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Georgia football looks to get back on track for a playoff run with a matchup on Saturday vs. Kentucky in Lexington.
After a week-off following a tough loss at Alabama, Georgia football looks to get back on track for a playoff run with a matchup on Saturday vs. Kentucky in Lexington.
The Wildcats will be starting Auburn transfer Joey Gatewood at quarterback over Terry Wilson due to injury, making it even tougher for an offense that ran only 36 plays last week vs. Missouri.
Look for the Dawgs to run away with this one.
Here’s what Kentucky’s media is saying about the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs look to avenge a disappointing loss at Alabama and take down the Wildcats in Lexington. Here are 5 reasons Georgia wins.
After a week off, Georgia football is back in action this Saturday at noon at Kentucky in Lexington, televised on the SEC Network.
The Wildcats come off a 20-10 loss at Missouri in which they ran 36 offensive plays and lost the time of possession battle 43:10 to 16:50.
The Bulldogs look to avenge a disappointing loss at Alabama and make a statement to the rest of the country at Kentucky before an epic matchup with Florida for the SEC East title in Jacksonville on Nov. 7.
Here are 5 reasons Georgia gets back on track and beats Kentucky on Saturday.
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The UGA Wire staff presents our weekly expert score, stat and game predictions ahead of Georgia football at Kentucky.
The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs (3-1, 3-1) travel to Lexington this Saturday to face off against the Kentucky Wildcats (2-3, 2-3).
Kentucky began the season ranked 23rd but have since dropped after losing three of five games. The Wildcats are definitely sneaky this year, beating a Mississippi State team by a score of 24 – 2 as well as Tennessee by 27 points. That margin of victory over the Vols is larger than Georgia’s.
Georgia enters this game coming off a loss at Alabama two weeks ago and a bye week last week. Kentucky comes into this matchup following a 20-10 loss last week to Missouri.
Saturday’s kickoff is scheduled for 12:00 P.M. ET on SEC Network.
With that said, the UGA Wire staff has put together a number of score, stat and game predictions ahead of Saturday’s matchup.
Here are the picks:
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by special guest, former Georgia tight end Arthur Lynch, plus I break down Kentucky and SEC football.
Your friends at “UGA Football Live” and UGA Wire present your one-stop shop for all things Georgia football!
We are releasing episodes and interviews each week during the 2020 college football season, with a little bit of everything sprinkled in between.
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by special guest, former Georgia tight end Arthur Lynch (2009-2013) to talk about his playing days at Georgia and how he transitioned from NFL player to U.S. Army 2nd lieutenant.
Plus collegefootballnews.com‘s Pete Fiutak stops in to help breakdown SEC football as we are now halfway through the 10 game conference-only schedule.
Also I talk:
Kentucky Preview
Dawgs in the NFL
J.C. vs. the Spread
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College Football News ranked the top SEC head coaches. Where is Georgia football’s Kirby Smart?
Pete Fiutak of College Football News recently released a list ranking the SEC head coaches heading into the 2020 season.
Checking in at No. 3 on the list is Georgia’s Kirby Smart, who trails only Nick Saban (1) and Ed Orgeron (2).
At No. 4 is Dan Mullen and at No. 5 is Gus Malzahn.
As much as I’d love for Smart to be in that No. 2 spot, I do not disagree with Fiutak here.
Smart’s time will come, and within the next five years he may very well occupy that No. 1 spot.
For now, he’s sitting at No. 3 on Fiutak’s list, likely right on the verge of taking over that No. 2 ranking. As long as he keeps winning the SEC East, beating rivals and putting his team in striking distance for the College Football Playoff…he’ll be considered a top-five coach in America.
Orgeron or Smart at No. 2 was likely a somewhat difficult decision. Fiutak went with Coach O since he accomplished something Kirby hasn’t yet, a national championship.
I’ve heard it all – “Anyone could win with that roster.”
Sure, Smart probably would have won it with that roster LSU had last year. But, at the end of the day, he didn’t have that roster. No other way around it.
Also, how can you not love Coach O?
As for Saban, there’s no arguing that one.
Saturday, Georgia football made its latest move in the 2022 recruiting class by offering a scholarship to WR Aaron Anderson.
Saturday, 2022 3-star WR Aaron Anderson announced on Twitter that he received a scholarship offer from the University of Georgia.
Anderson (5-10, 187) plays football and runs track at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a sophomore in 2019, Anderson helped Edna Karr to its fourth-straight Louisiana 4-A state championship.
247Sports has Anderson rated as the No. 53 WR and the No. 15 player in Louisiana. He holds eight scholarship offers from programs like Miami, LSU, USC, Kentucky and now Georgia.
More statistics and rankings will be available after these younger guys play their junior seasons this fall.
All Glory Goes to God🙏🏾I Am Truly Bless to Receive An Offer From Georgia University #GoBulldogs @Coach_Hankton @samspiegs pic.twitter.com/HFPEBPGBp1
— Aaron”cheetah”Anderson (@mallbigbrother1) May 24, 2020
We ranked all the SEC head coaches, from Georgia football’s Kirby Smart, to Arkansas’ Sam Pittman, to Florida’s Dan Mullen.
The SEC is loaded with head coaching talent as we head into the 2020 college football season.
You have your usuals – Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, Gus Malzahn, Ed Orgeron, etc.
But then you have your familiar, or in some cases not-so-familiar, yet new faces: Lane Kiffin, Mike Leach, Sam Pittman, Eli Drinkwitz.
Ranking the SEC head coaches heading into the 2020 season is as hard as it’s ever been, and that’s because of all these new hirings. But it’s also because Jeremy Pruitt waited until October to start winning games in Tennessee last year. It’s because Ed Orgeron took a loaded roster and won a national title. Because Gus Malzahn and Auburn always have the talent but can’t seem to win the big ones. Or because, despite a 4-8 season, Will Muschamp was able to knock off Kirby Smart and Georgia.
Related: 2020 Georgia schedule with game-by-game score predictions
14. Sam Pittman, Arkansas
I would have loved to get Pittman into a higher spot on this list, but what is there to go off of? His last head coaching job came in 1992 and 1993 when he led Hutchinson Community College to an 11–9–1 record over two seasons.
I am 100% rooting for Pittman to succeed in his first season as head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. It won’t be easy, and this is a team that will likely finish with at least five losses for the first few years, but that’s not necessarily a terrible thing as long as they play hard.
Arkansas may not field the most talented teams in the SEC, but if there’s one thing I’m certain of it’s that the former UGA O-Line coach will make sure his guys fight harder than anybody.
13. Eli Drinkwitz, Missouri
Drinkwitz gets the No. 13 spot because of what he was able to do at App State last year. In his first season as a head coach, he led the Mountaineers to a 12-1 record and a Sun Belt championship.
But that’s not the SEC. It’s going to be a rocky road ahead for Drinkwitz, as Mizzou will definitely not be one of the more talented teams in the league for a few years.
12. Derek Mason, Vanderbilt
I often find myself rooting for Vanderbilt and Mason.
He took over at Vandy when James Franklin left for Penn State, and though it’s been tough at times, you get the feeling that Commodore fans actually look forward to their seasons.
11. Will Muschamp, South Carolina
If Muschamp had not beaten Georgia last year, he maybe would not even be on this list at all.
But he won and that probably saved his job. He coaches up a good defense, but South Carolina will need to crank up its recruiting efforts if it wants to start contending in the SEC East. Another season with no bowl game may put an end to Muschamp’s head coaching career with the Gamecocks.
10. Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss
Kiffin is a good football coach, there’s no denying that. No. 10 is pretty low for an offensive genius like him. But this conference is simply loaded.
Kiffin did a great job at Florida Atlantic, but I still need to see him win consistently at a Power 5 school.
