00:00Let's get to that Sugar Bowl, Joe.
00:01Ole Miss and Georgia, two SEC teams.
00:04And the line sits at 6.5 as a favorite for Georgia.
00:07Also, the total, Joe, is 55.5.
00:09But before we get into the game itself, there's a lot of controversy.
00:12Like, Lane Kiffin is supposed to be at this game.
00:15Lane Kiffin's coaching staff is still coaching Ole Miss.
00:17Like, do we have any conflict of interest?
00:19This is just a wild scene and just say, well, that's the SEC for you.
00:23Yeah, it is the SEC, right?
00:24And it's Lane Kiffin, right?
00:26He loves the hype.
00:28He loves the notoriety.
00:29He loves the recognition.
00:31And he's turning over a new leaf in 2026, right?
00:34Amazing when you think about, you know, what he was able to do.
00:38But I will say, give him credit.
00:39Took Ole Miss to their best regular season ever.
00:4211-1 overall.
00:43Dominant, you know, victories throughout the regular season.
00:46Had Georgia on the ropes in the first time that they played in athletes.
00:51Let's not forget, that was a 7.5-point number in favor of Georgia.
00:55Georgia trailed that game at the half, Donnie.
00:5721-16.
00:58They scored, Ole Miss did, on the first five possessions.
01:02And Georgia's defense had no answer for Trinidad Chambliss and that rushing attack with Kiwan Lacy.
01:07I will say they made second-half adjustments.
01:10They won that game.
01:11They covered.
01:12They shut down Trinidad in the last two minutes of that ballgame to sustain the victory and get the cover.
01:18But here's the thing.
01:19That line was 7.5 in Athens.
01:20You're telling me now, without Lane Kivin, only 6 in there?
01:23It's a point differential?
01:25I know that they beat up on Tulane.
01:27But Georgia's a different, potentially most prepared team in this college football playoff.
01:32You have the only coach that has won two national championships in Kirby Smart.
01:37They're going to come to play.
01:39Georgia, I believe, can run all over the front seven of Ole Miss, Donnie.
01:44Ole Miss has the worst rushing defense in the college football playoff, allowing 147.7 rushing yards per game.
01:52The first matchup, Georgia pounded the rock for 221 and over 4.8 yards per carry.
01:58Nate Frazier, Bowens, a little Gunnar Stockton in your life.
02:02I think that's the difference.
02:04I think this is the game where Ole Miss misses Lane Kivin, and I think it's a rout by the Bulldogs.
02:10Now, we talk about Georgia, probably the most physical team in college football.
02:13And also, the questions that are coming into the playoff were,
02:15ooh, I wonder how Georgia's going to match up with Ohio State if they get that far.
02:18Ohio State's out of it right now.
02:19So now we look at Ole Miss and Georgia teeing it up, Joe.
02:22But also, some of the things that we talked about already.
02:25Look, we're going to have Oregon and Texas Tech play.
02:27Hey, Oregon played last week.
02:28Do they have an advantage?
02:29Alabama played last week.
02:30Indiana didn't.
02:31Anything here to do with Ole Miss playing last week and Georgia not as if they wouldn't be ready?
02:35Because as you're talking, it feels like they'd probably be more prepared at this than most other teams
02:39because they've had the success, and they've been here multiple times.
02:42Well, again, the quarterback-to-wide receiver relationship, right?
02:44That's always big, and you know that.
02:46With Trinidad Chambliss, he's playing his first career playoff game.
02:51He gets the victory, right, even though it's at home.
02:54So you get those inexperience and ring rust out of the way.
02:58Let's not forget Gunnar Stockton's first performance last year.
03:02He goes up against Notre Dame and loses the game.
03:04Now he's better prepared this year in big matchups.
03:08Obviously, Georgia had to step up.
03:11Gunnar Stockton won an SEC championship.
03:13It was the first time in back-to-back years that they won an SEC championship, Georgia, since 1982.
03:19So that just goes to show you how they've prepared this year.
03:23But again, you know, it's an intriguing matchup.
03:25I will say, if I'm Golding and I'm Charlie Weiss Jr., I'm throwing caution to the wind,
03:32meaning I'm coming out.
03:33I'm not playing Georgia's game, right?
03:36I am coming out to spread you.
03:38We might run tempo.
03:39We're going to show that we're not missing Lane Kiffin in any capacity,
03:43and we're going to force you to adjust in this matchup.
03:47We'll see how it plays out.
03:48We'll see you next time.
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