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For the first time in more than three years, Georgia football will enter a game as an underdog when the Bulldogs visit Royal-Memorial Stadium to face Texas football Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
Georgia hasn’t been an underdog since Sept. 4, 2021, when Clemson was favored by 2½ points in a season-opening game that Georgia won 10-3 at a neutral site in Charlotte. The last time the Bulldogs were an underdog in a true road game was Oct. 17, 2020, when Alabama was a 6-point favorite.
Texas is a 3½-point favorite over Georgia Saturday, according to BetMGM.
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Texas wide receiver Silas Bolden, right, celebrates with and Texas defensive back Xavier Filsaime during the Longhorns’ 34-3 win over Oklahoma Saturday at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Top-ranked Texas enters this week’s showdown over No. 5 Georghia as a 3 1/2-point favorite, which is the first time in four years that Georgia has been an underdog.
Georgia, the consensus No. 1 team to open the season, opened as a 1½-point favorite over Texas this summer. The Longhorns (6-0, 2-0 SEC) have since moved atop both polls while Georgia (5-1, 3-1) is No. 4 in the US LBM Coaches Poll and No. 5 in the Associated Press poll.
Eighty-one percent of the bets and 83% of the money is on Georgia to cover, according to BetMGM Sunday.
Texas crushed rival Oklahoma this past Saturday 34-3 in Dallas while Georgia held off Mississippi State 41-31 at home.
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Publish date : 2024-10-14 14:20:02
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