They call it “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” and old friends meet once again Saturday in Jacksonville as Georgia and Florida do battle in a key SEC match up. Florida has been a real surprise this year and we will be the first ones to tell you that be misjudged McElwain’s ability to get them turned around this quickly. Even with the QB change from Will Grier to Treon Harris, the Gators continue to play well, led by a stifling defense. Florida hasn’t won the East division of the SEC since 2012, but it appears they have a great shot if they can get past the Bulldogs on Saturday. This game is a payback spot for the Bulldogs, who lost 38-20 to the Gators last season. We may go down again with our preconceived notions, but we just believe this Georgia team has more talent than Florida and like the revenge spot here for the Bulldogs. The main question will be the effectiveness of the Georgia offense and QB Grayson Lambert against a stout Gators defense. That defense did show some cracks in their last game, a 35-28 loss at LSU where the Tigers carved them up for 423 yards, including 223 rushing yards. This is the type of game that Georgia HC Mark Richt thrives (as the underdog) and believe he will have the full attention of his team in what they consider their biggest rivalry game. Both of these teams are coming off a bye week, which we believe will enable Georgia to add some wrinkles to the offense (possibly inserting some QB running options?) and we think you will a lot of Georgia RB Sony Michel setting up that offense. We like the revenge spot for the Bulldogs and think they pull the outright upset. The Sharps say…
3 Units – Georgia (+2)