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Opting out of college football bowl games has become a trend over the last few years and when you combine that with a pandemic, you’ll see it more than ever. We scoured the internet to find the latest information on which players have opted out of their bowl game for whatever reason as well as injury updates on players who are banged up and might be unable to go.
The Cincinnati Bearcats will get a chance to prove themselves against some pretty good competition when they play the Georgia Bulldogs in the Peach Bowl to kick off the college football action on New Year’s Day. This game is much more important for Cincinnati than it is for Georgia, and that is reflected by the players deciding to opt out of the bowl game.
Dec 31, 2020
The Cincinnati Bearcats will meet the Georgia Bulldogs in the 53rd annual Peach Bowl in Atlanta. The game will be played at Mercedes Benz Stadium and will kick off at 12:30 EST. The Bearcats are coming off a win against No. 24-ranked Tulsa to complete an undefeated regular season to win the American Athletic Conference, while the Bulldogs finished the season with a record of 7-2.
Coming into the game, all the anticipation will be on whether Georgia can stay hot on offense. In their last two games, with JT Daniels under center, the Bulldogs have posted 45-plus points in both contests. On defense, expect some younger players to step in for the Bulldogs, due to multiple opt-outs such as Monty Rice and Eric Stokes Jr.
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Cincinnati s D has been giving their offense great field position, leading to 37.4 ppg, but the Bearcats are still rolling up yards, ranking 19th in the country with 460 ypg.
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College football betting kicks off in the new year with a terrific tilt between a pair of Top-10 teams as the Georgia Bulldogs face off against the Cincinnati Bearcats at the Peach Bowl.
No. 8-ranked Cincinnati has gone a perfect 9-0 this season but are installed as 7.5-point underdogs against perennial SEC powerhouse Georgia.
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The game between No. 12 Georgia and Missouri that will take place Saturday at Faurot Field probably won t look a whole lot like the one the Bulldogs and Tigers would have played if they met a few weeks ago.
Georgia was still trying to settle on a quarterback, listing four possibilities at the position, before the matchup set for Nov. 14 was postponed because of COVID-19 issues within the Tigers program. Missouri was still trying to get on track after a lopsided loss at Florida left coach Eli Drinkwitz s team 2-3 in his first season.
Nearly a month later, J.T. Daniels is entrenched under center for the Bulldogs, while the Tigers have ripped off three straight wins, capped by a dramatic comeback victory over Arkansas last weekend.