{"id":376689,"date":"2025-11-13T20:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/376689\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T20:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:20:14","slug":"joel-klatt-picks-georgia-to-win-cover-vs-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/376689\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Klatt picks Georgia to win, cover vs. Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is plenty on the line when the Texas Longhorns<\/strong><\/a> travel to Athens to take on the Georgia Bulldogs<\/strong><\/a> this Saturday. That includes implications relating not just to the SEC race but to the College Football Playoff<\/strong><\/a> race.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the game, analyst Joel Klatt broke down the game. On The Joel Klatt Show, he would emphasize his trust in Georgia, picking them not just to win but to cover a 5.5-point spread. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut Texas, in general, is a team that, let\u2019s face it,\u201d Joel Klatt said<\/a>. \u201cWe haven\u2019t seen a complete game from them. If we\u2019re really being honest with ourselves, don\u2019t we know, deep down, that it\u2019s going to take a complete game from any team to beat Georgia in Athens? It\u2019s what it took from Alabama<\/strong><\/a>. They played one of the great halves of football that we\u2019ve seen so far in the college football season in that win over Georgia in Athens. Ty Simpson<\/a><\/strong> was amazing in that game.\u201d <\/p>\n

Coming into the game, both Georgia and Texas have one SEC loss and have a shot, if Alabama and Texas A&M<\/strong><\/a> take losses, of making it to the SEC Championship Game. So, earning that tiebreaker over one another is massive. More importantly, especially for two-loss Texas, is how it helps a CFP resume. It\u2019s a massive ranked win for one side or the other. For Texas, it would also be a third loss, which seems like a steep hill to overcome. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo, you have to believe that Arch [Manning]<\/a><\/strong>, at some point, would have to go otherworldly and play the best football that he\u2019s played in his career for Texas to win this game,\u201d Klatt said. \u201cYou see, if you just boil this down to trust, let\u2019s really talk honestly about this. Which team do you trust in this game?\u201d <\/p>\n

Ultimately, for Klatt, it\u2019s a matter of trust. The simple truth is that he trusts Georgia to play a full 60 minutes, particularly at home, compared to Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not a hard question to answer. I trust Georgia. That doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s always pretty and that doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s always dominant, but I trust Georgia. I trust that they know how to win. I trust that they can do different things to win, whether it\u2019s throwing it against Tennessee<\/strong><\/a>, playing quality defense at times, running it well, at times. I trust that, situationally, they know what they\u2019re doing, like they did against Florida<\/strong><\/a>. I don\u2019t trust this Texas team because we haven\u2019t even seen them put together a full 60 minutes. Even their win against Oklahoma<\/strong><\/a>, as impressive as that was, there were moments where, offensively, it just wasn\u2019t clicking,\u201d Klatt said. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo, it comes down to faith. Do I have faith that Texas is going to all of a sudden put something together that I have not seen from them yet this season? I have not seen evidence that Texas can go in and beat Georgia, and I don\u2019t think that they\u2019re going to all of a sudden do that. Athens is as tough as it gets. Texas on the road this season has not been good. Two losses. Two overtime wins. I know they\u2019ve got the neutral site against OU, but they\u2019ve been able to overcome poor performances and still win the game. They will not be able to do that on the road against Georgia.\u201d <\/p>\n

Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EST on Saturday. There, Klatt is predicting Georgia wins by a touchdown. That would also amount to covering the spread for this one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m taking Georgia in this one,\u201d Klatt said. \u201cGeorgia wins this one 31-24. They cover the 5.5. Bulldogs basically solidify their spot in the College Football Playoff and give Texas their third loss.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is plenty on the line when the Texas Longhorns travel to Athens to take on the Georgia…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":376690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,87289,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-376689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-joel-klatt","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115544249152438861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}