Oddsmakers predict a defensive contest, as the total points are at 43.5. As of Friday, 56 percent of the bets and 66 percent of the handle are on the over.<\/p>\n
PointsBet bettors were more mixed on the game. Georgia, also a 7.5-point favorite, accounted for 55 percent of the tickets, but two-thirds of the spread handle was on Auburn. PointsBet oddsmakers set the over at 43.5, with nearly 60 percent of the handle going on the under.<\/p>\n
What will make the job tough for Gus Malzahn and the Tigers is going up against arguably the best defense in all of college football. Georgia returns 17 players who were significant contributors to last year\u2019s squad, which led the SEC in points allowed, rushing yards allowed, and total yardage allowed.<\/p>\n
You’re looking at a team that’s probably the most talented team overall in the SEC,\u201d Malzahn said. \u201cThey are very well-coached. You look at them defensively, they’re very sound. They make you earn stuff. They don’t give up a whole lot of big plays.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is a win both teams would love to have for their resume. For Georgia, Auburn will be the first of likely three top-10 opponents they\u2019ll face in the regular season, and if they win the SEC East, they\u2019ll almost assuredly play a fourth.<\/p>\n
If Georgia can manage to go 3-1 in those games, they will have a resume that may be hard to keep out of the College Football Playoff, especially as Big Ten and PAC-12 teams will be playing significantly fewer games.<\/p>\n
For Auburn, Georgia likely represents the toughest team outside of Alabama they\u2019ll face this year. The SEC West may not be as stacked as it has been in years past, but a win against the Dawgs would definitely vault them into consideration for a playoff spot. Auburn currently has odds of +6000 on FanDuel’s national title futures board (Georgia, meanwhile, is at +1600), so a win on the road against a top 5 team would likely shorten those odds significantly.<\/p>\n
The game will kick off at 7:30 pm ET. ESPN will broadcast it nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The biggest college football game of the young season will take place Saturday night between the hedges of Sanford Stadium, when the fourth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs host the seventh-ranked Auburn Tigers in an SEC clash. Both teams come into the game 1-0, but the Bulldogs have a question at quarterback. D\u2019Wan Mathis got the start at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":151001,"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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