Joel Klatt explains why Georgia is a team no one wants to play heading toward the Playoff
By Jacob Moss
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The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs picked up a statement win over the weekend, rolling past the Mississippi State Bulldogs 41-21 in a game that many pundits had penciled in as a potential trap game for Kirby Smart‘s squad heading into a massive Week 12 meeting with the Texas Longhorns.
Georgia was locked in on Mississippi State, though, and it went on the road and dominated its fellow SEC Bulldogs in all 3 phases of the game, putting up almost 600 yards of offense while only allowing 322.
Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt touched on this dominant performance by the Dawgs on Monday, and he broke down why nobody wants to play Georgia down the stretch as they appear to be peaking at the right time.
“Nobody in the country wants to see Georgia all of a sudden establish a rhythm as we get close to the College Football Playoff,” Klatt said. “They might not even go to the SEC Championship Game, and you’re still sitting there like ‘Well, I don’t want to play that team.’ Guess who that reminds me of? Ohio State last year. I know they didn’t take momentum into the Playoff, but nobody wanted to see them in the Playoff, and Georgia’s starting to remind me of that.”
The Dawgs do appear to be clicking at the right time, but they still have a lot of work to do before they can start thinking about any potential playoff run. Georgia will cap off its regular season with home games against No. 10 Texas and Charlotte, and a neutral site game against No. 14 Georgia Tech.
