Coach Kirby Smart is regarded as the most elite coach in college football and his Georgia Bulldogs are 7-1 and ranked No. 5 in the nation, while Mississippi State is 5-4 and has lost 11 straight SEC home games.
And yet, Georgia is only favored by single digits — 8.5 points — in its game against the Maroon Bulldogs at noon next Saturday in Starkville.
Smart provided some reasons why moments after the Bulldogs pulled out a 24-20 win against Florida Saturday afternoon in Jacksonville after the Gators ended a string of four-straight double-digit losses in the series with the 4-point defeat.
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