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Georgia win over Tennessee clearly boosts Pac-12, but more help is needed

Georgia beating the Vols aids the #Pac12’s cause, but #USC needs more results for the playoff puzzle to fit. Let’s go to the scoreboard.

The Georgia Bulldogs convincingly handled the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday afternoon in Athens, smothering the Vols’ offense all day long and delivering a 27-13 win.

Follow Vols Wire for full coverage of that game.

Tennessee was No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings entering the game, while Georgia was No. 3. The Vols will fall out of the top four. Georgia should rise to No. 1 in the next rankings.

This was a good result for USC and the Pac-12, as we explained earlier in the week.

However, USC and the Pac-12 need a lot more help.

This article is being published late Saturday afternoon, before the wave of early-evening games. USC, of course, faces Cal in a late-night game.

Let’s go through some of the relevant scores for USC and the Pac-12 from Week 10’s daytime slate of games:

CEO of the Peach Bowl mentions USC before Tennessee-Georgia game begins

The Peach Bowl is one of the two #CFBPlayoff semifinal games this year, so CEO Gary Stokan’s mention of #USC is notable.

Want to read something interesting on a Saturday before USC plays Cal in a “Pac-12 After Dark” game under the lights in the Los Angeles Coliseum?

Try this, sent to us by our friends at Vols Wire.

Gary Stokan, the CEO and president of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, mentioned USC in remarks preceding the biggest college football game of Week 10 (and the season to date). That big game is Tennessee’s visit to Georgia in an SEC showdown matching two of the top three teams in the initial College Football Playoff rankings. USC is No. 9 in those rankings.

USC is expected to beat Cal and Colorado and enter Nov. 19 with just one loss.

Let’s give you Stokan’s specific remarks and unpack some of the context attached to them:

Why USC fans should be rooting for Georgia to beat Tennessee in SEC showdown

If Tennessee beats Georgia, #USC’s playoff hopes aren’t automatically finished, but it would certainly be the less favorable outcome.

This Saturday, USC hosts Cal in a late-night game which is certainly important, but doesn’t figure to be remotely close. The eyes of the nation will be focused not on the Pac-12, but on the titanic tussle between Tennessee and Georgia, two teams ranked in the top three of the initial College Football Playoff standings.

As Pac-12 teams, TCU, and Clemson all consider their chances of making the playoff, they are all wondering if it’s better for Tennessee or Georgia to win this game.

USC fans can relate to what Tennessee is doing this year. Like Tennessee, USC football has been mediocre and irrelevant for a long time. (Yes, we know it has been much longer for the Vols, but the experiences are still obviously similar.) This year, both programs have risen from the ashes. Josh Heupel has been absolutely brilliant, bringing a high-octane offense to Knoxville and transforming a program with elite quarterback play, something Tennessee had not focused on in previous coaching hires such as Derek Dooley, Butch Jones, and Jeremy Pruitt.

We at Trojans Wire congratulate the Vols on their season. We obviously see the similarities between UT and USC. Now is where we part company, however. It’s nothing personal, but USC needs Georgia to beat Tennessee this weekend.

We’ll explain why:

Where Georgia ranks in the first College Football Playoff rankings

Georgia tabbed No. 3…

The 8-0 Georgia Bulldogs came in at No. 3 on Tuesday night in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season.

UGA will face undefeated Tennessee, who is tabbed as the No. 1 team in the nation, on Saturday in Athens.

The Bulldogs are ranked No. 1 in both the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and AP Poll.

Georgia’s strength of record ranks No. 5, according to ESPN’s FPI. But it does have arguably college football’s most impressive win this season: A 49-3 hammering of Oregon, which ranks No. 8 in the initial rankings.

Ahead of Georgia is Tennessee (#1) and Ohio State (#2), who also rank in that order in regard to strength of record.

The top-ten is as follows:

  1. Tennessee
  2. Ohio State
  3. Georgia
  4. Clemson
  5. Michigan
  6. Alabama
  7. TCU
  8. Oregon
  9. USC
  10. LSU

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Tennessee vs Georgia Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Tennessee Volunteers vs Georgia Bulldogs prediction and college basketball game preview.

Tennessee Volunteers vs Georgia Bulldogs prediction and college basketball game preview.

Tennessee vs Georgia Broadcast

Date: Wednesday, February 10
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, TN
Network: ESPN2

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Tennessee (13-4) vs Georgia (12-6) Game Preview

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Why Georgia Will Win

The Bulldogs are playing well. They’ve won three straight as the hot shooting over the second half of the season continues, but more than anything else, they’re nailing their threes.

Hitting from the outside hasn’t been a part of the fun this season, but they’re been brilliant from the outside lately, connecting on over 45% and nailing over half of their shots overall. The defense might not be anything special, and there aren’t enough mistakes being forced, but if the team is making shots, it wins.

Shock of shocks, Georgia is 9-1 when it makes 48% or more of is shots. However …

Why Tennessee Will Win

The Vols have a dominant defense.

Tennessee is fantastic at forcing mistakes, it leads the SEC in field goal percentage defense, and it’s been able to holed everyone to 75 points and fewer this year.

How good is this D at closing out on the shooters? No one has hit more than 25% from three in the last four games, and only two teams have hit more than 40% from the field in six of the last eight games.

The Tennessee O has been a bit inconsistent, and the threes are hit-or-miss, but the defense is usually able to clean up the messes.

What’s Going To Happen

As hot as Georgia is – it rolled the Ole Miss team that beat the Vols a few days later – the offense isn’t going to keep it all going. The Bulldogs don’t have be hot from the field to win – they got by Kentucky despite struggling – but that’s not going to work this time around.

The Vols aren’t going to have an easy time for about 30 minutes, but they’ll pull away late with the D creating enough easy points to get by.

Tennessee vs Georgia Prediction, Line

Tennessee 82, Georgia 71
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Amway Coaches Poll released: Where’s Georgia, Alabama ahead Saturday’s showdown?

Where is Georgia and Bama ranked in this week’s Amway Coaches Poll ahead of the UGA vs Alabama 2020 football game?

The Amway Coaches Poll, powered by USA TODAY Sports, has been released after Week 3 of the SEC football season.

Next on the schedule for Georgia is Alabama. Following the weekend’s action, Georgia checks in at No. 3 while Alabama remains at No. 2.

That game is slotted for Saturday at 8 p.m. on CBS.

What an exciting day of college football we witnessed yesterday. Then-ranked No. 3 ranked Florida went down in thrilling fashion to Texas A&M, Alabama just got by Ole Miss, the Red River Shootout was a classic, Auburn stunk it up it a win over Arkansas…and Clemson demolished Miami in a top-ten battle.

SEC teams in the top-25 this week include: Alabama (2), Georgia (3), Florida (9), Texas A&M (11), Auburn (14), Tennessee (17).

LSU dropped out of the top-25.

FULL TOP-25:

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Monty Rice strips Guarantano and takes it to the house for a Georgia TD

Monty Rice strip sacks Guarantano and takes it to the house for a Georgia football TD.

Georgia linebacker Monty Rice strip sacks Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano and takes it to the house for a Georgia touchdown.

Rice has been the leader of Georgia’s impeccable defense and has extended the Dawgs’ lead to 44-21.  Georgia has not allowed Tennessee to score in the second half.

Man do I want to hear what Kirby Smart is telling these guys at halftime.

Watch Rice’s huge play here:

Scoop and score! Georgia defense does it again vs Tennessee

UGA’s defenses has absolutely incredible during this Georgia vs Tennessee game as Monty Rice scores for the Dawgs.

This game is OVER.

Georgia’s defense has been absolutely outstanding today, especially in the second half. Linebacker Monty Rice is the most recent to get in on the action, stripping Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano and recovering the fumble for a touchdown.

That’s Georgia’s third forced turnover of the day.

Watch here as Monty Rice makes it a 44-21 game.

 

DL Jalen Carter catches 1-yard TD pass, Dawgs up 37-21

Georgia football DL Jalen Carter gets his first reception as a Bulldog, taking home a 1-yard TD catch.

Touchdown big man!

Georgia defensive lineman Jalen Carter lines up as a fullback and catches a 1-yard touchdown pass from Stetson Bennett, extending the Dawgs lead to 37-21.

A defensive lineman’s dream has come true for Carter as he catches his first pass and first touchdown in his collegiate career.

Watch Carter’s touchdown here:

Kearis Jackson reels in 21-yard TD pass from Stetson Bennett

Stetson Bennett connects with redshirt-sophomore WR Kearis Jackson for 21-yard TD. Georgia football leads Tennessee 30-21.

Redshirt-sophomore wide receiver Kearis Jackson finds a seam in the Tennessee defense and scores on a 21-yard touchdown pass from Stetson Bennett.

Jackson has led the Georgia receiving game so far this season.  He now has 3 receptions for 58 yards and a touchdown on the day.

Georgia leads Tennessee 30-21 heading into the fourth quarter.

Watch Jackson’s touchdown catch here: