Utah vs Florida +2.5 O/U 51.5
This line stinks and there seems to some pushback against UTAH. I know it is hard to play in the swamp and all, but this is a Florida team was pretty awful last year. The Gators did however play pretty well at home minus the Samford game giving up 52 points. Utah got better and better last year and when Cameron Rising got going, they destroyed the competition minus a hiccup at Utah State. In the Rose Bowl, they went toe to toe with Ohio State, and they were missing some cornerbacks in which proved to be their downfall. Many people had Utah as a top 5 or 6 team last year. From an experience aspect, Utah really has it all with a stud WR in Devaughn Vale and two tight ends in Dalton Kincaid and Brent Kuithe. They also return good production on defense at 61%. Florida on the other hand has a new coach and a new system. I like Billy Napier as a coach and all, but I can’t trust this Florida team their very first game in a new system. Gator quarterback Anthony Richardson will be a stud at some point, but it is way to early to expect a whole heck of a lot out of this team and especially in a spread option offense. Utah is a very nice 6-0 against the spread in their six road games while Florida is 0-7 in their last seven games overall. Lastly, an intangible aspect here is that Utah is coming in to this game backed into a corner, being that they are stuck in a weaker conference while USC and UCLA are heading to the Big 10. This will be a showcase game for them and I expect some great Kyle Whittingham smash mouth football!
UTAH -2.5 – 2.5 stars
Oregon vs Georgia -16.5 O/U 54
What a great storyline in this game with Georgia’s ex-defensive coordinator taking the coaching Job at Oregon just to play his first game vs the champs! This game is being played at Mercedes Benz stadium in Atlanta Georgia. Yeah… Pretty much a home game for Dem Dawgs. Nobody knows this Georgia offense better than Kirby Smart, but I would argue that the person that might know it second best was their former defensive coordinator and now Oregon head coach in Danny Lanning who has practiced with them for the past few years. I think that Georgia’s offense could be a little suspect being that they lost their top two wide receivers, top two running backs and three offensive lineman to the draft. I also think that Danny Lanning might know a thing or two about stopping Georgia’s offense. I don’t know about this big spread, but I see lots of ways that this game goes under. The 4-5 star recruits on Georgia’s defense will not want their ex coach scoring against them period. Danny Lanning will not want to give up a lot of possessions to the Dawgs if losing and will try and play this game smart. I think there is a chance that Oregon scores less than 14 points here, but I also know that Georgia tends to slow the game down and run clock when leading by double digits. The play here is under city.
Under 54 – 2 stars
