Texas vs. Georgia SEC Championship Game Preview & Best Bets

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00:00A top-five tilt with an SEC championship at stake today in Atlanta, Georgia.

00:06It's number two Texas in its first year in the SEC, looking for its second consecutive

00:11conference crown against a team that is very well at home in the A. That is number five

00:18Georgia.

00:19Kept entering the final weekend of the college football regular season.

00:23Georgia was already into the SEC title, non-conference albeit in-state rivalry game against Georgia

00:29Tech.

00:30They were booked as the odds-on favorite to win the SEC crown.

00:34Texas still had the renewal of the Lone Star Showdown, a favorite on the road, but in College

00:39Station.

00:40You never know what could happen.

00:42Georgia tested in eight OTs by the Yellow Jackets.

00:45Texas pretty dominant on the road against A&M, winning by double digits.

00:50Line opens up for the SEC championship game.

00:53The Dawg's no longer a favorite, but a Dawg once again, like we saw the first time these

00:59two teams met way back in the middle of October in Austin.

01:03Let's start with the number, the Longhorns, a two and a half point favorite to win the

01:07SEC title today.

01:09He's the right side favorite.

01:10Obviously not.

01:11I mean, obviously not.

01:12Well, I like, then again, I guess, how could Georgia beat this Texas team?

01:17I mean, how could Georgia beat this Texas team as an, as an underdog?

01:22Oh, they already did it at Texas.

01:24Hold on.

01:25Where's this game?

01:26What is going on here?

01:27No, no, no.

01:28What is going on here?

01:29Roll reversal.

01:30I'm hosting.

01:31Go for the two and B double S, Mr. Beck.

01:34Why are you on Texas?

01:35I will be honest.

01:36There is not.

01:37There's nothing that has surprised me more.

01:39Good hosting, by the way.

01:40All season long.

01:41Okay.

01:42Two and a half point spread.

01:45Here we go.

01:46Why are you?

01:47I, by the way, you're like, I'm actually not even on a side today.

01:51Yeah.

01:52And I'll get to that.

01:53Why are you on Texas?

01:54So everything in me on precedent, on principle, you see Georgia as an underdog, you bet Georgia

02:03as an underdog.

02:04It has happened twice since the start of 2021, when the dogs went on their run winning two

02:10consecutive national championships, they beat Clemson outright in the opener in 2021.

02:15And they beat this Texas team in Austin by 15 back in week eight on October 19th.

02:22And then I started to dive into the numbers.

02:24Oh, okay.

02:25Interesting.

02:26Oh, that's a little bit interesting.

02:27They call me Benny Longhorn the way back in Texas minus two and a half.

02:34That first game was incredibly interesting where Georgia to their credit, I gave them

02:40a challenge.

02:41Maybe not me as the overwhelming authority in college football, but entering that game

02:46on this set to you guys, I said, there was one elite defense entering the matchup in

02:51Austin back to end out October.

02:53It's not the Bulldogs like it used to be.

02:55It is Texas.

02:56It was the best defensive performance we have seen out of Kirby sports dogs all year long.

03:01And since they have regressed, Texas has only improved.

03:05They have figured out their backfield and Quinn Travion Weisner being their bell cow

03:10now.

03:11And when you look at how that game played out, Quinn yours to very costly first half

03:16turnovers that led to his benching for a brief moment, then another turnover out of

03:21Arch Manning that resulted directly in two quick touchdowns for a Georgia offense that

03:26outside of a guy not playing today and Trevor ETN really did absolutely nothing.

03:31I think Texas is the right side as much as that confounds me.

03:35I think it's perception as well.

03:37Georgia goes out to Ole Miss and the perception was that Ole Miss will get rocked and Georgia

03:42got rocked in that game.

03:43And that's sorted to change the landscape and perception of Georgia.

03:47They won three straight since that time and Carson Beck has rebounded 11 touchdowns.

03:52No interceptions.

03:53He threw 175 and an interception in the win against Texas.

03:58But this defense for Texas to your point, Ben, given up only 143 passing yards per game,

04:03only four passing touchdowns allowed.

04:06They forced 18 interceptions.

04:08They dominated one of the hotter teams in the country in Texas A&M contain Marcel Reed

04:13in that offense in Kyle Field in College Station.

04:17It was a defensive effort, not an offensive effort.

04:20And we know rematches are very difficult to knock off the same team in back to back seasons,

04:24right?

04:25In the same time, basically in like six or seven weeks, right?

04:29So I think that's what's playing into it.

04:31But if we're looking at this game right now, I go back to Carson Beck and, you know, look

04:36at Georgia's defense.

04:37That's another thing.

04:38They give up 260 in back to back games on the ground to UMass, 260 to Georgia Tech in

04:43the win.

04:44A lot of people thought Georgia Tech should have won that game.

04:46If Georgia Tech wins, what's the spread?

04:49Let's just say if they were in this championship game, five, six, right?

04:53So I think that's why you're seeing the line now up until three is that the perception

04:58is Texas has the most dominant defense, but it comes down to the quarterback.

05:01I believe Carson Beck is right of the ship.

05:04He's limited the turnovers.

05:05They found something in regards to the tight end.

05:07Delp and Lucky Lawson now are integral parts of that offense since the first meeting.

05:13This is a different offense as opposed to defense, and I think they air it out.

05:17Last six games in the SEC championship have totaled 67.3 points per game.

05:24Total is 49 and a half.

05:25I'm on those dogs, but I'm also on the over guys.

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