Sportsmemo college football handicapper JM Sports offers his Alabama vs Georgia betting preview for the SEC Championship on Saturday, December 4 at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time of posting, the Bulldogs are holding steady as a 6.5-point favorite over the Crimson Tide, with the total sitting at 49.5 points.<\/p>\n
Stay on top of the latest College Football<\/a> updates direct from Las Vegas!<\/em><\/p>\n There may not be a more exciting game, or a more anticipated match-up in this entire college football season. When Georgia played as good as they were, even early in the year, it became apparent that we were in for a huge SEC Championship game this season. This is just the 5th time since 2015 that these two teams have faced off, and the significance of October 3rd, 2015?? That was the last time the Alabama Crimson Tide was an underdog, 2,254 days ago.<\/p>\n Amazing to think about that Alabama has had 4 QB\u2019s that never played a game as an underdog since that game, Blake Barnett, Jalen Hurts, Tua and Mac Jones NEVER played a game in an Alabama jersey as a dog!! In the L3 meetings between these two teams on a neutral field have all gone to Georgia against the spread, but even more amazingly, the Crimson Tide has lost 3 games ATS in the L4 (failing to cover by an average of almost 10 points per in those 4 games!).<\/p>\n The biggest story coming into this game is definitely the Georgia defense. We know that both these teams have a powerhouse offense, Georgia is #6 in PPG (40.7), #3 in YPP (7.06), on top of being #5 in yards per pass attempt (9.50 yards!). While Alabama ranks #5 in PPG (42.7), #7 in YPG (492.2), on top of being #7 in passing YPG and yards per pass attempt (341.8 & 9.30). Yet if this Bulldog\u2019s defense is as good in this game as it has been all year, Georgia shouldn\u2019t be too worried about the rankings and stats.<\/p>\n Georgia is allowing an unbelievable 6.9 PPG (#1 in the nation by a long shot), allowing just 230 yards per game (#1), alongside being #1 in yards\/pass attempt allowed, giving up just 4.9 yards per attempt. Although the most amazing defensive stat is the fact that they are allowing just 3.67 yards per play this season! They are the only team in the country that is allowing under 4 yards per play, w\/ Wisconsin coming in at 4.10 yards at No. 2. Alabama is #8 in\u00a0 yards per play allowed, and they are almost a full yard behind Georgia!<\/p>\n This Georgia defense is obviously the best in the FBS this yeae, they only allowed double-digit points 4 times this season (out of 12 games), while Alabama only held the opposition to single digits 2 times all season. The Bulldogs defense also helped the team win the yardage battle in every game except 1, and that was the game against Florida, who only out-gained Georgia BY 1 YARD! On top of the fact that this defense has had at least 2 sacks in every game except the game against Vanderbilt, and they have greater than 2 sacks in 9 out of 12 games!<\/p>\n When you look at a H2H comparison, both teams have faced off against 4 common foes, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida and Tennessee, and while both teams went 4-0 SU, there are some massive differences. Georgia went 4-0 ATS in those 4 games, they were favorited by 16.125 points on average but they covered by an astounding 11.9 points on average. The Bulldogs posted 36.5 PPG on average, while allowing an amazing 8.5 points per game! They out-gained their opponents by 99 yards on average and won the TO battle by a margin of 6-3.<\/p>\n Alabama on the other hand only covered 1 of those 4 games (vs. Tennessee in week 8), while they were favorited by an average of 20.125 points (a little bigger margin then Georgia), they failed to cover by an average of 3.625 points! Alabama may have put up more points and yards on average then Georgia did in those 4 games, but the defense against becomes the difference. The Crimson Tide put up 37.25 PPG, while allowing 27.5 (19 more points then Georgia), they also average 489.25 yards against the 353.25 yards they allowed on average. Alabama gave up more points to Arkansas then Georgia did to all 4 teams combined!<\/p>\n What can Oregon do differently to reverse the drubbing they received from Utah two weeks ago? Join Joe, Dave, Adam and Bryan for College Football Daily as we preview this weekend’s NCAAF conference championship games. https:\/\/t.co\/wRkrItY6DY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 WagerTalk (@WagerTalk) November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nAlabama vs Georgia Predictions<\/h3>\n
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