The No. 12 Georgia Bulldogs (7-2) are staring down a second consecutive season with out a School Soccer Playoff look if they cannot take down No. 7 Tennessee (8-1) on Saturday.
That process simply grew to become loads more durable to drag off as Georgia’s main rusher Trevor Etienne was dominated out with an damage on Thursday.
The 5-foot-9 junior has accrued 477 speeding yards and scored seven touchdowns for the Dawgs, clinging for pricey life in a stacked SEC.
Georgia is coming off a tough 28-10 loss to Mississippi in Week 11, and one other falter this week will surely remove it from the convention title race not to mention playoff consideration.
Prime speeding duties will fall to backup Nate Frazier, who has racked up a wholesome 333 yards and three touchdowns on the 12 months to this point.
Tennessee has the ninth-best speeding protection within the FBS, however Georgia has solely the 104th-best speeding offense, averaging 124.1 yards-per-game with Etienne wholesome.
The Dawgs might discover some semblance of hope in the truth that the Volunteers could possibly be with out one in all their key starters as effectively on Saturday.
Star freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava additionally appeared on the damage report Thursday, listed as questionable as he stays in concussion protocol.
Iamaleava missed the second half of Tennessee’s Week 11 contest towards Mississippi State after taking a tough hit.
Saturday’s matchup may be thought-about an SEC elimination sport of kinds, with each packages vying for 2 extremely coveted spots to Atlanta for the convention championship sport.
