Kirk Herbstreit Says Georgia Will be a ‘Massive Challenge’ for Ohio State

The 2022 faculty soccer playoff semifinal video games are only a few weeks out from kicking off and the top-seeded Georgia Bulldogs might be dealing with off towards the Ohio State Buckeyes. Georgia is listed as a 6.5-point favourite over Ohio State, and lots of anticipate this to be a enjoyable matchup. 

Georgia is bringing a variety of momentum into this 12 months’s playoff. They simply wrapped up an undefeated common season file after which went into the SEC Championship recreation and scored 50 factors towards the LSU Tigers to earn a convention title. Ohio State then again is searching for revenge as they took a loss to Michigan within the last week of standard season play and snuck their approach into the ultimate 4 because of a USC loss. 

Kirk Herbstreit, who’s a former Ohio State soccer participant and is now identified for his contributions to ESPN’s School Gameday present, hopped on Pat McAfee’s present to speak in regards to the recreation and reminded the Buckeyes about who they’re about to go up towards. 

Within the clip, Herbstreit says, “This can be a huge problem for Ohio State. And if they are not getting their wiring prepared for 60 minutes of a aggressive spirit that I do not know that they’ve ever seen, then they might probably get embarrassed.”

He additionally mentions that Ohio State having to go to Atlanta to play Georgia on this recreation is a troublesome job by itself. This would be the Bulldogs’ third time taking part in in Mercedes-Benz stadium this season and in each of the earlier video games, Georgia followers took over the stadium and held a powerful majority. 

The Buckeyes will even be with out star broad receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba who opted to declare for the NFL draft and miss the playoffs because of a hamstring damage he has been coping with this season. 

Georgia and Ohio State have solely performed one another as soon as in each packages’ historical past and it was again in 1993 for the Citrus Bowl. Oddly sufficient, Herbstreit was the quarterback for the Buckeyes on the time and Georgia would go on to win that recreation. 

Georgia and Ohio State will play each other on Dec. 31 within the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at 8 PM ET on ESPN. 

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