One cover since the season opener. That’s where we are with the Georgia Bulldogs, who are good enough to win the national championship but have only a single ATS victory since their blowout of Clemson in Week 1. And now they’re a 2.5-point road favorite against an Ole Miss team that just put up 63 points against an SEC opponent.
Maddening, to say the least. Since beating Clemson 34-3 in the opener, Georgia’s only cover is its 30-15 road victory over 4-point home favorite Texas. Of course, the Rebels aren’t much better—their 63-31 blasting of 8-point underdog Arkansas last week was just their second cover in five SEC games, a span which includes outright losses to underdogs Kentucky and LSU.
Georgia vs Ole Miss Odds
Matchup Page: Georgia vs Ole Miss, 3:30 pm ET
Team | Spread | Moneyline | Total |
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Georgia Bulldogs | -2.5 (-115) | -135 | OVER 55 (-112) |
Ole Miss Rebels | +2.5 (-105) | +114 | UNDER 55 (-108) |
Odds as of November 4
Georgia vs Ole Miss Picks – Week 11
Georgia’s track record even against mediocre SEC opponents doesn’t exactly inspire confidence this week—the Bulldogs slogged past 22-point underdog Kentucky by one, struggled to put away both Auburn and Mississippi State, were tied with undermanned Florida entering the fourth quarter last weekend. A big issue has been the inconsistency of quarterback Carson Beck, who’s thrown 11 interceptions over his past five games.
Compare that to the recent showings of Ole Miss quarterback Jaxon Dart, who’s thrown nine touchdowns to one pick over his past five games, and went for 515 yards and six TDs last week against Arkansas. Dart, though, has never been the issue for Ole Miss—it’s been shortcomings on the offensive line and on defense that doomed the Rebels in outright losses to LSU and Kentucky.
Georgia will easily be the best team Ole Miss has played, and despite ups and downs elsewhere the Bulldogs have been savage along the defensive front—just ask Texas, which is still finding pieces of its O-line ground into the Darrell K. Royal Stadium turf. It’s going to take a herculean effort by Ole Miss to keep those Georgia defenders off Dart’s back, and avoid a repeat of the manhandling the Bulldogs delivered in Austin.
Georgia vs Ole Miss Week 11 Pick: Georgia -2.5
Ole Miss may be known for scoring lots of points, but the Rebels have gone UNDER the total against every FBS opponent this season but one—Arkansas, whom they scorched last week for 63 points. Georgia has gone UNDER in five of eight, and these days you can always count on a few Beck interceptions to defuse a potential scoring threat.
Georgia vs Ole Miss Week 11 Pick: UNDER 55
*picks made as of Monday, November 4 at 2:30 pm ET
Georgia vs Ole Miss News
Bulldogs running back Trevor Etienne left last week’s Florida game with a rib injury, but coach Kirby Smart on Monday seemed optimistic about Etienne’s status for Ole Miss. Georgia needs him, with two other running backs (Branson Robinson and Roderick Robinson) also out. Punt returner Anthony Evans is less certain with a hamstring injury. On the Ole Miss side, receiver Tre Harris has missed the past two games with a lower-body injury, and running back Henry Parrish Jr. was carted off against Arkansas game with an apparent leg injury.
Georgia vs Ole Miss Prop Bet: Antwane Wells Anytime TD
Harris and Parrish have 16 touchdowns between them, so that’s an immense amount of Ole Miss firepower on sideline if those two can’t go. With Beck unreliable and the Georgia running back room resembling a triage ward, the best scoring prop on Saturday in Oxford might involve Antwane “Juice” Wells, who has caught touchdown passes in four different games for the Rebels this season.