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Week 4 Preview – Georgia vs. Arizona St. Pick

The Georgia Bulldogs are 3-0 SU, 1-0-1 ATS, in 2008, the Arizona State Sun Devils are 2-1 SU, 1-1 ATS, they meet in a week 4 college football matchup this weekend. Preview + Free pick, plus trends.

Georgia Bulldogs at Arizona State Sun Devils

The Georgia Bulldogs (3-0 SU, 1-0-1 ATS), who are considered by many observers to be a national title contender, will be traveling almost across the country on Saturday, as they visit the Arizona State Sun Devils (2-1 SU, 1-1 ATS) in an NCAA college football matchup that is set to kick off at 8 PM ET from Sun Devil Stadium (natural turf) in Tempe, AZ.

Saturday, September 20

BetUS NCAA Betting Odds: GEORGIA -7

Here are some of the NCAA betting trends as they relate to this matchup:

* GA has won its last ten games SU
* GA is 5-0-1 ATS in its last six games
* GA is 6-1 SU in its last seven road games
* GA has played four of its last five road games UNDER the total
* ASU has won 12 of its last 16 games SU
* ASU has won 16 of its last 21 games SU

The Georgia Bulldogs came into this season with a lot of pomp and circumstance, having closed strong, routing Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, and returning a number of its key players, including quarterback Matthew Stafford and sophomore running back Knowshown Moreno, who ran for 1334 yards as a freshman. But that’s not all, as far as the offensive weapons are concerned. Mohammad Massaquoi is one of the more highly-regarded pro prospects among the senior wide receiver crop, and Brannan Southerland is perhaps the best fullback in the country.

Georgia was rated #1 by some pre-season publications, though few would argue that USC deserves that place for the time being. Georgia is currently rated third in both the coaches’ and AP polls (behind USC and Oklahoma) while Arizona State is barely holding on to #24 in the coaches’ poll, after losing 23-20 at home against UNLV.

 The Sun Devils, who admittedly may have been looking ahead to this one, allowed ten unanswered fourth-quarter points to the Rebels, and lost the battle of third down conversions, allowing UNLV to covert on six of 17 occasions while making good on only two of nine attempts themselves. If ASU had a hard time stopping UNLV’s standout running back, Frank Summers (105 yards), they’ll have a “devil” of a time (pun intended) against Moreno.

We must admit that we are not terribly impressed by Stafford, at least not as much as some people are. But the fact is that he has thrown 74 times without an interception. And Arizona State, which save for last week’s failure has usually beaten up pretty good on the weaker teams, is generally dismal against upper-echelon units, as it demonstrated with losses by 12 to Oregon, 20 to USC and 18 to Texas last year. Rudy Carpenter (9th nationally in pass efficiency) does not present any particular set of skills to the Georgia defense that it doesn’t see often enough in SEC play. This is a big inter-sectional game; while ASU flubbed against a mediocre opponent, Georgia was able to get by a capable South Carolina unit. We think Georgia represents the true quality in this matchup, and we’ll lay the seven points with them in the BetUS NCAA college football betting odds.

JAY’S PLAY: GEORGIA *** Minus The 7

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