Georgia-Auburn preview: Is Hugh Freeze’s job on the line?
Josh Pate previews Saturday’s conference battle on The Plains and why it will be an ‘uncomfortable’ affair for both teams. Subscribe to “Josh Pate’s College Football Show” on YouTube.
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Auburn at Georgia is going to be so uncomfortable Saturday.
It's uncomfortable for Georgia because it's a tough place to go into.
It's uncomfortable for Auburn because they've already got a couple of losses and they can't afford to lose another one.
Remember Texas, Florida last week?
Texas is going into the swamp.
Uh, Florida's coming off a bye.
It's must-win mode for Florida, and they did.
That's the exact same spot Auburn's in here.
It's must-win mode.
They've got to find a way.
They are only a 3.5 point dog or to put another way, Georgia, the dogs are actually a 3.5 point favorite.
Is that line low?
Is that spread low to you?
It's going to get really bad here if Auburn loses.
I'm just telling you, you don't think I need to mask what I'm saying like like Hugh Freeze's job's kind of on the line in this game, it could be on the line.
So did anything get fixed?
Doesn't matter if you have a bye if nothing got fixed, Auburn.
Earmuffs to the children down in Lee County.
Auburn is, uh, 108th in total yards per game.
They're 114th in passing yards per game.
They're 118th in explosive plays.
They're 118th on third down.
It's like a Sarah McLachlan special on Tuesday.
They're the most sacked team in FBS.
Oh, sad.
So Georgia is 13th against the run.
They're only 86th against the pass.
So that goes back to my question.
Did anything get fixed?
Once upon a time, we were out on the West Coast.
We were watching Jackson Arnold at Elite 11.
Though he's going to be the next great thing.
Uh, he has, he has played behind a very, very poor performing offensive line.
He himself has performed poorly this year.
I don't think there's one singular culprit to why they're the most sacked team in college football.
I think everyone is to blame.
Did you fix anything?
Florida used their bye week to fix things.
In Florida's case, they looked and said, oh wait a second, we've got perfectly functional parts here.
We got a really good tailback.
Let's just lean on him.
In other words, Florida had things that would work, they just weren't using them properly.
Does Auburn have things that will work?
That's the question, because if not, you don't really have anything to fix.
What matters here?
Does it matter?
Does the bye week matter?
Let's take a look at what the model thinks about this game.
FanDuel's got Georgia minus 3.5 right now.
We think Georgia should be a bigger favorite.
Some of these lines this week are baiting you.
We don't think this is one of them.
I don't think this is Florida 2.0.
I don't think Auburn's gonna come out of the bye and look totally different.
I think Georgia is gonna win the game and cover.