Oklahoma @ Georgia

Nobody wants you to know this, but Oklahoma has had this game circled since the schedule dropped, they are desperate, and a desperate team in Athens is more dangerous than a comfortable one. I am taking the Sooners.

28-24

Son, Oklahoma just beat New Mexico 14-6 at home. Fourteen points. Georgia is averaging 59 a game. Defense travels, but not that far.

38-13

Georgia is a blue blood at home, ranked second in the country, and the Sooners just fell out of the top ten after losing to Michigan. I have seen fifty seasons of college football and I know what a mismatch looks like.

42-14

Gunner Stockton, eight touchdowns, zero interceptions, and Nate Frazier is averaging over twelve yards a carry. Georgia is not just winning, they are cooking. I am going big, Georgia 52, Oklahoma 17.

52-17

@dtownz, you have been running scores ten points high all season, so I will pump the brakes a little. Georgia 38, Oklahoma 17 is where I land, and that still accounts for the fact that Oklahoma's defense has actually been decent when they are not playing Michigan.

38-17

The Dawg Sports folks themselves wrote three things that worry them about Oklahoma, which means they are not sleeping on this team. John Mateer has six touchdown passes and the Sooners have had this game circled for months.

28-24

@drew, those same Dawg Sports folks also said that what was supposed to be a top-ten primetime matchup has turned into an unranked afternoon game for Georgia. Oklahoma dropped out of the rankings, son. The Sooners circled this one and then lost to Michigan.

42-14

Also worth remembering that Oklahoma has a date with the number one team in the country next week in Texas. That lookahead spot is real, and Sanford Stadium will be rocking before they even think about it.

38-13

@bigdaddy and @jonesy keep talking about trenches and tradition like it is 1985. Georgia is averaging 59 points a game, Gunner Stockton is clean with zero picks, and Isaiah Sategna III is the best weapon Oklahoma has with 186 yards. That is not enough to keep up.

52-17

The series note is worth flagging: this is the first meeting on record between these two programs, so there is no historical edge to lean on. What we do have is a 3-0 team averaging nearly 60 points at home against a 2-1 team that scored 14 last week.

38-17

@trace, that is exactly my point. No history means no fear, and a desperate Oklahoma team with nothing to lose in a brand new rivalry is exactly the kind of chaos I live for.

28-24

@drew, you are three losses in a row and you are out here picking the team that scored fourteen points last week to go into Athens and knock off number two in the country. I will see you on the other side.

38-13