Top CFB Matchup: Georgia vs. Alabama Showdown Insights

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00:00There are four ranked versus ranked matchups on Saturday, but

00:07none even hold a candle. None are bigger than what we will see

00:11under the lights inside Bryant Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa,

00:14Alabama. Number two Georgia on the road against number four

00:19Alabama and Zeno. Of course, we must start with the spread. It

00:22is two and a half points in favor of the dogs, which would

00:26mean the tide our home underdogs for the first time

00:30since November of 2007, snapping a consecutive streak

00:35of 113 home games for Alabama as that home favorite is the

00:41line correct. Does it feel fitting to see UGA as a road

00:45favorite in Tuscaloosa? Yes, just because of Georgia's

00:50dominance in the regular season, I mean 42 consecutive

00:52ruins during the regular season over some pretty good

00:55opponents along the way and certainly when you look at this

00:57season, they have the better strength of schedule. I know

01:00we don't think much of Clemson and what happened, you know it

01:03to them, but they've turned it around and even Kentucky to a

01:06certain extent. You know when you look at the comparison

01:08between the two teams, clearly Georgia has played better

01:10defenses along the way in the Wildcats and in the Clemson

01:14Tigers, whereas you know Alabama's head west of

01:17Kentucky in a really bad Wisconsin defense. It's not

01:20anywhere near what it used to be and then you bring in USF

01:23into the equation. So look, this is a spot here where we

01:27want to try to naturally throw a lot of things out the window

01:30just simply because Nick Saban is gone, but you're bringing

01:33Kalen DeBoer who oh by the way in his coaching tenure here

01:38seven and three straight up and eight and two ATS as a dog

01:42including four in our straight up and ATS as a dog or fewer

01:45than four points. He's very good at winning close games.

01:48Bama's gone seven and one against the number with with

01:51rest off a road win, and I think this is a spot here for

01:54Alabama where ultimately the game's going to come down to

01:57one thing here and that's Jalen Miller's ability to throw

02:00the ball deep and his deep ball accuracy. If you go back to

02:03that championship game in the SEC, it was one or two of those

02:06plays that ultimately change the change the tide for the

02:09tide by completing those deep downfield shots, and I'm not

02:12sure that Georgia necessarily has an answer for that at this

02:15point in time as good as they've been across the board.

02:18There are some weaknesses here. I know this is personal

02:21for UGA as they again were eliminated from the college

02:24football playoff in the SEC championship loss, but I just

02:28think Alabama has too much. I mean Jalen Miller was really

02:31starting to come into his own. I like the tide here. I'd play

02:35him on the money line. If this thing hangs around two and a

02:37half though, I'd take the two. Why not if I if two and a half

02:41across the I take the two or one and a half. I just play the

02:44money line and not really sweat it. Look for a little bit of

02:46plus money.

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