{"id":18988,"date":"2011-10-29T09:13:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T14:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18988"},"modified":"2011-10-29T09:13:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T14:13:42","slug":"sec-football-preview-georgia-bulldogs-vs-florida-gators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sec-football-preview-georgia-bulldogs-vs-florida-gators-18988\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Football Preview: Georgia Bulldogs vs. Florida Gators"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 22 Georgia Bulldogs vs. Florida Gators
\nSaturday, 10\/29\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Georgia -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Georgia -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Georgia Bulldogs head coach Mark Richt is 2-8 SU versus the Florida Gators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Georgia is tied atop the SEC East and back in the AP Top 25 poll due to a five-game winning streak that includes consecutive road wins over Tennessee and Vanderbilt.\u00a0 The Bulldogs have out-gained six of seven opponents this year, with the only miss coming in the 35-21 season-opening loss to the Boise State Broncos.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m not shocked that we\u2019re going well right now, but we\u2019ve still got a ways to go,\u201d stated Bulldogs head coach Mark Richt.\u00a0 Georgia is the only team in the league to score first in all of its games this season.\u00a0 Over the last two-plus seasons, the team is 9-12 ATS versus SEC competition and the \u2018over\u2019 is 12-8 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs haven\u2019t had much success in this series under Richt, posting a 2-8 record,\u00a0 dropping the last three games.\u00a0 Georgia suffered a 34-31 overtime loss as one-point underdogs last year.\u00a0 Playing off the open date could benefit the team, tallying a 12-4 mark under Richt in that particular situation.\u00a0 Sophomore quarterback Aaron Murray leads the conference in total offense in league games at 253.2 yards per contest.<\/p>\n

Florida is also coming off an open week and is looking to snap a three-game losing streak, including a 17-6 loss to the Auburn Tigers as three-point road favorites last time out.\u00a0 The Gators will likely have quarterback John Brantley back Saturday afternoon, missing 2 1\/2 games after suffering a right ankle injury against Alabama.\u00a0 \u201cGetting him back is going to be a huge psychological boost for our football team,\u201d commented Gators first-year coach Will Muschamp.\u00a0 Florida is 4-0 ATS when playing off the bye week and the \u2018over\u2019 is 3-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Gators hold a 46-40-2 all-time lead in this series and Brantley is familiar with the rivalry.\u00a0 He completed 16 of 25 passes for 193 yards with an interception in last year\u2019s win, giving Florida its 18th win in the last 21 meetings in the series.\u00a0 Florida\u2019s offense will be going up against a defensive unit that ranks sixth nationally in allowing just 273 yards per game.\u00a0 The Gators have scored just 27 points in their last three games and 17 points since Brantley went down.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Gators due to their 7-1 ATS mark in neutral-site contests, while the Bulldogs are 1-4 ATS in the same situation.<\/p>\n

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No. 22 Georgia Bulldogs vs. Florida Gators Saturday, 10\/29\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Georgia -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Georgia -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 47.5 Current Total:\u00a0 48 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Georgia is tied atop the SEC East and back in the AP Top 25 poll due to a five-game winning streak […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[1409,499,461,2264,2254,739,5476],"class_list":["post-18988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-aaron-murray","tag-florida-gators","tag-georgia-bulldogs","tag-john-brantley","tag-mark-richt","tag-sec","tag-will-muschamp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18989,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18988\/revisions\/18989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}