Georgia’s trip to Fayetteville in Week 3 is shaping up as a different kind of test for the Bulldogs, even if the early read still points toward another comfortable win.
After rolling past Western Kentucky 70-20 on Saturday, Georgia now turns to the start of SEC play and its first road game of the season. That alone changes the feel of this matchup.
Tennessee State and Western Kentucky were never expected to push the Bulldogs, and Georgia handled both with ease. The bigger scores only reinforced how little stress those first two games created.
Arkansas brings a more demanding setup, at least on paper. It is Georgia’s first Power Four opponent and the first time the Bulldogs leave home this season. The Razorbacks have enough talent to create problems, and the fact that this game comes on the road makes it more complicated than the first two tune-ups.
Still, Arkansas has not exactly looked like a team ready to deliver a major shock. The Razorbacks opened with a 31-14 win over North Alabama, then went west and got handled by No.
20 Utah in a 43-10 loss. Those results line up with the preseason view of Arkansas as one of the weaker teams in the SEC this year.
That means Georgia is stepping into its toughest game so far, but not necessarily its most dangerous one. The Bulldogs are past the non-Power Four part of the schedule now, and the next stretch gets much sharper. Oklahoma comes to Athens in Week 4, and Alabama waits on the road in Week 6.
For now, though, Georgia has to take care of Arkansas first. Based on what the first two weeks have shown, another big Bulldogs win looks far more likely than a real scare. A 30-point margin would not be surprising, and against an SEC opponent, that would still count as a blowout.
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