‘It’s Going To Be Close’: CBS Sports’ Houston Nutt Previews #11 Kentucky Vs. #1 Georgia And 4 Other Games

(CBS Local Sports) – The assemblage shot play continues this week, with different afloat docket of games connected CBS and CBS Sports Network. Out of the SEC, #1 Georgia, who remains undefeated, faces different undefeated squad successful #11 Kentucky. Auburn besides meets #17 Arkansas. In the Mountain West, #24 San Diego State looks to support it going against San Jose State. Utah State plays UNLV, and Hawaii travels to Nevada. CBS’s Norm Elrod talked to CBS Sports’ Houston Nutt astir the matchups.

Auburn @ #17 Arkansas: October 16, 12:00 p.m. ET connected CBS

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Seventeenth-ranked Arkansas has mislaid 2 straight. They gave up 52 points to Mississippi and were unopen retired by Georgia the week before. Can they crook things astir against Auburn?

“They can, they can. They’re astatine home. It’s a home-field advantage. If you announcement the mode they played astatine home, particularly against Texas, I deliberation that’s going to beryllium a large assistance getting backmost home. And saying that, I deliberation the moving game. Coach Pittman, I deliberation he’ll beryllium going up with that. I deliberation KJ Jefferson is truly playing better. When you look astatine the occupation that they did, truly the violative crippled program connected the roadworthy astatine Ole Miss was beauteous good. They had their chances. They person to bash a amended occupation of stopping the run. So to me, successful this game, it’s going to travel down to who tin halt the run. And erstwhile you look astatine Tank Bigsby, erstwhile you look astatine Hunter, they’re bully backs too. I deliberation Arkansas has an fantabulous accidental astatine home. And they cognize what this crippled means. This is simply a very, precise important game.”

#11 Kentucky @ #1 Georgia: October 16, 3:30 p.m. ET connected CBS

Top-ranked Georgia has been rolling implicit teams each season. This week they look 11th-ranked Kentucky, who are besides undefeated. Will the streak continue? Does Kentucky person immoderate accidental astatine an upset?

“Kentucky has a chance. I deliberation it’s a slim chance, due to the fact that Georgia is truthful good. They’re truthful bully connected defense. They’re playing astatine home. You cognize what the 90,000 [fans] does. I’m reasoning of the location field, erstwhile that location tract participates. And the instrumentality basal astatine Georgia, they participate. Arkansas volition archer you, they had 3 oregon 4 amerciable procedures close erstwhile they opened the game, and they’re not the lone squad that had that problem. So, the defence of Georgia is truthful good. What I’m truthful excited astir successful this game, particularly being connected CBS, is Kentucky. Mark Stoops, you can’t accidental capable bully things astir what Mark Stoops has done with the program. He’s developed it, successful that they’re physical, they’re tough. Rodriguez is simply a fantabulous moving back. They’re physical, they’ll effort to get him the ball. I truly think, due to the fact that of the mode they play, that’s wherefore I springiness them a chance, due to the fact that the shot bounces funny. I would person ne'er said past week — if you and I had this speech astir Texas A&M and Alabama — I would person ne'er said to you Texas A&M has a bully accidental to triumph against Alabama. I didn’t judge that. And past you spell and look astatine Saturday night, look what happened connected the field. Unbelievable vantage with the home-field crowd, and it’s a wholly antithetic team. And truthful you ne'er cognize astir football. But the happening astir Kentucky, this is the archetypal clip they’ve been undefeated since erstwhile Bear Bryant. So there’s a batch of assurance there. They’ll beryllium excited. But they’re going into a precise hostile environment, and they’re going against the defence they haven’t seen before. I deliberation it volition beryllium good. I deliberation it volition beryllium a bully shot game. I deliberation it’s going to beryllium close. But I think, astatine the end, Georgia volition win.”

#24 San Diego State @ San Jose State: October 15, 10:30 p.m. ET connected CBS Sports Network

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Everybody successful the Mountain West is gunning for San Diego State, ranked 24th. Can San Jose State enactment with them?

“I deliberation they can. Again, this crippled is truthful comic this year, but you conscionable ne'er cognize what tin happen. The happening astir it, they person to bash a large occupation of stopping the run. In San Diego State, we cognize what the blueprint is. The blueprint is they’re going to beryllium precise physical, manus the shot to Bell implicit and implicit and past play-action, boots and waggles and each those things. So San Jose State truly has to buckle up some chinstraps and bash a large occupation connected the antiaircraft side. But saying each that, they’ve recovered ways to score. They’ve recovered ways to win. I judge San Diego State volition get it done, due to the fact that of their moving game.”

Utah State @ UNLV: October 16, 7:00 p.m. ET connected CBS Sports Network

Another Mountain West battle, Utah State meets UNLV. Utah State has shown they tin enactment up points connected occasion. But Boise St. besides held them to a tract extremity a fewer weeks back. Returning from a week off, volition the winless UNLV supply immoderate benignant of challenge?

“I don’t person overmuch assurance there. And I cognize however pugnacious it is erstwhile you’re trying to get going. When you don’t win, it creates immoderate doubts. So it takes a large coaching occupation to support those guys up and support going. I deliberation Utah State volition triumph this game. This is the dose of medicine that Utah State needs, due to the fact that they’ve been inconsistent. And I’m definite Coach is going to truly harp this week astir being consistent. Let’s don’t person foolish penalties. Let’s instrumentality attraction of the ball. Because erstwhile we bash those things, we tin score. So that’s going to beryllium the accent there, and I conscionable deliberation Utah State volition triumph it.”

Hawaii @ Nevada: October 16, 10:30 p.m. ET connected CBS Sports Network

Hawaii was besides idle past week. They instrumentality to look 4-1 Nevada connected the road. How bash you spot this 1 playing out?

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“I’m a large believer successful Nevada, due to the fact that Carson Strong, the quarterback, is outstanding. And I conscionable deliberation he’s going outscore Hawaii. Now the happening astir it, each and each game, you person to beryllium ready. And Hawaii, they’ve shown, astatine times, they tin enactment unneurotic drives. They play physical. Todd Graham has ever done a bully occupation with defense. So he’s going to travel up with a program to effort to premix Carson up. But I conscionable deliberation Nevada has excessively much, and Nevada is going to triumph this game.”