The Alabama Crimson Tide meet the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday in the SEC Championship college football action from Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Georgia has emerged undefeated so far. the Bulldogs are coming off another victory over Georgia Tech. As for the Tide, they took out Auburn in quadruple overtime during their last outing on Saturday. Check back all season long for free college football picks at Sports Chat Place.
Georgia hasn’t had a lot of difficulties through this undefeated run. The wins have come courtesy of Clemson, UAB, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, Charleston Southern and Georgia Tech.
The Bulldogs’ win over Georgia Tech last weekend was a blowout. Georgia scored in every quarter on the way to a dominant 45-0 result. QB Stetson Bennett put up 255 yards with four TDs, and Brock Bowers caught three balls for 100 yards and two scores.
Over on the Alabama side, they’ve got just one loss this year—a 41-38 result versus Texas A&M. Aside from that the Tide have beaten Miami, Mercer, Florida, Southern Miss, Ole Miss, MS State, Tennessee, LSU, New Mexico State, Arkansas and Auburn.
The Auburn game was a close one for Alabama. The Tide had to fight through four overtime periods to eventually pull off the 24-22 win. QB Bryce Young managed 317 yards with two scores and Brian Robinson led the rush on 71 yards from 16 carries.
The Bulldogs are 6-1 ATS in their last seven games in December and 4-1 ATS versus a team with a winning record. Georgia is 11-4 ATS in their last 15 neutral-site games and 5-2 ATS in their last seven conference games.
Meanwhile, the Tide are 4-1 ATS in their last five as an underdog and 11-3 ATS in their last 14 after an ATS loss. The under is 4-1-1 in Alabama’s last six neutral-site games.
PICK: I’m going to stick with Georgia in this one. The Bulldogs have been on a tear for pretty much the whole season, and they thoroughly dismantled Georgia Tech in their last outing. Georgia posted 463 total yards and 21 first downs, notching zero penalties and no turnovers along the way.
As for Alabama, they get credit for toughing out a big win over Auburn, but it wasn’t pretty. The Tide posted 9-of-26 on third- and fourth-down tries while committing 11 penalties. Alabama has scored 24 or fewer points in two of their last three games, and I don’t think they’ll do so well against the Georgia defense. Should be a really fun game to watch, though.