Georgia Bulldogs Football: Slight Favorites vs. Arkansas
The Georgia Bulldogs football team had been listed as -2 ½ favorites for their Saturday Noon EST SEC game against the Arkansas Razorbacks. That line has since dropped to -1 ½ at North America’s oldest established online sportsbook, Bookmaker.com.
Georgia dropped out of the Top 25 after losing to South Carolina last week.
There’s a good chance Georgia, 1-1, could get back into the Top-25 with a victory against the unbeaten Razorbacks and their high-flying quarterback Ryan Mallett, suggests Stephen Nover of DonBest.com, the world’s premier line service and sports betting content provider.
Arkansas will be without running back and kick returner Dennis Johnson, who is out with a bowel injury.
The Razorbacks have a revenge motive. Georgia won last year’s game, 52-41, as two-point road underdogs. The combined 93 points sailed ‘over’ the 54-point total. Mallett passed for a school-record 408 yards in that loss with five touchdowns.
Star wide receiver A.J. Green hauled in two touchdowns for the Bulldogs. Green, however, is suspended for four games by the NCAA for selling a game jersey to a sports agent.
The Bulldogs also may be without Shaun Chapas, their starting fullback. He’s ‘questionable’ because of a sprained ankle.
Georgia ranks last in the SEC in rushing and 89th in the country averaging 122 ½ yards. The Bulldogs’ veteran offensive line has been disappointing. But there is hope the ground game will pick up now that Caleb King and Washaun Ealey will be paired up for the first time.
With the line move from Georgia -2 ½ to -1 ½, one would expect the Razorbacks to be getting some lopsided action, and indeed they still were even after the line move: 60/40 betting on Arkansas.
Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com
