{"id":10987,"date":"2010-11-25T14:07:06","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T19:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10987"},"modified":"2010-11-25T14:07:06","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T19:07:06","slug":"auburn-tigers-vs-alabama-crimson-tide-ncaa-football-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/auburn-tigers-vs-alabama-crimson-tide-ncaa-football-predictions-10987\/","title":{"rendered":"Auburn Tigers vs Alabama Crimson Tide NCAA Football Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auburn Tigers at Alabama Crimson Tide
\nFriday, 11\/26\/10, 2:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 58
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 58.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Alabama -175 \/ Auburn +155<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alabama is currently a four-point home favorite against the Auburn Tigers in the Iron Bowl at Bryant-Denny Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Auburn gets set to play in the 75th meeting of the Iron Bowl at Bryant-Denny Stadium and will be looking to keep its perfect record in tact.\u00a0 \u201cI think that you\u2019re just going to see an unbelievable matchup Friday night,\u201d said Tigers center Ryan Pugh.\u00a0 Eight of the last 22 meetings in the series have been decided by 10 points or less and the team has not allowed a first-quarter touchdown to Alabama since 1996.\u00a0 The Tigers are the only team in the nation that has beaten four teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25.\u00a0 It\u2019s a pretty impressive mark considering the team has trailed in seven of its 11 victories and rallied from a double-digit deficit in three wins.\u00a0 Auburn is 6-1 ATS versus conference opponents and the college football lines page has them listed as an underdog.<\/p>\n

The Tigers are ranked third nationally in rushing offense, fifth in scoring offense and sixth in total offense.\u00a0 Auburn is averaging 324.7 yards rushing against SEC opponents and has rushed for at least 300 yards against six straight conference teams for the first time in school history.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re obviously very excited to be here for the Iron Bowl week,\u201d head coach Gene Chizik said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a really exciting game for our fans and coaches.\u201d\u00a0 The bye week appears to have done wonders for Auburn, which will head into this week\u2019s game as healthy as its been all season.<\/p>\n

Alabama is set to conclude its 2010 regular season and leads the series 40-33-1 after back-to-back victories over the Tigers.\u00a0 \u201cIt says a lot for the football in this state to have two teams of this caliber playing,\u201d said Tide head coach Nick Saban.\u00a0 The two in-state rivals haven\u2019t both entered this rivalry game ranked in the Top 10 since 1994, when Alabama beat Auburn 24-14.\u00a0 Strangely enough, Alabama owns a 1-6 record in the series in Tuscaloosa and 1-4 mark at Bryant-Denny.\u00a0 The program is 8-2 ATS in November games and 8-5 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide has won 20 consecutive games at Bryant-Denny Stadium dating back to the home opener against Tulane in 2008.\u00a0 It is tied for the second-longest streak in school history at the venue.\u00a0 Many experts are questioning the Tide\u2019s motivation heading into this contest, as the Tigers are the ones playing for a BCS national championship.\u00a0 \u201cWe need everybody\u2019s full focus, everybody\u2019s best week of preparation,\u201d said Heisman Trophy running back Mark Ingram.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Tigers are 1-5 ATS in their last six games as a road underdog, while the Crimson Tide are 1-4 ATS in the last five meetings.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a huge weekend on the gridiron and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports work for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Auburn Tigers at Alabama Crimson Tide Friday, 11\/26\/10, 2:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 58 Current Total:\u00a0 58.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Alabama -175 \/ Auburn +155 Auburn gets set to play in the 75th meeting of the Iron Bowl at Bryant-Denny Stadium and will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[462,470,3241,3045,3979,2040,588,739],"class_list":["post-10987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-auburn-tigers","tag-bryant-denny-stadium","tag-gene-chizik","tag-iron-bowl","tag-mark-ingram","tag-nick-saban","tag-sec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10988,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10987\/revisions\/10988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}