Georgia football favored by less than a field goal against Ole Miss
Georgia football heads to Oxford, Mississippi, as a narrow favorite over the Rebels.
According to Vegas Insider, the No. 2-ranked Bulldogs (7-1) — just 2-6 against the spread this season — are 2.5-point favorites at No. 16 Ole Miss (7-2) on the heels of a shaky victory against Florida.
Georgia beat the unranked Gators 34-20, but Florida had the game tied late into the fourth quarter — despite utilizing an inexperienced, third-string redshirt freshman quarterback who transferred from Yale.
The Rebels’ quarterback situation is much different, as demonstrated by a 63-31 win over Arkansas.
Quarterback Jaxson Dart leads the nation with 3,210 yards passing and is also the best in the country with a 192.37 pass efficiency rating.
Georgia quarterback Carson Beck, by contrast, is under fire after consecutive three-interception outings.
The Bulldogs won both games, and part of Beck’s struggles could be attributed to receivers dropping passes and missing assignments. But as a high-profile, high-dollar NIL quarterback, Beck has been exposed to a higher degree of scrutiny.
Alabama is playing at LSU in the SEC’s other marquee game, a night game in storied “Death Valley.”
The Crimson Tide is a 3-point road favorite over the Tigers in what amounts to a CFP elimination game between the two-loss teams.
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Mike is in his 10th season covering SEC and Georgia athletics for AJC-DawgNation and has 25 years of CFB experience. Mike is a Heisman Trophy voter and former Football Writers President who was named the National FWAA Beat Writer of the Year in January, 2018.
