It’s not every day you see perennial national title contender Alabama as a home underdog on the college football field. But it’s a role the Crimson Tide will play this coming Saturday against the mighty Georgia Bulldogs.
Georgia opened as a short 1-point favorite in Las Vegas and the initial push came on the Bulldogs out to -3. Then, Alabama resistance knocked it down to the current number of Georgia -2, with a total of Over/Under 48.
Alabama hasn’t closed a home pup in 17 years. "I was a lot younger back then," Golden Nugget executive sportsbook director Tony Miller told FOX Sports. "That speaks to the dominance the Tide reached under Nick Saban and the program he built down in Tuscaloosa. "It’s weird to see Alabama as a home 'dog.
But the conference is loaded. Any of the top SEC teams can win on any given day. I think it’s going to be a barnburner. Watch it come down to whoever has the ball last." Miller is simply enamored with the SEC’s strength.