College Football Week 5: 5 bold predictions
By Jordan Luth
3. Tennessee continues the dream season by beating Georgia
After making a huge 21-point comeback to finally beat Florida, Tennessee will look to continue that success against Georgia. The Bulldogs flat-out got embarrassed by Ole Miss. It was 31-0 at halftime. Nick Chubb also got banged up in the early stages of the game which only hurt Georgia. Tennessee finally showed everyone what they have wanted to see from them for so long, a will to fight. They showed that they weren’t going to roll over when facing a huge defect. They finally showed up.
They may still be 3-1, but Georgia’s loss to Ole Miss last week may have shown some cracks in the team. Nick Chubb got hurt early and from that point on the offense never got off the ground. What I take from that is that their offense revolves around Nick Chubb. That’s not good. If they can’t do anything without him then this will be a long year. Also, their defense got torched for 45 points. This spells trouble for Georgia as Tennessee’s offense will be hyped up after beating Florida for the first time since 2004.
Tennessee looked very shaky in their first game of the year against Appalachian State. Since then they have been great. They have scored 111 points in three games. I don’t see Georgia being able to stop Tennessee. The Vols are riding high and Georgia still has stars circling their heads from the beat down they took from Ole Miss.
It won’t be a blow out, but Tennessee will win by a decent margin. Nick Chubb still a little banged up, Georgia probably won’t want to force him into anything. Which means that their offense will look stagnate. Tennessee will continue to climb the rankings with another Top 25 win.