Scott Van Pelt gives his Week 8 winner in Georgia-Ole Miss game
By Luke Greco
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After a rough 3-5 record last week, ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt is looking for a bounce-back performance in Week 8 of the college football season. On Thursday night, he provided his winners for 12 different games.
The top-10 matchup between No. 5 Ole Miss and No. 9 Georgia was on his card.
“Revenge spot. Lay ’em in Sanford against unbeaten Ole Miss,” Van Pelt said of the Bulldogs, who are a 7.5-point favorite, per BetMGM.
SVP is currently 32-33 this season when picking his winners. While not an amazing record, he still does pick the correct winner around half of the time.
Ole Miss is coming into Sanford Stadium with a perfect 6-0 record on the year. While they did struggle with Washington State last week, many believed they were looking ahead to this weekend’s matchup with Georgia. Since Trinidad Chambliss took over the quarterback job, he’s thrown 6 touchdowns to just 1 interception. He’s also shown his ability to get out of the pocket and make plays with his legs, rushing for 260 yards and 3 touchdowns in just 4 games.
Georgia is coming off a 20-10 victory over Auburn. After being dominated in the first half, the Bulldogs put up 17 unanswered points in the second half to win the game. Starting slow has been a theme with this Georgia team, something it hopes to change this week.
Kickoff on Saturday is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
