The No. 12 Georgia Bulldogs (7-2) are staring down a second consecutive season and not using a School Soccer Playoff look if they cannot take down No. 7 Tennessee (8-1) on Saturday.
That process simply turned rather a lot more durable to drag off as Georgia’s leading rusher Trevor Etienne was ruled out with an injury on Thursday.
The 5-foot-9 junior has accrued 477 dashing yards and scored seven touchdowns for the Dawgs, clinging for expensive 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.
High dashing duties will fall to backup Nate Frazier, who has racked up a wholesome 333 yards and three touchdowns on the yr to date.
Tennessee has the ninth-best rushing defense within the FBS, however Georgia has solely the 104th-best rushing offense, averaging 124.1 yards-per-game with Etienne wholesome.
The Dawgs could discover some semblance of hope in the truth that the Volunteers could possibly be with out one in all their key starters as properly on Saturday.
Star freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava additionally appeared on the harm 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 will be thought-about an SEC elimination recreation of kinds, with each packages vying for 2 extremely coveted spots to Atlanta for the convention championship recreation.
