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Quick picks on 2024 Georgia football betting lines vs. key SEC and non-conference opponents
ATHENS — Georgia football is the clear-cut SEC favorite this season, and the DraftKings preseason odds indicate why.
Odds have been released for seven of the Bulldogs’ more high-profile games, including the opener against Clemson on Aug. 31 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Here are the opening lines, and a thought on each game:
Georgia – 13.5 Clemson
Georgia beat the Tigers in the teams’ most recent meeting in the 2021 season opener, 10-3, in Charlotte, N.C.
This season’s game isn’t expected to be as close, but it’s worth noting Clemson finished last year on a five-game win streak, including a 38-35 bowl win over Kentucky.
Quick pick: Georgia wins, Clemson covers
Georgia -4.5 Alabama
The Bulldogs haven’t won in Tuscaloosa since 2007, when Matthew Stafford was QB and Nick Saban was a first-year head coach for the Tide.
Carson Beck is the most talented UGA QB since Stafford, and Alabama has a first-year head coach.
Quick pick: Georgia wins, Georgia covers
Georgia -24 Auburn
It’s a home game for the Bulldogs against an Auburn program it has beaten seven times in a row.
But it’s also a game that falls a week after what promises to be an emotional contest in Tuscaloosa, and the Bulldogs don’t always cover as a big home favorite.
Quick pick: Georgia wins, Auburn covers
Georgia -1.5 Texas
Some have pointed to this showdown in Austin as perhaps having the greatest impact on the College Football Playoffs.
The game also features a battle of the two preseason Heisman Trophy favorites.
Quick pick: Georgia wins, Georgia covers
Georgia -22 Florida
The Bulldogs most recent regular-season loss came to Florida in 2020, but a lot has changed since then.
Georgia is an overwhelming favorite over the Gators this season, and there’s a chance Billy Napier might not still be Florida’s head coach.
Quick pick: Georgia wins, Florida covers
Georgia -7 Ole Miss
The Bulldogs blew out the Rebels in Sanford Stadium last season in what many expected to be a close game.
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium figures to present more of a challenge.
Quick pick: Georgia wins, Georgia covers
Georgia -17.5 Tennessee
The Vols have a new starting quarterback they are excited about, dual-threat signal caller Nico Iamaleava.
The last time Tennessee beat Georgia, in 2016, it took a mobile QB and a Hail Mary in a shootout. These Bulldogs won’t engage in that fashion, but they will pound the ball over the Vols on the ground.
Quick pick: Georgia wins, Tennessee covers
ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) – A Georgia man is charged with murder after a Kennesaw State University student was shot and killed on campus.
The victim’s family and the university identified her as 21-year-old Alasia Franklin. She is described as outgoing and caring, and she had aspirations of becoming a nurse practitioner, WANF reports.
“She was very determined. Her purpose was to speak up for people who were afraid to speak up for themselves,” said Anthony Harrison, a friend who worked with Franklin in student government. “She was such an important figure within this university. We can’t let this go.”
The shooting happened Saturday afternoon in front of the Austin Residence Complex on the Kennesaw campus. Police say there was an argument, and shots were fired.
Harrison says he was taking a nap when the shooting happened right outside his window. He says he heard seven or eight gunshots and saw Franklin’s body.
“We need to advocate for her and make sure that she gets the true justice that she deserves because nobody ever deserves to go out the way that she did,” Harrison said.
In response to the shooting, the school was put on lockdown for about 30 minutes.
Cobb County Police located and arrested the suspect, identifed as Samuel Harris, shortly after the incident, university officials said. He is not a Kennesaw State student.
“He just came in on campus and did something so senseless,” Harrison said. “It’s just insane.”
The suspect is being charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
University officials say counseling services and resources will be available to all those affected by Franklin’s death.
“Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the victim’s family and friends during this incredibly difficult time,” said KSU President Kathy S. Schwaig in a statement.
The KSU Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are collaborating on the investigation.
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Police in Savannah, Georgia, are investigating a shooting that injured 11 people in the city’s downtown area on Saturday night.
The shooting broke out just before midnight in Ellis Square, a fixture of Savannah’s historic district and a popular tourist attraction. Several precincts responded at 11:55 p.m. to reports of gunfire in the area, the Savannah Police Department said in a news release issued Sunday morning.
At the time, detectives were probing the incident and had interviewed witnesses as part of their investigation, which was still ongoing. Savannah police have not identified suspects or announced any arrests in the case.
Everyone hurt in the shooting, including the people who suffered gunshot wounds, are adults, according to the police department, and some were transported from the scene to Memorial Health University Medical Center. Police did not share details about the nature or extent of those injuries but said in Sunday’s news release that “as of now, no deaths have occurred because of the incident.”
They told CBS affiliate WTOC that at least 10 people were believed to be hurt as a result of the gunfire. All 11 people received treatment overnight for their injuries, which police said were not considered life-threatening, WTOC reported.
Police have asked anyone with information about the shooting to contact Crime Stoppers at 912-234-2020.
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