{"id":17568,"date":"2011-09-09T17:26:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T22:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17568"},"modified":"2011-09-09T17:26:04","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T22:26:04","slug":"sec-betting-predictions-south-carolina-gamecocks-at-georgia-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sec-betting-predictions-south-carolina-gamecocks-at-georgia-bulldogs-17568\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Betting Predictions: South Carolina Gamecocks at Georgia Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 12 South Carolina Gamecocks at Georgia Bulldogs
\nSaturday, 9\/10\/11, 4:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 50.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 51.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore was the key in the Gamecocks' 17-6 victory over Georgia last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

South Carolina survived a momentary scare in a 56-37 come-from-behind win over East Carolina last week as a neutral field 21-point favorite.\u00a0 The Gamecocks will now open up their 20th season of SEC play, looking to improve upon their 8-11 record in openers.\u00a0 \u201cWe tell them the importance of the game,\u201d said Gamecocks head coach Steve Spurrier about facing Georgia.\u00a0 \u201cThe division games are just a tad bit more important as far as accomplishing your goal of winning the division.\u201d\u00a0 The program was picked by the media as favorites to repeat as champions of the SEC Eastern Division and will be looking to start a season 2-0 for the third time in seven years.\u00a0 South Carolina is 7-2 ATS as road favorites of three or less points.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks were led by the running of sophomore running back Marcus Lattimore in last year\u2019s 17-6 win in Columbia as three-point home favorites, as he gained 182 yards on 37 carries.\u00a0 \u201cThe whole week we prepared to run the ball and I knew coming into the game that we were going to run the ball a lot,\u201d Lattimore commented about last year\u2019s game plan.\u00a0 South Carolina is 15-46-2 all-time against Georgia, including a 8-19-2 disadvantage in Athens.\u00a0 Quarterback Stephen Garcia will be playing in the rivalry for the third time, completing 43-of-71 passes for 478 yards and two touchdowns with an interception in his two previous tries.<\/p>\n

Georgia dropped a 35-21 contest against the Boise State Broncos to open the 2011 season last week inside the Georgia Dome, but the team was only out-gained by 17 yards.\u00a0 Head coach Mark Richt has quickly needed to focus on getting his team\u2019s attention leading into the conference opener.\u00a0 \u201cI view it as a very important game,\u201d Richt stated in a press conference this week.\u00a0 Media members are wondering if the team will stick to a running back rotation of Isaiah Crowell and Richard Samuel.\u00a0 Fans are clamoring to see more of the prized freshman, as Crowell gained 60 yards on 15 carries in his debut.\u00a0 Georgia is 2-8 ATS as an underdog.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs will likely lean heavily on sophomore quarterback Aaron Murray, as he\u2019ll look to improve upon his 16-of-29 performance for 236 yards and two touchdowns last week.\u00a0 He\u2019s a difference maker and has already experienced the rivalry first hand.\u00a0 As a true freshman, he completed 14-of-21 passes for 192 yards in enemy territory in this rivalry game a year ago.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Gamecocks due to their 3-0-1 ATS mark in the last four meetings, while the Bulldogs are 0-4 ATS in September.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning 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":"

No. 12 South Carolina Gamecocks at Georgia Bulldogs Saturday, 9\/10\/11, 4:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 50.5 Current Total:\u00a0 51.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker South Carolina survived a momentary scare in a 56-37 come-from-behind win over East Carolina last week as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":8141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[1409,461,3128,2254,739,3126,3644,2781],"class_list":["post-17568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-aaron-murray","tag-georgia-bulldogs","tag-marcus-lattimore","tag-mark-richt","tag-sec","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-stephen-garcia","tag-steve-spurrier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17568","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=17568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17569,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17568\/revisions\/17569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}