The Missouri Tigers (4-4, 1-3 SEC) and No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs (8-0, 6-0) meet Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia. Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET. Below, we look at the Missouri vs. Georgia odds and lines, and make our expert college football picks, predictions and bets.
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The Tigers picked up a 37-28 win at Vanderbilt last week but failed to cover a 16-point number. That’s no surprise, as Mizzou is the only FBS team yet to cover a spread, going 0-8 ATS this season.
The top-ranked Bulldogs thumped rival Florida last week in Jacksonville, winning 34-7 to easily cover a 14-point number. UGA has scored 30 or more points in seven straight outings while allowing a total of 53 points across eight contests this season.
Missouri at Georgia odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Missouri +1700 (bet $100 to win $1,700) | Georgia -100000 (bet $100,000 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Missouri +39.5 (-108) | Georgia -39.5 (-112)
- Over/Under (O/U): 60.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Missouri at Georgia odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Georgia 58, Missouri 6
Money line
Georgia (-100000) is a good bet if you enjoy BASE jumping, juggling chainsaws and generally just taking unnecessary changes.
The No. 1 team is most likely not going to lose, or even receive a test, but who in their right mind risks $100 just to win a dime? A DIME!
AVOID.
Against the spread
GEORGIA -39.5 (-112) is going to have a field day against Missouri +39.5 (-108), a team that ranks dead-last in FBS with 283.8 rushing yards per game allowed, while checking in 123rd in the nation with 475.5 total yards per game allowed.
In fact, Mizzou allows 36.0 PPG to rank 120th. UGA ranks No. 1 with just 6.6 PPG, and the Dawgs are giving up only 227.4 total yards per game, 151.0 passing yards per contest and a meager 76.4 rushing yards per outing. This will be the blowout the books are expecting.
Over/Under
OVER 60.5 (-110) is the play, and Georgia is going to do most of the heavy lifting, obviously. The Bulldogs will look like a hot knife through butter for most of the first half, rolling up a lopsided score before the reserves take over and they call off the Dawgs…err, dogs…in the second half.
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