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It’s been less than 24 hours and I want to enjoy the win, but it’s never too early to start hating the Clarke County School for Drunk Drivers.

Opening as a 20.5 underdog, roughly where Auburn and Kentucky were.

 
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YJMD

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So hard to predict this spread. We can easily be competitive and then have things spiral out of control. I feel good about our mental makeup, though. Game plan is another question. I think we're better off rolling with Philo the whole way except for goal line and not being wedded to a clock control offense, but it's hard to see us choosing that especially considering how we ran on them last year.
 

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I don't think the current UGA team is better than the 2023 team.

I would definitely take the under on that. To me, if King was 100%, the spread would be a lot closer. 8-12 point range.
But all depends on keeping turnovers down, and staying focused.
 
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apatriot1776 said:
It’s been less than 24 hours and I want to enjoy the win, but it’s never too early to start hating the Clarke County School for Drunk Drivers.

Opening as a 20.5 underdog, roughly where Auburn and Kentucky were.

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Hmm, brings to mind Pittsburgh (2022), North Carolina (2022), and Miami (2023) - all of them 20-point favorites and all losers to the Jackets.
We don't yet have one of those this year and we're overdue for another one.
 
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The spread will probably come down slightly, but I'm not surprised. The ACC hasn't really shown to be blockbusters against highly ranked teams from other conferences this year. And, we will be depending on a freshman QB against a very talent laden D.

To stay competitive, we need:

  • Bobo's play calling to suck as usual
  • Beck to be off (he has been several times this year)
  • Probably need at least 3 big turnovers
  • Our D has to stop the running game - can't let them gash us for big plays on the ground
Going to be tough, but I know our guys will play with absolute effort.
 
LongforDodd

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I have gold colored underwear but I don't have gold colored glasses. From what I've seen of both teams in the past few weeks (especially last night) I think that line may be about right if not two points high.
 

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UGa should be a solid favorite.

IF (and that’s a big IF) our Defensive coaches can figure out how to rattle Beck and turn him into the QB who threw so many interceptions in those few games…we’d have a chance. But Tennessee couldn’t, and they have better personnel on D than we do.

We picked off 3 vs N C State. Do that to UGa and we might win. Anything less and I think we lose.
 
bobongo

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AlabamaBuzz said:
The spread will probably come down slightly, but I'm not surprised. The ACC hasn't really shown to be blockbusters against highly ranked teams from other conferences this year. And, we will be depending on a freshman QB against a very talent laden D.

To stay competitive, we need:

  • Bobo's play calling to suck as usual
  • Beck to be off (he has been several times this year)
  • Probably need at least 3 big turnovers
  • Our D has to stop the running game - can't let them gash us for big plays on the ground
Going to be tough, but I know our guys will play with absolute effort.
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Agreed. Also, I think one major key is finding a way to run the ball enough to make the passing game effective. If we can do that, Philo and our receivers give us a fighting chance.
I have faith in our passing game if we can run the ball some, too. But that, as they say, is a big if.
 
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