Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
It will be an SEC conference battle on Saturday afternoon when the Georgia Bulldogs meet the Florida Gators in a college football game on Saturday afternoon on a neutral field. Kick off time in Jacksonville Florida is set for 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening line in this game and the Florida Gators opened as a 17-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has been underdog Georgia Bulldog money, as the Florida Gators are currently a 16-point favorite. College football money line players can make a play on the favored Florida Gators at –900 with the underdog Georgia Bulldogs returning +650 to win straight up without the point spread a factor in the sports bet.
With two first round draft picks in the Georgia Bulldogs quarterback and running back position the Florida Gators pounded the Bulldogs 49-10 last season. Despite gaining nearly 400 yards in last years contest the Bulldogs could only muster 10 points with 4 turnovers in their 2008 meeting. Florida escaped with a 29-19 win last week against Mississippi St Bulldogs. Gators quarterback Tim Tebow struggled last week hitting on 12 of 22 for 127 yards with 2 interceptions. Those two interceptions went for pick 6 touchdowns for the Mississippi St Bulldogs. Another troubling stat for the Gators last week was the team was just 2 of 13 on third downs. The Gators continue to be outstanding on defense on the season. Florida limited Mississippi St to just 237 total yards last week. Florida for all their accolades on offense sport the #1 defense in all of college football allowing just 229 yards per game and a 3.9 yards per carry average. Florida is an offense that averaged 5.7 yards per play on the season. Georgia Bulldogs issues in 2009 has been on the defensive end, as the team gives up an average of 365 yards per game, 27 points and 5.3 yards per play average. The Bulldogs are 4-3 on the season. Senior quarterback Joe Cox only hits on 57% of his passes this season with 9 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. Cox has only passed for over 56% of his passes in 2 of his 7 games this season. The offense stalled this season when the Bulldogs faced good defensive teams on their schedule scoring 13 against LSU and just 19 at Tennessee. The Bulldogs running game is not producing much as the team is averaging just 3.6 yards per carry on the ground. Georgia rotates three running backs and the production has produced just 4.4 yards a carry from Richard Samuel, 3.9 yards per carry from Caleb King and 3.9 yards per carry average from Washaun Ealey.
Tony T’s Opinion: I don’t want Georgia in this game. They are not running the ball and their quarterback Joe Cox is not accurate. Florida should be able to exploit this poor Georgia Bulldogs defense. Would lean to Florida laying the points.
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CFB Trend: Florida Gators are 5-1 to the under this season
The Wagerline consensus has 58.0% of the CFB bettors on Georgia –16
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