Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Game card: Vanderbilt

Opponent:  Vanderbilt
Mascot:  Commodores
Primary color(s):  Black and gold
Record:  11-8 (1-5)
Best player:  Damian Jones
Line:  Georgia -7

Why Georgia will win:  They just beat Vanderbilt on the road in Nashville, so surely they can handle business at home.  J.J. Frazier is nuclear hot, and the scoring is so spread out it's going to be a matter of the Commodores picking their poison.  Stegeman Coliseum continues to be a very difficult place for road teams to get wins.

Why Georgia will lose:  Vanderbilt has lost 1 in a row to Georgia, but they've still won 7 of the last 8.  Riley LaChance was fantastic in Nashville, and had Damian Jones not disappeared Vanderbilt probably would have won the game.  Georgia is unlikely to slow Jones down again.  He's too good.  Kevin Stallings' record against Mark Fox says the Bulldogs are in for a fight.

What I think will happen:  I make this pick through gritted teeth.  Consider me very, very nervous about this one.  Bulldogs keep it going 74-65.

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