Paul Finebaum picks Alabama to upset Georgia in Week 5 clash
ESPN personality Paul Finebaum expects Kalen DeBoer to get his biggest win yet as the Alabama head coach on Saturday. Finebaum made his pick for the Alabama vs. Georgia game Monday afternoon on SportsCenter.
He has the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide coming out on top against No. 2 Georgia in one of the biggest games of the entire college football season.
Finebaum shared that he has some serious questions about Georgia after its performance earlier this month against Kentucky.
“I am not feeling the love right now for the Dawgs,” Paul Finebaum said. “And two weeks ago, Matt [Barrie], we talked on your podcast, they were ruling the nation. But that game against Kentucky has a lot of people very nervous.”
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Georgia beat Kentucky 13-12 back on Sept. 14, needing to rally for a win in Lexington. The Bulldogs finished with only 262 yards of offense in the win and Carson Beck was 15-24 passing for 160 yards.
Beck will have to be better for Georgia to beat Alabama, according to Finebaum, but either way he expects the Crimson Tide to get the win.
“Carson Beck wasn’t good. They lost one of their best offensive players. Their defensive line is banged up. And they’re heading to Tuscaloosa, which is never good for the Dawgs,” Finebaum said.
Paul Finebaum reveals who’s under more pressure in Georgia vs. Alabama
The Georgia Bulldogs are traveling to Tuscaloosa this weekend for a massive game against the Alabama Crimson Tide. It’s a game that analyst Paul Finebaum knows is going to be full of pressure for both sides.
As he explained on McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning, Finebaum doesn’t want to become a prisoner of the moment in a long season where things can change quickly. However, for the time being, he sees Georgia as being the team under the most pressure.
“You said it earlier, prisoner of the moment,” Paul Finebaum said. “I think that’s where we are right now whether real or not on Alabama. I’m the same way. Two weeks ago I was thinking this could be a really bad moment for Alabama. Now, I think the other thing has, and quite frankly you can debate who the pressure is on. To me, it seems like it is on Kirby Smart.”
Finebaum argued that the schedule for Georgia, which includes games against four of the teams currently ranked in the top six of the AP Poll, makes this game much more important for Georgia, especially in the context for where the Bulldogs are as a program.
“Because if he can’t beat Kalen DeBoer with a team that’s already a little bit on the brink after once again being declared the national champion before the season, and the schedule,” Finebaum said. “Nobody’s got a tougher road schedule with a loss to Alabama than this bunch, with Texas and Ole Miss still to come. You’re talking about dangerous territory right now.”