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Ole Miss vs Auburn Prediction, Game Preview

Ole Miss vs Auburn prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

Ole Miss vs Auburn prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 30

Ole Miss vs Auburn How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 30
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Ole Miss (6-1), Auburn (5-2)
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Ole Miss vs Auburn Game Preview

Why Ole Miss Will Win

Seriously, Bryan Harsin?

Just as Auburn’s season got a massive boost with a strong win over Arkansas, the head coach is refusing to say whether or not he’s vaccinated.

Let’s just say it’s causing a wee bit of a stir

It’s different than the Nick Rolovoch situation – he was a State of Washington employee. Auburn’s employee vaccine mandate doesn’t kick in until December, but for now, it’s enough to be the focus in week when everything has to be about stopping a team that requires everyone’s full and undivided attention.

On the field, the Ole Miss offense keeps rolling along with consistent balance, good explosion, and the experience of being battle-tested with wild wins over Arkansas and Tennessee before getting by LSU by 14.

The brilliance of the Rebel offense – No. 2 in the nation behind Ohio State – is that it’s doing all this without screwing up. The O has given up just four turnovers – spreading them out over the last five games – and Auburn’s defense doesn’t do a whole lot to take the ball away.

Just start by assuming Ole Miss walks into the stadium with over 200 yards both rushing and passing, but …

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Why Auburn Will Win

Bo Nix has been strong.

The oft-maligned Auburn quarterback will never be Aaron Rodgers with his accuracy – although he hit 81% of his throws in the win over Arkansas – but he’s not making a ton of big mistakes, he’s moving the offense well, and he hasn’t had to force too much thanks to a solid defense that’s getting the job done.

The Tigers aren’t going to shut down the Ole Miss offensive machine, but it’s going to pressure QB Matt Corral, it’ll generate several plays behind the line, and it should be able win its share of battles.

This isn’t a team that does much in the time of possession battle, but slow things down just a wee bit, control the clock against a team that has the ball for under 28 minutes per game, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Run the ball, run the ball, run the ball. That’s what Auburn is about to do.

The ground game has the talent in the backfield, and the offensive line hasn’t been bad, but the team hasn’t hit 200 rushing yards since it blasted away on Akron and Alabama State to start the season.

This week it will.

The Ole Miss run defense stepped up in a big way against LSU – but that was a distracted LSU. This is a distracted Auburn, but it won’t get too funky here.

Line up, run the ball, run the ball again, let Nix make a few key completions, and then hold on for dear life.

It’ll be yet another SEC thriller with this Lane Kiffin team, but this time it’ll be on the wrong side of a very fun, very tight battle.

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Ole Miss vs Auburn Prediction, Lines

Auburn 34, Ole Miss 31
Line: Auburn -2.5, o/u: 66
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 4

5: The French Dispatch
1: Finch

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Georgia vs Florida Prediction, Game Preview

Georgia vs Florida prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

Georgia vs Florida prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 30

Georgia vs Florida How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 30
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: TIAA Bank Field, Jacksonville, FL
How To Watch: CBS
Record: Florida (4-3), Georgia (7-0)
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Florida vs Georgia Game Preview

Why Florida Will Win

Florida has the offensive versatility to potentially throw something different at the Georgia D.

No one’s running on this Bulldog brick wall, but Auburn – and to a certain extent, Arkansas – are the only teams on the slate so far that can actually throw a bit.

This isn’t the fun-time Kyle Trask Gator offense of last year, but it’s good enough to be the biggest test yet for the Georgia secondary with both Emory Jones and Anthony Richardson expected to see time.

If that works – and if the O can hit its normal 200+ yards through the air – that could open things up just a wee bit for a ground attack that won’t go off, but might be able to control the game and the clock a little bit.

And then there’s the Georgia quarterback issue.

Stetson Bennett has been terrific so far, but that’s partly because he hasn’t had to throw a pass in a stressful situation. He was amazing last year early on, and then Alabama happened – there’s a multi-interception game in there somewhere. That’s, of course, if he plays.

Head coach Kirby Smart is keeping the starting quarterback situation under wraps now that JT Daniels is healthy again. If Daniels really is 100%, he’s it. He’s the national championship-level, NFL starting quarterback who takes the No. 1 team up a few notches, but he also hasn’t played in a month.

The Florida D might have issues, but it can get to the quarterback. However …

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Why Georgia Will Win

Can Florida avoid the big mistakes?

The Gator defense might have been pounded on by LSU, but it was solid against Alabama and was able to keep Tennessee from doing all the fancy schmancy things it does. However, Georgia should be able to keep this simple.

Bulk yards don’t necessarily matter here. Georgia was able to maintain control against Kentucky with just 166 yards on the ground. That was a don’t-screw-it-up game, and it didn’t – run, rely on the defense, don’t make big mistakes. The Dawgs didn’t turn the ball over.

There were turnovers over the first part of the year, but the offense hasn’t given it up in the last three games. Florida’s defense doesn’t help itself with takeaways with just six on the year and four of them coming in the wins over Florida Atlantic and Vanderbilt.

Yeah, can throw a bit, but it gave away four interceptions against LSU, two the week before against Vanderbilt, and turned it over 13 times on the season with a -7 turnover margin.

Florida has the talent and the athletes to pull this off, but it has to be perfect, it has to win the turnover margin for the first time this season, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Florida won’t win the turnover battle.

As always, this will be among the most intense, hard-hitting battles of the season. However, for Georgia, it’s going to be about playing at an even keel and not getting caught up in the emotion, the huge hits, and the big plays on both sides of the ball that Florida will occasionally come up with.

But the Georgia run defense really is just that good.

The formula will continue to work. Rely on the offense to grind out enough yards to matter, don’t take unnecessary chances, expect the defense to own the game, especially in the second half.

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Florida vs Georgia Prediction, Lines

Georgia 31, Florida 16
Line: Georgia -14, o/u: 51
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5

Must See Rating: 5

5: The French Dispatch
1: Finch

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Missouri vs Vanderbilt Prediction, Game Preview

Missouri vs Vanderbilt prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

Missouri vs Vanderbilt prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 30

Missouri vs Vanderbilt How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 30
Game Time: 3:00 ET
Venue: Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN
How To Watch: SEC Network
Record: Missouri (3-4), Vanderbilt (2-6)
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Missouri vs Vanderbilt Game Preview

Why Missouri Will Win

Vanderbilt still isn’t big on that whole scoring thing.

It’s dead last in the nation in averaging just 13.2 points per outing whether it needs them or not.

The team is able to battle from time to time, but it has yet to score more than 20 points in any SEC game and scored six or fewer in three of the four.

Missouri has its issues, but it’s got the versatility to move the ball however it wants. It ran well against North Texas, it threw just fine against Tennessee and Boston College, and any sort of a scoring burst might be too much for this struggling Commodore attack to overcome.

However …

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Why Vanderbilt Will Win

Missouri still isn’t big on that whole defense thing.

The Tigers are dead last in the SEC in total defense, second-to-last in the nation against the run, and there are a whole lot of problems getting off the field – offenses are allowing teams to hit close to 50% of their third down chances.

No, Vanderbilt’s offense isn’t anything special, but it has to try running and keep hammering away no matter what – things will eventually open up.

The Tigers have allowed 275 yards or more on the ground in five of their last six games, with North Texas the only team that didn’t get there and bombed away for over 300 yards.

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What’s Going To Happen

This is one game that Vanderbilt has a real shot at winning in SEC play.

It’s at home, Missouri really, really doesn’t do anything on defense, and …

Nah. Mizzou has had two weeks off to rest up from the loss to Texas A&M, the offense should be able to get the passing attack going against the shaky Commodore pass D – it’s the worst in the SEC – and the defense will finally come up with just enough stops to get by.

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Missouri vs Vanderbilt Prediction, Lines

Missouri 38, Vanderbilt 23
Line: Missouri -16, o/u: 64
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 2.5

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