{"id":11246,"date":"2010-12-03T15:17:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T20:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11246"},"modified":"2010-12-03T15:17:59","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T20:17:59","slug":"auburn-tigers-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks-sec-championship-picks-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/auburn-tigers-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks-sec-championship-picks-predictions-11246\/","title":{"rendered":"Auburn Tigers vs South Carolina Gamecocks SEC Championship Picks & Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auburn Tigers vs South Carolina Gamecocks
\nSaturday, 12\/4\/10, 4:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Auburn -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Auburn -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 61
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 61.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Auburn Tigers have defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks five straight times and are five-point favorites in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Auburn and South Carolina meet in a rematch of a September 25 contest with the SEC Championship on the line.\u00a0 The Tigers won the first meeting, 35-27 in Jordan-Hare Stadium and will be playing in their first SEC title game since 2004.\u00a0 Head coach Gene Chizik is making it very clear to his team that the earlier meeting means nothing on Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cThis is a brand new team,\u201d he stated.\u00a0 \u201cThat was eight or nine weeks ago.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s also a possibility that his team may be drained from overcoming a 24-0 deficit last week to win an improbable road game at Alabama.\u00a0 Auburn is the only team nationally that has beaten five teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25, which is impressive due to\u00a0 no team outside of the SEC West beating more than two.\u00a0 The squad is 7-1 ATS versus conference opponents this year and is a five-point favorite on the college football lines page.<\/p>\n

The Tigers have certainly overcome a lot of obstacles to get into this contest, trailing in eight of their 12 victories and the ongoing investigation of Heisman front-running quarterback Cameron Newton.\u00a0 He has all but wrapped up the biggest award in college football and now hopes to lead the program to its second BCS title game.\u00a0 Auburn has already set single-season records for points (499) and total offense (5,881), while leading the SEC by averaging 296.4 yards on the ground against conference opponents.\u00a0 The school has also played 12 games in its history in domed stadiums, including eight bowl games.\u00a0 The Tigers are 5-6-1 all-time in domes stadiums.<\/p>\n

South Carolina just finished its 19th regular season in the SEC and will be looking to win its first championship in the conference on Saturday.\u00a0 The Gamecocks appear to be ready for the challenge, outscoring Florida, Troy and Clemson by a 134-45 margin, giving them much needed confidence in gaining revenge.\u00a0 \u201cI think we\u2019re ready,\u201d said coach Steve Spurrier.\u00a0 \u201cThese guys have proven they like competing on the big stage.\u201d\u00a0 During its recent three-game winning streak, the defense has come up big in allowing just 246.7 total yards a game.\u00a0 South Carolina is 2-0 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 10 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks will be meeting the Tigers for the second time this season and the 10th time in series history.\u00a0 South Carolina is 1-7-1 all-time against Auburn, losing five straight in the process.\u00a0 Spurrier has enjoyed better success against the Tigers, posting a 10-6 record, which includes a 10-3 mark while he was head coach at Florida.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to point out that the South Carolina program is 1-3 when meeting an opponent for the second time in a season, but that last occurred in 1945.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Tigers are 4-0 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 10 points, while the Gamecocks are 4-1 ATS versus a team with a winning record.<\/p>\n

The conference championship week is upon us and the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports are more than ready to deliver!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Auburn Tigers vs South Carolina Gamecocks Saturday, 12\/4\/10, 4:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Auburn -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Auburn -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 61 Current Total:\u00a0 61.5 Auburn and South Carolina meet in a rematch of a September 25 contest with the SEC Championship on the line.\u00a0 The Tigers won the first meeting, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[470,3046,3045,4054,3126,2781],"class_list":["post-11246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-auburn-tigers","tag-cameron-newton","tag-gene-chizik","tag-sec-championship","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-steve-spurrier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11246","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=11246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11247,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11246\/revisions\/11247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}