Trevor Etienne Total Rushing Yards Prop Bet vs. Notre Dame - Sugar Bowl

Trevor Etienne's total rushing yards for Georgia was listed with an Over/Under of 85.5 at BetUS.

The Georgia running back says he feels as healthy as he’s been “in a long time.” He missed three late season games with a rib injury before returning for the SEC championship game against Texas on Dec. 7. He ran for 94 yards on 16 carries with two TDs against the Longhorns, including the game-winner in overtime.

Though he trails freshman Nate Frazier in yardage (634 to 571), Etienne’s nine touchdowns are tops on the team, while his 28 receptions are fourth.

“He's kind of been in and out early in the year, and then the four or five weeks that he was out, and hurts you a little bit. But that's football,” offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said. “The thing about Trevor that I love, obviously he's just been here one year, but he's come in here with the right mindset. He's embraced the team, he's embraced whatever Coach Smart's asked him to do, whatever I've asked him to do, whatever Coach (Josh) Crawford's asked him to do.

“He plays for his teammates, which he just got to know his teammates six or seven months ago. And you can't say enough about what a young man he is. Obviously, he's a great talent that can run and catch out of the backfield and can be explosive for us,” Bobo said. “But I think how he held himself and how he integrated into this culture of what Coach Smart has here at the University of Georgia says more about him and his impact on our football team than anything.”

What’s at Stake?

The winner moves on to a College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl in the first year of the expanded 12-team format. Georgia had a bye into the quarterfinals at the Sugar Bowl, the very bowl at which the 1980 Bulldogs won a national title by beating none other than Notre Dame. The Irish hosted a first-round CFP game last weekend, dismantling Indiana in a rare high-stakes football matchup between the two major institutions from the same state.

Line Analysis

Georgia had opened as high as -2 but this line has since drifted down to -1.

Sagarin has the Irish as a -3 favorite (-2.79).  This number does not even consider the quarterback change with the Bulldogs.

Action is balanced.