Tennessee football at Georgia: Keys to the game for Vols and Dawgs

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 08: Head coach Jeremy Pruitt of the Tennessee Volunteers brings his team onto the field prior to a game against the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers at Neyland Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennesee won the game 59-3. (Photo by Donald Page/Getty Images) /

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10. Georgia’s handling of being a heavy favorite

The Georgia Bulldogs beat Tennessee football last year 41-0 in Knoxville. It was a cakewalk. However, it’s still weird for both sides seeing the Dawgs as such a heavy favorite, and you have to wonder how that will affect the players.

Coming off a bit of an ugly win against the Missouri Tigers, are they going to sleepwalk through this game? That’s very possible since they have nothing to gain and everything to lose. It’s a bit hard to get excited about playing the Vols at this particular moment.

Kirby Smart’s team has been coasting through games so far, and it’s important to note that there is still some youth on this team. So with such a huge line, they could catch themselves overlooking the Vols just a bit too much, would could become problematic.

Yes, Georgia has way more talent than the Vols. It’s not even close right now. But they’ve reached a different level than where they were even at when the two met last year. You can easily see a young team thinking they are way too good to be playing this game and putting the Vols on the same level of MTSU or Austin Peay mentally. That could be dangerous because UT does have better talent than those guys.

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