Georgia ran the desk in the course of the 2021 common season, ending with an unblemished 12-0 file.
The time period ‘entice recreation’ was used ceaselessly final yr throughout Georgia’s run. It appeared like virtually each week faculty soccer analysts had been hyping up Georgia’s subsequent matchup as a possible upset, but each week they had been confirmed incorrect. Not solely had been they flawed of their predictions, however Georgia made them appear to be fools, beating each staff on its schedule, sans Clemson, by 17+ factors.
Wanting forward on the upcoming season, Brad Crawford of 247Sports took a have a look at each SEC staff’s largest entice recreation for the 2022 season. For Georgia, Crawford recognized its November 12 go to to Starkville to tackle Mississippi State as UGA’s potential entice recreation.
Georgia can have simply had back-to-back video games towards Florida and Tennessee earlier than it performs Mississippi State. Assuming it wins each of these, there’s actually potential that Georgia takes its foot off the fuel the next week in Starkville. However let’s be actual, no one – seemingly together with Crawford – truly sees Georgia dropping this recreation.
The sport that acquired essentially the most hype final season as a possible entice for Georgia was its highway matchup towards Tennessee. Tennessee followers examine their probabilities of successful a lot that they really satisfied themselves they might beat us. What occurred? Georgia stomped the Vols and left Knoxville with a 41-17 victory.
Final yr, Georgia beat Arkansas and Auburn earlier than having to play Kentucky, a somewhat comparable state of affairs to the 2022 Mississippi State recreation. Folks thought of that recreation a ‘entice recreation’ for UGA as properly. Georgia beat Kentucky 30-17. Two weeks later following a bye, we beat Florida 34-7 in one other ‘entice recreation.’ Two weeks after that, following a win over Missouri, the Dawgs beat Tennessee 41-17 and silenced everyone.
Crawford is correct, although. That is the apparent choice for Georgia’s entice recreation. And bear in mind, he’s writing about each SEC staff’s potential entice recreation, so after all he has to incorporate the Bulldogs and this could be the one I’d choose as properly.
By way of Crawford:
Whenever you’re as gifted because the defending nationwide champions and each recreation is probably going a double-digit unfold this season, each recreation could possibly be dripping with entice notations. Nonetheless, the journey to Starkville in November coming after emotional matchups with Florida and Tennessee is the apparent choose for the Bulldogs and Kirby Good is aware of it. Once in a while, unusual issues occur for ranked groups going into cow bell-central and there’s a great likelihood Mississippi State will likely be coming off a momentum-building residence win over Auburn the earlier week. Watch out, Bulldogs.