EDITORIAL BY GRAYDON FOX

Overview:

On Tuesday, January 1^st, the (9-4) Texas Longhorns will take on the (11-2) Georgia Bulldogs in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

The Crowd:

The Crowd projects a final score of Georgia 35.3 – Texas 25.1 with an over/under of 60.3.

Lou Holtz and Mark May:

Lou is predicting a final score of Texas 27 – Georgia 24.

Mark is predicting a final score of Georgia 34 – Texas 20.

2018-19 Statistics (130 total teams):

Passing offense: Texas 264.5 YPG (33^rd) > Georgia 227.2 YPG (69^th)

Rushing offense: Georgia 251.6 YPG (12^th) > Texas 151.2 YPG (94^th)

Scoring offense: Georgia 39.2 PPG (13^th) > Texas 31.3 PPG (49^th)

Scoring defense: Georgia 18.5 PPG (16^th) > Texas 26.2 PPG (57^th)

Passing defense: Georgia 180.5 (15^th) > Texas 265.2 YPG (114^th)

Rushing defense: Georgia 130.6 YPG (28^th) > Texas 135.9 YPG (36^th)

Turnover Margin Per Game: Texas +0.5 (29^th) > Georgia +0.4 (35^th)

Strength of Schedule:

Texas is (9-4) with victories over Tulsa, #22 USC, #17 TCU, Kansas State, #7 Oklahoma, Baylor, Texas Tech, #16 Iowa State, and Kansas.  They were defeated by Maryland, Oklahoma State, #13 West Virginia, and #5 Oklahoma.

Georgia is (11-2) with wins over Austin Peay, #24 South Carolina, Middle Tennessee, Missouri, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, #9 Florida, #9 Kentucky, #24 Auburn, UMass, and Georgia Tech.  They were defeated by #13 LSU and #1 Alabama.

Betting Trends: 

-Texas is 5-7-1 against the spread this season while Georgia is 8-4.

-Texas is 6-7 against the over/under this season whereas Georgia is 7-5.

Bottom Line

Texas has two big time receivers in Lil’Jordan Humphrey and Collin Johnson but Deandre Baker should be able to lock one of them down.  Georgia just wears teams down with their stable of terrific running backs.  Jake Fromm will have plenty of open passing lanes against a Texas secondary that has really struggled at times.  The Bulldogs will prove why they deserved a spot in the playoffs.

Georgia wins 36-24

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