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Saturday, 1 January 2005 - 11:00am
Tampa, Florida

Georgia (9-2) versus Wisconsin (9-2)


Happy New Year from Tampa.

Wisconsin burned me last month when I went with them over Iowa. Right at gametime, Barry Alvarez said that RB Anthony Davis would dress, but not play. Um, thanks Barry. The Badgers were nothing without him and it exposed the weakness of their quarterback, John Stocco, by making him throw the ball on nearly every down.

As long as Wisconsin is able to keep Davis running, they should keep this game close. Those crazy cheese people love coming down to Florida for New Year’s day and the weather should be about 72 and partly cloudy at kickoff.

Georgia’s David Greene burned LSU’s man defense in the Bulldogs’ huge win over the Tigers on October 2nd. Wisconsin will have to keep changing things up on defense to beat a veteran like Greene. Badger coach Alvarez usually brings his team prepared to play their bowl games. Before last season’s 28-14 loss to Auburn, Wisconsin had won four straight bowl games. It’s a bit of a long shot, but here’s hoping they can at least keep it close. Georgia was a meager 4-6 ATS this season while the Badgers ended up 7-4. Both teams prefer going under the total (7/10, and 8/11) but with the line at

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Wisconsin +8

UPDATE: 24-21 Georgia. A wild one that Wisconsin could have ended up stealing at the end. Instead, the Bulldogs failed to cover by running out the clock on the Badger 15.

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