Georgia is playing in the Sugar Bowl for a second consecutive year, and looks to erase last year’s memory of losing to Texas by a touchdown. Baylor is making its first appearance in the Sugar Bowl since 1957.<\/p>\n
Baylor coach Matt Rhule says his Baylor team is ready for the SEC challenge.<\/p>\n
\nOur team will be beyond motivated,” Rhule declared. “And we have to be, because this is such a great team we’re facing. I’m motivated.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Rhule continued, “I have never really met coach Smart, but I certainly respect him. So, a chance to go against him as a head coach, I have to be at my best. And so, I think our guys are highly, highly motivated.”<\/p>\n
Kirby Smart’s team will be without some key personnel. Starting offensive linemen Andrew Thomas and Isaiah Wilson are both skipping the Sugar Bowl in preparation for the NFL Draft. Right guard Ben Cleveland will also be on the sidelines, reportedly for academic reasons.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs’ second-leading rusher Brian Herrien additionally won’t play for undisclosed reasons, and Georgia is also expected to be without several other players.<\/p>\n
Smart explained, “Some of these guys are injured. Some of them didn’t academically do what they needed to do, but that’s part of college football. With the NFL environment that we have, if we continue to recruit at the level which we’ve done, this is probably going to be an annual deal where guys decide I’m not going to play in the game based on certain reasons or whatever they choose. And I respect that.”<\/span><\/p>\nSeason Recaps<\/b><\/h2>\n
Georgia was in the CFP top four<\/a> until its SEC title game loss to LSU. The Bulldogs’ other defeat was a bad one, a 20-17 loss at home in October to an unranked South Carolina.<\/p>\nGeorgia has three wins over teams that finished in the Top 25 of the CFP \u2013 No. 9 Florida, No. 12 Auburn, and No. 15 Notre Dame.<\/strong><\/p>\nBaylor’s two losses both came against Oklahoma, which finished No. 4 in the rankings. The Bears resume doesn’t include a win over an opponent that finished in the CFP Top 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 2019 Sugar Bowl features two teams that had College Football Playoff hopes late in the season, but after falling short, will try and cap off their years with a New Year’s Six win. No. 5 Georgia and No. 7 Baylor both went 11-2 on the year, and also both lost their respective SEC and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":123354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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