Former Georgia Bulldog and ESPN analyst David Pollack has a lot of opinions on the matchup between the No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers and the No. 12 Georgia Bulldogs. With massive playoff implications for Georgia, he believes the Bulldogs will show up and win this matchup. Pollack talked about the Georgia-Tennessee game on his YouTube channel.
“Georgia can’t lose at home to Tennessee,” Pollack said. “I don’t think that’s going to happen.”
Pollack also went on to call this a de-facto elimination game for either Georgia or Tennessee. People, like Paul Finebaum, have called this an elimination game for Georgia, but so far no one has covered Tennessee’s playoff chances after this loss.
“They’re (Georgia) going to have three players that are going to be mocked in the top 15 of the (NFL) draft,” said Pollack, who thinks Georgia has more than enough talent to win.
If they lose, Tennessee will be 6-2 in the SEC, but could be behind other 6-2 teams in the standings due to tiebreakers. That means that would eliminate them from the SEC championship race, but if Tennessee loses close to Georgia, there’s still a chance that they make the playoff, but it’d be an uphill battle with the competition from the Big Ten.
For Georgia, a win could essentially guarantee them a playoff spot, but it could also open the door for them to reach the SEC championship, since they’d have a 6-2 record in the SEC. A loss would be a significant blow to Georgia’s playoff hopes.
