{"id":17403,"date":"2011-09-02T12:45:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T17:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17403"},"modified":"2011-09-02T12:38:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T17:38:19","slug":"2011-college-football-picks-kent-state-golden-flashes-at-alabama-crimson-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/2011-college-football-picks-kent-state-golden-flashes-at-alabama-crimson-tide-17403\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 College Football Picks: Kent State Golden Flashes at Alabama Crimson Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kent State Golden Flashes at No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide
\nSaturday, 9\/3\/11, 12:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN 3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -33.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -38
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban faces his alma mater Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kent State will open its 2011 season in dangerous territory in taking on the Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium.\u00a0 The Golden Flashes haven\u2019t tallied a winning season since 2001 and fans are starting to get anxious.\u00a0 \u201cTeam unity is our top priority,\u201d head coach Darrell Hazell has preached heading into his first season.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to be completely positive.\u201d\u00a0 He has some offensive weapons returning, including junior quarterback Spencer Keith, who is among the school\u2019s career leaders in completion percentage and yards.\u00a0 Kent State is 12-11 ATS as an underdog the last two years.<\/p>\n

The Golden Flashes will definitely look to get the ball into the hands of talented wide receiver Tyshon Goode and running back Jacquise Terry.\u00a0 Goode ranks sixth in school history with 112 receptions and Terry has ran for 1,361 yards.\u00a0 At the time of this writing, the talented Kent State runner is probable due to a shoulder injury suffered in fall practice.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the program has had one of the top ranked defenses in the country the last two years.<\/p>\n

Alabama can virtually name the score in this contest and it\u2019s important to note that head coach Nick Sabam is an alum of the opponent.\u00a0 The Crimson Tide return 19 starters and 51 lettermen from its 2010 team that finished the year 10-3.\u00a0 \u201cFinishing is a big thing for this team,\u201d Saban commented.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t think we finished well last year.\u201d\u00a0 The team dropped contests against SEC rivals South Carolina, LSU and Auburn in 2010.\u00a0 A wealth of talent is at his disposal with a total of 16 players listed on the Preseason All-SEC team.\u00a0 Alabama is 8-1 ATS in non-conference action.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide finished third in the SEC and 22nd in the country with an average of 444.1 yards in total offense during the 2010 campaign and many expect the program to pound the rock this year.\u00a0 Running back Trent Richardson averaged 6.3 yards per carry a season ago and is one of the most imposing figures in college football.\u00a0 Defensively, the team prides itself on creating turnovers, causing opponents to make 26 miscues a season ago and finishing with a plus-12 turnover ratio.\u00a0 Under Saban\u2019s direction, Alabama is 40-8 when the team gains at least a single turnover.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Crimson Tide are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 home games, while the Golden Flashes are 1-4 ATS as a road underdog.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning football season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kent State Golden Flashes at No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday, 9\/3\/11, 12:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN 3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -33.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -38 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 47 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kent State will open its 2011 season in dangerous territory in taking on the Alabama Crimson Tide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[462,3241,2859,588,5390,5391],"class_list":["post-17403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-bryant-denny-stadium","tag-kent-state-golden-flashes","tag-nick-saban","tag-trent-richardson","tag-tyshon-goode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17403","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=17403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17408,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17403\/revisions\/17408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}