Georgia vs. Notre Dame: Sugar Bowl Playoff Showdown Preview

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00:00The R.S. now we get ready for a Sugar Bowl and a college football playoff game today between the

00:05two seed Georgia and the seven seed Notre Dame. Again set to kick at 4 p.m. Eastern time. As you

00:12will see there from the odds perspective we have seen a lot of changing markets in the last 48

00:18hours. At the initial open the Irish were a slight favorite but almost immediately the line worked

00:25to the Bulldogs looking for their third national championship in the last four college football

00:30seasons. Entering most of this week the line was at two and a half in favor of Georgia. Yesterday

00:37Georgia was a slight favorite if not a pick and now you will see Notre Dame. Although it's just

00:43three cents Notre Dame is the favorite to win the Sugar Bowl in advance of the college football

00:49playoff semifinal. A matchup against Penn State a week from today in Miami at the Orange Bowl.

00:56When your starting quarterback is down it's amazing that Georgia actually is still within

01:01a one and a half point margin of Notre Dame. Think about that in the NFL when a good starting

01:05quarterback goes down on a good football team how much that changes the implications. And Notre Dame

01:09is a really good team on the opposite side. I'm expecting a pretty good effort and you do see that

01:13total right 44 and a half now to 45 and a half. It's still in a dome so you should get a clean

01:18atmosphere but you know these two defenses are going to come to play. I don't think there's going

01:21to be any high flying optics on offense which you might get if you had Carson Beck. Now he hasn't

01:27even had the season we thought he would have. Coming into the season maybe a Heisman Trophy

01:30finalist is what we anticipated with a fantastic defense and a lot of weapons. That hasn't been

01:34the case and even when you saw the second half like hey Stockton came in in the last game to

01:39save Georgia. What 50, 60, 70 yards passing and interception. It wasn't like he lit it up with

01:44three touchdown passes and was amazing here. Now also this isn't the little engine that could here

01:48for Georgia and their quarterback. It's one of the best quarterbacks in the history of Georgia

01:53football coming to play. Million touchdown passes. Million rushing touchdowns here. You see all the

01:58pageantry coming through with some of these you know shows that open up including our CFT guys

02:02here. This kid has a lot of talent. We just haven't seen it yet but this is a massive stage to try to

02:08prove it on so I won't be surprised if he does struggle a little bit even early on.