3 bold predictions for Georgia football vs. Mississippi State

2. A Georgia receiver eclipses 125 receiving yards

There are a few reasons why this prediction will be tough for Georgia to accomplish. For starters the Bulldogs have only had two receivers eclipse 100 yards this season when Arian Smith accumulated 132 yards and Dillon Bell hit 100 on the nose against Alabama. You could view it as a good sign that Georgia hit this mark against the toughest opponent they've faced this year, but I think they were able to accomplish that because they were playing catch up all game.

Georgia will not be playing catch up against Mississippi State. It's more than likely that Georgia wins this game by an extremely wide margin. When that happens you typically will see two things occur. The first being that Georgia will run the ball more to burn the clock. Georgia also will be quicker to put backups in making it harder for any one player to reach a significant receiving total.

We do need to factor in that UGA is without receiver Colbie Young for the foreseeable future. Young is the fourth leading receiver on the team, but Smart has suspended the receiver indefinitely as his ongoing legal issues continue. So this means there are that many more targets available for others to rack up their receiving yards.

But the fact remains that this game will likely be a blowout and that Georiga has only had one receiver reach at least 125 yards in a game this season. But I think the Bulldogs will want to prove a point this week offensively as they look ahead to next week.

Georgia will have to score a lot of points next week if they want to beat Texas, and I don't think they'll be able to do that solely on the ground against the Longhorns. So they are going to have to be ready to throw the ball a lot to keep up with the Longhorns' offense.

So what better time to let Carson Beck and his receivers loose than against one of the worst teams in the SEC?