Missouri Tigers Prepare to Challenge Georgia Bulldogs Defense
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:03 - We have Georgia and Missouri.
00:05 Mark Zinno, the Bulldogs, a 15 and a half point favorite
00:09 against the Tigers.
00:10 Georgia was ranked number two as they will get ready
00:13 to host Mizzou in Athens this upcoming Saturday
00:17 in the first CFP rankings.
00:19 Missouri getting the respect of the committee
00:22 at 12th overall.
00:24 It's a 15 and a half point number.
00:26 Zinno, the Georgia Bulldogs have only covered twice
00:29 so far in their eight games this year.
00:32 It has been against their best competition.
00:35 Kentucky as a two touchdown favorite,
00:37 they win that game handily.
00:38 Last weekend in Jacksonville, they win by 23,
00:41 covering as a 14 and a half point favorite against Florida.
00:45 Will Georgia make it a third cover, a second straight
00:48 as a 15 and a half point favorite inside Sanford Stadium
00:52 against Mizzou on Saturday?
00:53 - My guess is yes, but that's not the way
00:57 I'm gonna play this game.
00:58 Look, not many would have had this as the biggest matchup
01:01 in the SEC the first weekend of November,
01:04 but here we are, right?
01:05 And a lot of that's because of Missouri's impressive season
01:07 with Brady Cook.
01:08 He has the Tigers scoring 34 points per game,
01:10 the conference's third best passing attack,
01:12 one of the most talented wide receivers in the country
01:14 in Luther Burden.
01:15 It's fair to say that Georgia has not seen an offense
01:17 of this caliber the entire season.
01:19 On the flip side, it's also fair to say that Missouri,
01:23 yeah, they haven't seen a team as good as Georgia
01:26 this entire season.
01:27 Their defense is a little bit suspect here for the Tigers.
01:31 I know that you're looking at a Missouri team
01:36 that is still figuring it all out,
01:39 but their defense is very average.
01:40 They give up 21 to Vanderbilt in Kentucky,
01:42 they give up 27 to Kansas State in Memphis.
01:44 Of course, they give up 49 to LSU.
01:46 Their best offensive performance was last week
01:48 against South Carolina, holding them to 12,
01:51 but I think that was more about the Gamecocks
01:53 than anything else.
01:54 I am concerned with whether Missouri can actually
01:56 slow down Georgia's offense.
01:57 Carson Beck and that offense are getting better
01:59 and better each week.
02:00 As we saw last week, Brock Bauer is who?
02:02 Like, does he even matter?
02:04 That's what it kind of felt like
02:05 for the Georgia Bulldogs last week
02:07 and the way they dismantled a much better defense
02:09 in Florida here.
02:11 Without mistakes from Georgia,
02:12 which their offense seems to have corrected
02:14 from their early season struggles,
02:15 Missouri's not gonna be able to keep Georgia
02:17 from scoring 35 in this game, 30-35 in this game.
02:20 But I would also argue that as good as Georgia's defense is,
02:24 not allowing more than 21 points to anybody this season
02:26 and not allowing more than 20 in conference play,
02:28 Missouri can get past 20.
02:30 I think Missouri gets it to the mid-20s,
02:32 I think Georgia gets it to the mid-30s,
02:34 and we go way over this total, 55-and-a-half, 56-and-a-half,
02:37 depending on what number you got it at.
02:39 I think this game goes way over on Saturday.
02:42 (upbeat music)
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