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Las Vegas oddsmakers say Alabama would be 11.5 point favorites over UGA on a neutral field
Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:17 pm
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The Georgia Bulldogs sit atop the 2017 college football playoff rankings but in the eyes of Las Vegas oddsmakers they would be an 11.5-point underdog against the Alabama Crimson Tide on a neutral field tomorrow.
“Georgia has an offense that tries to rush the ball 40 to 50 times a game while huddling,” Ed Salmon, oddsmaker at the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas, told Covers. “No team has ever rushed the ball against Alabama without playing no-huddle or hurry-up [offense].”
Oddsmakers take into account what will most likely happen the rest of the season, not just what we’ve seen since the last weekend in August.
That’s why the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas and online sportsbooks both list Alabama as their odds on favorite to win the national championship and not Georgia, the team at the top of the college football playoff rankings.
Las Vegas oddsmakers have had a much better track record of predicting the final foursome and eventual national championship in the three-year history of the college football playoff.
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Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:18 pm to Bench McElroy
You don't say. 
Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:19 pm to Bench McElroy
Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:34 pm to Bench McElroy
Too low
Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:35 pm to Bench McElroy
duh
Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:39 pm to Bench McElroy
That sounds about right, but the money would likely move the line to 7.
Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:41 pm to Bench McElroy
I’ll take Bama to win, but 11.5 and I will have house in the Hamptons
Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:42 pm to Bench McElroy
I would take UGA +11.5 in a heartbeat.
This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:43 pm to Bench McElroy
I'd take UGA
Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:53 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:how far would they have to go to find a neutral field?
neutral field
Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:58 pm to Bench McElroy
I'll take UGA +11.5 all day long
LSU with it's meh oline was able to run for 151 yards on 42 attempts. That's 3.6 yards per attempt. Georgia could do much better and control the clock.
This Bama defense isn't the elite, super dominant defense of the past. Still good but UGA can run on them.
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Georgia has an offense that tries to rush the ball 40 to 50 times a game while huddling,” Ed Salmon, oddsmaker at the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas, told Covers. “No team has ever rushed the ball against Alabama without playing no-huddle or hurry-up [offense].”
LSU with it's meh oline was able to run for 151 yards on 42 attempts. That's 3.6 yards per attempt. Georgia could do much better and control the clock.
This Bama defense isn't the elite, super dominant defense of the past. Still good but UGA can run on them.
This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 11/8/17 at 10:03 pm to ipodking
Factor in all the injuries we've had on defense on top of what you said.
I'd take UGA +11.5.
I'd take UGA +11.5.
Posted on 11/8/17 at 10:12 pm to Ted2010
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I'd take UGA +11.5.
I might be dumb, but I’m not stupid........
Posted on 11/8/17 at 10:14 pm to Bench McElroy
I have no doubt they will be heavily favored. The betting public has little reason to believe in UGA or doubt Bama. None of that will have any impact on the game.
Posted on 11/8/17 at 10:16 pm to Bench McElroy
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“No team has ever rushed the ball against Alabama without playing no-huddle or hurry-up [offense].”
Mash unit at LB for Bama might just change this. To be determined. Georgia is just the kind of team that Bama would prefer to be in base 3-4 for most of the game. Probably don’t have the depth at LB to do that this year.
Posted on 11/8/17 at 10:17 pm to justausedcarguy
Yeah. I think UGA would cover that spread.
Bama 23
UGA 21
Bama 23
UGA 21
Posted on 11/8/17 at 10:17 pm to IT_Dawg
quote:fify.
I’ll take the 11.5, pick the dogs, and then have a house in the Hamptons.
Posted on 11/8/17 at 10:35 pm to Bench McElroy
That sounds like a lot but Georgia is like one of those teams, the way they are built, that Bama would roll.
I really worry about auburn moreso than Georgia.
I really worry about auburn moreso than Georgia.
Posted on 11/8/17 at 10:39 pm to Bench McElroy
Yeah I'd take UGA
Posted on 11/8/17 at 10:48 pm to TouchdownTony
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That sounds like a lot but Georgia is like one of those teams, the way they are built, that Bama would roll. I really worry about auburn moreso than Georgia.
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