alma mater has its limits.
Daniel, and the rest of the SEC Network’s SEC Nation crew, were in Athens on Saturday morning ahead of the Tigers’ Week 11 game at Georgia. The top-ranked Bulldogs are big favorites between the hedges as they could, with some help, clinch a spot in the SEC Championship Game. On the other hand, the Tigers, losers of two of their last three, have hopes of a stunning road upset to boost their fading College Football Playoff hopes.
While Daniel’s heart is with Mizzou, he picked Georgia to win — and in hilarious fashion, too, serenading the pro-Georgia crowd with The Redcoat Chant.
“I thought I was gonna pick the University of Missouri, but I got the Dawgs,” Daniel said, while donning a set of Spike Squad shoulder pads. “It’s gonna be a close game. … I might regret this. But I don’t care. This Georgia team, the best in the country. Spike Squad has shown me what it’s about.”
As Matt Barrie and Roman Harper noted afterward, SEC Nation will be in Columbia for the Tigers’ Week 12 game against Kentucky. Daniel may need extra security detail for that one.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
