NCAAF No. 14 Missouri at No. 1 Georgia Free Picks

The Missouri Tigers (7-1, 3-1 SEC) are the next opponent trying to end the 25-game winning streak of the two-time defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs (8-0, 5-0). It’s a meeting of East rivals Saturday afternoon.   

Game time at Sanford Stadium is 3:30 PM (ET).

Missouri didn’t play a week ago, having disposed of South Carolina, 34-12, in its last game.

Georgia, meanwhile, took care of Florida, 43-20, in Jacksonville last Saturday, while ending with 486 yards of offense.  

Georgia is a 15½-point favorite (total at 54½), according to college football odds.

The teams are ranked eighth (Georgia-39.4 points per game) and 20th (Missouri-33.7 points/game) nationally in scoring. 

Georgia has won 11 of the dozen meetings between the teams, including the last nine. 

Moneyline is UGA -750, Mizzou at +520.

Tigers No Slouches 

The Missouri Tigers, along with everyone else in the Southeastern Conference, have not figured out a way to take down Georgia. 

That doesn’t mean Mizzou is a pushover. Missouri has scored at least 34 points in its last five games, with the ability to move the needle in a hurry. 

Quarterback Brady Cook (2,259 passing yards, 15 touchdowns, three touchdowns) has played as well as anyone in the conference at the position.

Luther Burden (61 receptions, 905 yards, six touchdowns) leads the receivers, while Theo Wease’s five touchdowns are second among the wideouts. 

Running back Cody Schrader (807 yards, nine touchdowns) gives Mizzou a potent ground game as well.

Between the Hedges is obviously a big Tiger test, but Mizzou is certainly no gimme.   

Beware of ‘Dawgs

Georgia isn’t the nation’s best team without reason. Offensively, the Bulldogs can hurt the other guys through the air (334.3 yards per game) and the ground (172.3 yards/game). Georgia’s without leading receiver Brock Bowers (ankle surgery) over the next month, however.

Defensively, the Bulldogs allow about half those numbers (273.9 yards/game, ranked seventh).

Quarterback Carson Beck (2,462 passing yards, 14 touchdowns, four interceptions) comes off a 315-yard, two-touchdown game against Florida.

Dominic Lovett (35 receptions, 365 yards, one touchdown) leads eight non-Bowers targets with double-figure receptions this season, while Daijun Edwards (96 carries, 555 yards, eight touchdowns) had 146 yards against Vanderbilt a couple of weeks ago.

Closer than Expected

Georgia’s death-and-taxes (-180) to win the SEC, while the Tigers are priced at 40-1 (+4000), as per college football conference odds.

Georgia is atop the heap until someone knocks ‘em off, but that something isn’t Missouri. 

Mizzou will hang around in this one, however, and we see a spread of more than two touchdowns to be a bit excessive. 

Taking the visiting Missouri Tigers +15½ Saturday afternoon. Go over, too.