Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs have won the SEC East three straight years, earning them their third straight SEC Championship game vs LSU, this Saturday at 4:00 p.m. EST at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA.
Besides former Bulldog Justin Fields and Ohio State, LSU has been the hottest team of the 2019 college football season. The #2 Tigers are 12-0 on the season including wins over Florida, Auburn and Alabama.
Georgia comes into the game a bit banged up and not exactly peaking at the right time. The Dawgs will be without senior WR Lawrence Cager who underwent ankle surgery as well as freshman WR George Pickens who was suspended for the first half for on-field incidents. Those are the Dawgs top two receivers on the year.
D’Andre Swift also left the Georgia Tech game with a shoulder injury but should hopefully be back for Saturday’s matchup.
LSU QB Joe Burrow has been putting up exceptional numbers for the Tigers as he currently sits in 2nd for the Heisman Trophy race. Burrow has a total QBR of 93.4 and has thrown for 4,366 yards, 44 TDs and 6 INTs on the season.
Kirby will need to draw up a near flawless game plan and Jake Fromm needs to find his guy in a shallow receiving core if the Dawgs want to pull this one out and secure a spot in the College Football Playoff.
The UGA Wire staff has put together a list of score, stat and game predictions ahead of Saturdays matchup.
Here are the picks:
The money makers:
#2 LSU (-7.5) vs #4 Georgia
Game pick: If you think LSU will win and cover, write LSU. If you think LSU will win but not cover, LSU*. If you got Georgia winning, write Georgia.
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Jackson Fryburger: UGAWire.com- Georgia
Joe Vitale: UGAWire.com- HBTFD
James Morgan: UGAWire.com- LSU*
Jackson Stone: UGAWire.com- LSU
Henry Sillen: UGAWire.com- Georgia
Garrett Shearman: UGAWire.com- LSU*
Over/under (54.5)
If you think the total will go over, over. If you think the total will go under, under.
Jackson Fryburger: UGAWire.com- Under
Joe Vitale: UGAWire.com- Under
James Morgan: UGAWire.com- Over
Jackson Stone: UGAWire.com- Over
Henry Sillen: UGAWire.com- Over
Garrett Shearman: UGAWire.com- Under
Score prediction:
Jackson Fryburger: UGAWire.com- Georgia 27, LSU 24
Joe Vitale: UGAWire.com- Georgia 24, LSU 20
James Morgan: UGAWire.com- LSU 34, Georgia 27
Jackson Stone: UGAWire.com- LSU 35, Georgia 24
Henry Sillen: UGAWire.com- Georgia 31, LSU 28 OT
Garrett Shearman: UGAWire.com- LSU 26, UGA 20
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