NCAAF: Underdog Tide Roll into Athens
What has happened to the Alabama Crimson Tide? They’ve already suffered their first loss of the 2015 season, courtesy of the Ole Miss Rebels. For the first time since 2009, the No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide are underdogs. The Tide were favored in their last 72 games stretching back to 2009. After 72 straight games as the favorite, the No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide will be 1.5-point underdogs when they visit the No. 9 Georgia Bulldogs. This Saturday’s game against Georgia is in Athens and Kick-off is at 3:30 PM ET on CBS.
Although Alabama has fallen to No. 13 in the polls, the advanced stats still think Nick Saban’s program is the best in the FBS. The Tide committed five turnovers and three picks and two lost fumbles against Ole Miss in Week 3 to lose 43-37. That’s not likely to happen again in Athens. Despite the slow start, Alabama’s performance level has been very high this season except in the turnover department, where the Tide have already coughed up the ball eight times. Georgia has just three turnovers after four games.
No. 8 Georgia Bulldogs are expected to have WR/KR Isaiah McKenzie in action Saturday after a woman who had accused McKenzie of threatening to kill her decided not to pursue charges. No. 8 Georgia is a strong, balanced offense and a 200 club member averaging 257 rushing and 221 passing yards per game. Bulldogs running back Nick Chubb has rushed for at least 100 yards in a FBS leading 12-straight games and has hit 600 rushing yards at over 8.3 yards per rush through four games. Sony Michel is another explosive back who will aid in the ground game success against an Alabama run defense facing its strongest challenge of the season. Georgia is 4-0 SU and 2-2 ATS to start the season, while Alabama’s title hopes are already on life support at 3-1 SU and 1-3 ATS.
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