The Alabama will beat Georgia bandwagon keeps growing. Nick Saban and Miss Terry were on the red carpet when the GOAT's new documentary premiered. It's fitting that in the same week, more and more experts are predicting the Alabama Crimson Tide will beat Georgia.
Sure, many college football experts continue to pick the Bulldogs to win. However, one key site, the On3 Georgia Bulldogs site, published six predictions on Friday. Four of the six predicted an Alabama win. I can hear Nick Saban, and possibly even Kalen DeBoer, fuming about 'Rat Poison'.
No doubt Georgia coaches will play the disrespected card. None of the Georgia experts projected Alabama to win by more than three points. But that's enough to qualify as rat poison.
The Crimson Tide and the Bulldogs have played 76 times. Saturday night's game will be the 12th in Tuscaloosa. Alabama leads 9-2 in the previous matches. The full series has produced close games (three points or less) 15 times, with four of the 15 ending in a tie. Alabama has won five straight regular-season games against Georgia. Kirby Smart's record against Alabama elicits cringes from Georgia fans. Kirby is 2-7 against the Crimson Tide. He has never won in Tuscaloosa.
National Predictions - Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Georgia Bulldogs
Cherry-picking from national media platforms, I found four sources with 24 individual predictions. The sources were: CBS Sports, USA Today Sports, Athlon Sports, and AtoZ Sports. The 24 experts split evenly, with 12 win predictions for each team. That result can't be termed 'Rat Poison'. More than anything, it suggests a game with two such evenly matched teams and could be labeled a toss-up.
Predictions by the Bama Hammer team shouldn't qualify as rat poison. I predicted an Alabama win. Check out all our predictions.
Note: Game records provided by mcubed.net and rolltide.com
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