Week 9: Georgia vs. Florida
Will this be the year that Georgia breaks through with a win over its SEC East rival? Florida has won three games straight, utilizing an unyielding run defense to lock up the Bulldogs’ running game en route to winning those games by a combined 56 points.
In last year’s 24-10 bludgeoning, the Bulldogs managed just 21 yards…on 19 carries. If Nick Chubb and Sony Michel are both healthy, then there is no excuse to let this domination happen for a fourth straight year. Of course, it helps that Jacob Eason is a year older, a year wiser and hopefully will be a whole lot more consistent as a sophomore than he was last year.
If Florida’s defense yields some semblance of offense to the Bulldogs, then it could mean an end to the streak. It’s hard to know exactly what Feleipe Franks is capable of doing to lead Florida’s offense, which might end up leaning heavily on its very deep running back group.
We expect a very competitive contest this time around and are leaning towards giving the Bulldogs a very slight edge.