NCAA Football Betting – Tennessee Volunteers at Georgia Bulldogs
The Georgia Bulldogs (4-1 SU, 2-1-1 ATS), have had the benefit of an off-week and are on the rebound from their first loss of the season. On Saturday they will try to redeem themselves at home when they hook up with the Tennessee Volunteers (2-3 SU, 1-4 ATS) in NCAA college football action in the SEC that is scheduled to get underway at 3:30 PM ET at Sanford Stadium (natural turf) in Athens, GA.
Saturday, October 11
BetUS NCAAF Betting Odds: GEORGIA -12, Total 42.5
Here are some of the NCAA college football betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
* TENN has covered one of its last five games
* TENN has won 11 of its last 16 games SU
* TENN has played six of its last seven games UNDER the total
* TENN has lost four of its last five road games SU
* TENN has played six of its last eight road games OVER the total
* GA has won 11 of its last 12 games SU
* GA has won eight of its last nine home games SU
Also….
* TENN has covered four of the last six meetings
* Four of the last six meetings have gone UNDER the total
* TENN has covered four of the last five meetings as the road team
* TENN has won four of the last six meetings SU as the road team
Tennessee has been a major disappointment. The Volunteers managed a come-from-ahead loss to ordinary UCLA in the season opener, despite numerous giveaways by Bruin QB Kevin Craft. They fell flat in dropping a 30-6 decision to Florida, in what should have been an emotional upper for them. And last week there was simply no excuse for the bland, 225-yard effort on offense against the Northern Illinois Huskies, a MAC entry. After that narrow 13-9 escape, Tennessee has now scored just 31 points in its last three ballgames.
All of this makes for an advantageous scheduling situation for Georgia, which may have been an overrated bunch at the start of the year but nonetheless has Top 10 ability. The Bulldogs are unquestionably looking to make amends for their 41-30 loss to Alabama a couple of weeks ago, in which they were well behind, then fought back gamely and were out-gained by only ten yards at the finish. Coach Mark Richt made some positives out of the second half rally, which no doubt carried into the bye week and beyond. The injury concern surrounds Knowshon Moreno (489 yards, 10 TD’s), who suffered an elbow injury but is going to be ready to go. Moreno ran for only 34 yards against ‘Bama, so redemption is on his mind.
Then look at the quarterbacks. Matthew Stafford may not be better than advertised, but he has thrown only one interception thus far (to go with 7 TD’s). Meanwhile, Tennessee QB Jonathan Crompton has had quite a time trying to fill Erik Ainge’s shoes, with a 2-4 ratio of touchdown to interceptions. And that is not good news, especially since coach Phil Fullmer has not gotten what he wanted to out of RB Arian Foster (338 yards).
Georgia has lost painfully the last two years in this rivalry. Look for revenge, and lay the 12 points with the Bulldogs in the BetUS NCAA college football betting odds.
