Coach Kirby Smart's Georgia Bulldogs are No. 1 in the country heading into November 14's home clash, favored by a sizeable amount against the Missouri Tigers. Smart's Dawgs stole a five-star recruit from Mario Cristobal's Miami Hurricanes and have set their sights firmly on an SEC title and College Football Playoff appearance.

Smart's team got bad news on its starting center ahead of the game.

“Drew Bobo is doubtful for Georgia,” Thamel wrote. “Significant for UGA, as he's the starting center.”

Bobo has started all nine games this season in Athens and has 41 games played in his Georgia football career. His Bulldogs are second in the SEC in total offense, just behind Lane Kiffin's LSU Tigers, heading into the Missouri clash at Sanford Stadium, ‘Between the Hedges.'

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Smart's team is coming off of a 42-7 trouncing over Pete Golding's Ole Miss Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Week 10 and firing on all cylinders after he previously questioned his team's toughness. The Bulldogs don't have the star power of Smart's previous iterations, but starting quarterback Gunner Stockton is a mainstay in big games who almost always puts his teammates in a good position to win.

Georgia is a double-digit (15.5-point) favorite against coach Eli Drinkwitz's Tigers and have everything they need to win in convincing fashion. Bobo's time on the sideline will allow him to rest up and prepare for what should be a long postseason run against this season, with the eyes of the college football world again fixed firmly on Smart's team in Athens.