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Georgia football’s opponent Saturday night in Sanford Stadium hailed from Knoxville and had an Orange T on the side of their helmets.
Tennessee came to Athens for the second straight time higher in the College Football playoff rankings, and left with a loss once again.
This time, it was 31-17, with the Bulldogs shutting out the Volunteers in the second half.
“We’re not playing the College Football Playoff committee,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said Saturday morning on ESPN’s College GameDay. “That’s not who we’re playing against. We’re playing against Tennessee. We’ve got to focus on the task at hand. The rest of it will take care of itself.”
Georgia should pass Tennessee in the CFP rankings Tuesday night, with the Bulldogs going from last team out and ranked No. 12 but behind an automatic conference champion to in the field inside the 12-team bracket.
The Bulldogs are considered in the playoff by most if they finish 10-2. Georgia plays UMass Saturday and then Georgia Tech on Nov. 29.
Georgia dropped nine spots after a 28-10 drubbing at Ole Miss in part because committee chair Warde Manuel said “their offense hasn’t been consistent.”
If the 13-person selection committee was watching this one, they saw a Bulldog offense put up more points and yards—453—than anyone has against Tennessee all season.
The previous high points was by Arkansas in a 19-14 Razorbacks win.
“I don’t know what they’re looking for,” Smart said in his postgame press conference, echoing what he said on the field in an ABC interview. “I really don’t. I wish they could really define the criteria. I wish they could do the eyeball test where they come down here and look at the people we’re playing against and look at them. And you can’t see that stuff on TV. So I don’t know what they look for, but that’s for somebody else to…
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Publish date : 2024-11-17 15:36:09
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