I expected more like 31-10, though I don't know if I offered a score prediction here or not. I don't usually predict specific scores, but I do think in terms of "several TD win" or something like that.
MSU's cred came from beating LSU, which people need to realize doesn't mean what they think it does. LSU is at or near the bottom of the conference. I wasn't that impressed with their lines or their skill players, even while walloping us. I do think Fitzgerald is a nice QB if he gets some help.
Mullen's offense is not a mystery. They have a power-based run game, but they do it out of the spread, and that's the core principle. There's a clear blueprint for shutting it down, you just need guys who understand their job and have some talent to do it. UGA's roster is way ahead of MSU's. I know there's guys who poo-poo star ratings and all that, but the fact is the scouting composites are a good general indicator of talent level. Sure, they miss on individuals here and there, but overall the correlation is obvious.
I think MSU is an "okay" team, while UGA is a "pretty good" team. They played sound and focused, MSU never matched their intensity, and that's a bad recipe against a team that's already way more talented than you. UGA is appreciably more athletically gifted than MSU, and it showed.
I wasn't exactly sure about UGA, because I'm not sold on ND's quality, and I'm also still trying to figure out Smart. Every week helps, but the roster differential is easily researchable, and I knew MSU wasn't close.
