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Mississippi State at Georgia: Predicting What Will Happen on Saturday
The theme for Mississippi State football this week should’ve been “if Vanderbilt can do it, so can you.”
The Bulldogs had last weekend off and got to sit at home and watch three major SEC upsets. They shouldn’t need much to convince them that they can go into Sanford Stadium and beat No. 5 Georgia. If a couple things go differently two weeks ago against No. 1 Texas, we may already have seen a Bulldog upset.
So, it can happen.
Is it likely? No.
Am I going to predict an upset? Unlike Sheldon Cooper, my mom never had me tested, but I’m pretty sure I’m not crazy. So, no.
Here at Mississippi State Bulldogs On SI, we have covered a variety of different ways the Bulldogs could pull of the upset. But when predicting what is going to happen, I tend to lean towards what’s most likely to happen.
Unfortunately for the maroon and white Bulldogs, what most likely is going to happen is Georgia wins in a blowout. The overall talent level Georgia has will overpower Mississippi State and the Bulldogs in red will celebrate a win.
Georgia 35, Mississippi State 17
Bold Prediction: Mississippi State scores first. (My thinking here is Mississippi State receives the opening kickoff and Jeff Lebby has had two weeks to script an opening series that gets his offense into field goal range.)
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ATHENS, Ga. – Designated hitter Daniel Jackson and centerfielder Rylan Lujo combined for nine RBI Sunday, leading fifth-ranked Georgia to a 12-1 win over LSU at Foley Field.
Georgia improved to 41-11 overall, 21-6 in the SEC, while LSU dropped to 29-24 overall and 9-18 in conference play.
The Tigers return to action at 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday when they play host to Florida in Game 1 of a three-game SEC series in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Thursday’s game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +.
“Georgia won the moments in this series,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “They’re going to score, so you’ve got to capitalize against them when you have scoring opportunities on offense.”
Georgia starting pitcher Caden Aoki (8-0) was the winner, limiting LSU to one run on four hits in 5.0 innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.
LSU right-hander Casan Evans (2-3), making his first appearance since April 17 versus Texas A&M, started the game Sunday and was charged with the loss, working 1.2 innings and allowing four runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
“I thought Casan’s stuff looked great, and that’s good for him from a health standpoint,” Johnson said. “He’s a guy that the more he pitches, the better he is, so there might have been a little bit of rust, but I thought he competed fine.”
Georgia struck for four runs in the bottom of the second inning in an outburst highlighted by Jackson’s two-out, two-run single and an RBI single by second baseman Ryan Black.
The Tigers narrowed the gap to 4-1 in the third when designated hitter Omar Serna Jr. delivered an RBI single.
Georgia extended its lead to 7-1 in the fourth as Jackson launched a two-run homer and centerfielder Lujo lined a run-scoring single.
Lujo unloaded a grand slam in the fifth, giving the Bulldogs an 11-1 advantage.
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