Top 5 College Football Showdown: Texas vs. Georgia

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00:00In our top five tilt in Austin, the first time the number one team in the country in

00:08Texas has hosted a top five matchup in nearly two decades.

00:14It's number one, Texas.

00:16It's number five, Georgia, four and a half points spread in favor of the Longhorns Joe.

00:21When this line opened up in the summer, it was a near pick them.

00:24Now Georgia is getting four and a half points on the road.

00:28If this holds, it would be the first time for the Bulldogs as an underdog since the

00:32start of 2021.

00:35What do you make of the spread for the top five bout in Austin tonight?

00:38Well, I think Texas deserves to be favored in this matchup.

00:41They dominated in the Red River rivalry as a 14 and a half point favored over Michael

00:45Hawkins and Oklahoma.

00:47They rushed for 177 yards in that matchup.

00:50We saw Quinn yours a little rusty coming out of the hiatus, 199 yards, one touchdown, one

00:55interception, and their defense is playing legit.

00:58We have concerns or maybe questions.

01:00Can they step up to the sec type of week to week type of schedule from a defensive perspective,

01:05Kevin?

01:06They've answered the bell and on the flip side, we've seen Georgia win two games after

01:10the loss of Alabama, but they haven't covered, didn't cover against Auburn as a double digit

01:15favored 2021 points and certainly didn't cover against miss status 32 and a half point favorites.

01:21They have something to prove offensively and defensively tonight.

01:25You know, you mentioned the kind of the historical trend for Texas in this spot.

01:28I mentioned a recent history trend.

01:30First time Texas this season, we'll play a team with a pulse.

01:33Go dogs.

01:34They're going to route this team.

01:36I don't care.

01:37The closer we get, they're going to destroy this team.

01:40The only team that has touched Kirby in four years plays in Alabama.

01:45It's the only team it's Saban.

01:47It's the bore.

01:48It's Jalen Milrow.

01:49A little respect.

01:50If you wouldn't mind.

01:51That's it.

01:52This arc following the red river has been atrocious year.

01:56Number one, they're at home after red river rivalry play in Oklahoma state lane, three

02:01and a half.

02:02They lose out, right?

02:03Year.

02:04Number two, they went 49.

02:05Nothing.

02:06You think, oh, come on that type of route.

02:07No way.

02:08You don't show up next week.

02:09Whoops.

02:10Iowa state upset alert the entire game, despite Texas laying 16.

02:15And then you go to the last season performance off of red river.

02:19They take a buy.

02:21And for some reason are playing a super close game to Houston, despite laying 24 points.

02:28And now it's Georgia.

02:29Oh, baby.

02:30The dogs barking today in Austin.

02:37That is what Kevin Walsh is saying.

02:39And when you see this number of four and a half, again, this would be the first game

02:43for UGA as an underdog since the start of the 2021 college football season and a top

02:49five tilt to open up that year against Clemson, Georgia won that game outright.

02:54In fact, since the start of 2021, Georgia has now played 50 total football games.

03:00They have won 47.

03:01They have only lost three and all three L's against the very same team in Alabama.

03:07So Kevin, you stack the bulldogs up against these longhorns, Texas, the number one team

03:12in the country, one of four teams around the nation that is averaging better than 450 yards

03:17per game offensively, putting up more than 40 points per game offensively and limiting

03:22opponents to less than 15 points per game and 275 yards per game.

03:27How does this year's Georgia team stack up with Texas?

03:30So again, I look at Georgia still to me, bar for bar, piece for piece, the best team in

03:35college football, but we will find out today.

03:38Now home field advantage has reigned king inside these, you know, high level top teams

03:44in a country matchups.

03:46Texas should win this game.

03:49But again, it's why I think Georgia will reestablish what I think has been true from the beginning

03:53that they're the best team in the sport.

03:55Like truly the AP poll, the Ben's top 10.

03:59If Georgia wins this game, better be ready to just shoot them up to one.

04:02You don't have to go and rank those big 10 teams in front of them.

04:05They're not as good.

04:06The thing with Texas, and this is kind of, I think maybe it's a little unfair.

04:11Maybe I'm salty because they've knocked me around all season.

04:14I keep betting against them and I keep losing.

04:16But we don't have to pretend the win against Michigan is a great win because they were

04:22ranked 10th at the time that they played Michigan.

04:24Michigan is terrible this year.

04:26It's what it is.

04:27They're on their third quarterback.

04:28We'll break down their ranked ranked game later on in this show.

04:32We don't have to pretend Oklahoma's good.

04:34They're terrible.

04:35They're a home dog to South Carolina.

04:38That is very, very bad for OU.

04:42So I get it.

04:43They beat a rival by 31.

04:44Great job.

04:46I was dead wrong.

04:47But while Texas is 6-0, what is their claim to fame on this season, Joe?

04:52No, you're right.

04:53And to even double down on your point, Michigan's offense was completely one-dimensional, only

04:58averaging basically about 140 passing yards per game heading into that matchup with Orgie

05:04and Davis-Warren.

05:05Right?

05:06And to Kevin's point, with Michael Hawkins, they were only averaging 169 yards through

05:09the air.

05:10So it was really the rushing attacks that were more prevalent for both Michigan and

05:14Oklahoma, respectively.

05:16I break this game down a little bit differently as well.

05:19In order for Georgia to win tonight, I don't think it's Carson Beck.

05:22I think it's the rushing attack with Trevor Etienne.

05:25They're averaging a buck 34 on the ground.

05:28We know that goes right into the front seven of Texas.

05:31But last year, they were up to 194.

05:33They need to have that offensive balance.

05:35And then the defense for Georgia, Ben, doesn't really struggle with Jalen Milrow in terms

05:40of athleticism.

05:41Quinn, yours is a pocket passer.

05:43I think they can get some pass rush on him, force him to work down the field and maybe

05:47get some sacks or turnovers.

05:49And that's the key to Georgia knocking off Texas.

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