Texas, Georgia and College Football Playoff
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The Texas Longhorns have a Georgia Bulldogs problem. Texas fell 35-10 at Georgia on Saturday night in Athens. The Longhorns couldn't run the ball against Georgia for a third straight meeting and saw their College Football Playoff hopes take a massive hit on the road in the SEC.
Voted atop the AP and US LBM Coaches preseason polls and ranked 10th in the College Football Playoff rankings this week, Texas dropped to 7-3 on the season with Saturday's loss at Georgia.
Arch Manning and the Longhorns were outclassed in a 35-10 loss, and the preseason No. 1 team is effectively out of the playoff race before Thanksgiving.
Texas’ road trip to Georgia tonight is the biggest in-conference test for Arch Manning to date. He had a tough experience in the Swamp when the Longhorns lost to Florida, but this is a better team than the Gator squad he faced in September (even if it’s not a typical Georgia defense).
After meeting in Austin and Atlanta last year, the Georgia and Texas football teams will now reunite in Athens. Texas (7-2, 4-1) and Georgia (8-1, 6-1) are set for a SEC showdown on Saturday. Respectively ranked fifth and 10th in the College Football ...
Texas plays Georgia at Athens’ Sanford Stadium Saturday night in the first of several late-season games that will shape the conference’s postseason outlook.
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