{"id":1904,"date":"2009-12-28T07:36:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T12:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/12\/28\/sec-predictions-round-2-%e2%80%93-independence-bowl\/"},"modified":"2010-02-26T06:31:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T11:31:07","slug":"sec-predictions-round-2-%e2%80%93-independence-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/12\/28\/sec-predictions-round-2-%e2%80%93-independence-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Predictions (Round 2 \u2013 Independence Bowl)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia is favored by 7 over the mighty Aggies from Texas.  Two things come to mind in this one.  First, I don\u2019t think it is ever safe to assume that Georgia will cover.  It seems like Coach Richt\u2019s teams always play down to the competition.  Second, A&M is capable of putting up points, and the Bulldogs are using grad assistances to help coach up the defense.  This does not seem like a recipe for success.<\/p>\n<p>When you are playing in Shreveport, LA, you are either disappointed you have fallen so far in the Bowl rankings, which is the case with 7-5 Georgia, or you are just grateful that you were invited to a party, which pretty much sums it up for 6-6 Texas A&M.  This game will come down to coaching.  Forget the fact that Texas A&M has a poor defense; remember Georgia does not even have a defensive coordinator!  The <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/college-football\/lines\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/espn.go.com\/college-football\/lines', 'over\/under');\" target=\"_blank\">over\/under<\/a> on this one is 67, and I expect it to be a high scoring affair.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The keys to the game for Georgia:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ball control \u2013 Keep A&M\u2019s Jerrod Johnson from exposing the defense by keeping him on the bench as much as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Eliminate turnovers \u2013 Georgia has experienced turnover issues all year.<\/li>\n<li>Limit stupid penalties \u2013 The Bulldogs will get their fair share of flags; just hope to keep the silly ones in check.<\/li>\n<li>A.J. Green \u2013 Green is a game breaker; get him the ball any way you can.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just for grins, I am going to say that each team puts up 27, but Georgia wins by 10 \u2026 something along the lines of 43-31.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nRegular Season Record: 46-41<br \/>\nSEC Championship: 0-1<br \/>\nSEC Bowl Record: 0-1<br \/>\nFinal Record: 46-43<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\nSEC Bowl Record: 0-1 *Actual, not my predictions<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia is favored by 7 over the mighty Aggies from Texas. Two things come to mind in this one. First, I don\u2019t think it is ever safe to assume that Georgia will cover. It seems like Coach Richt\u2019s teams always play down to the competition. Second, A&#038;M is capable of putting up points, and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/12\/28\/sec-predictions-round-2-%e2%80%93-independence-bowl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SEC Predictions (Round 2 \u2013 Independence Bowl)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-1904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-uga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions\/2366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}