{"id":17882,"date":"2011-09-20T20:24:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17882"},"modified":"2011-09-20T20:24:09","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T01:24:09","slug":"sec-football-predictions-arkansas-razorbacks-at-alabama-crimson-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sec-football-predictions-arkansas-razorbacks-at-alabama-crimson-tide-17882\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Football Predictions: Arkansas Razorbacks at Alabama Crimson Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 14 Arkansas Razorbacks at No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide
\nSaturday, 9\/24\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -14
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -12
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 50.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
The Alabama Crimson Tide have won 19 straight SEC openers heading into Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arkansas hits the road for the first time in the 2011 season and both teams enter this matchup with a perfect 3-0 record.\u00a0 It also pits the SEC\u2019s top offensive unit in terms of scoring in Arkansas versus Alabama\u2019s top-ranked defense.\u00a0 The Razorbacks have thrown a touchdown pass in 20 consecutive games, which is longest active streak in the conference.\u00a0 The team is averaging 47 points a game and 517.3 total yards of offense.\u00a0 First-half scoring has been huge for this squad, outscoring opponents 85-10 in the first 30 minutes of action.\u00a0 Arkansas is 18-9 ATS as an underdog of 10.5 to 21 points.<\/p>\n

The Razorbacks are an offensive machine under head coach Bobby Petrino, producing a perfect 13-for-13 mark inside the red zone.\u00a0 Arkansas is also the only team from the SEC and one of six teams nationally to be ranked in the top 20 in scoring offense and defense.\u00a0 Quarterback Tyler Wilson has taken over for Ryan Mallett, finishing 23 of 36 passing for 306 yards in last week\u2019s 38-28 win over Troy.\u00a0 \u201cObviously we\u2019ve got a lot of work to do,\u201d commented Wilson after the game.\u00a0 \u201cYou obviously want to come in and beat the heck out of Troy.\u201d\u00a0 The running game is also a weapon for this team, rushing for over 100 yards in 12 straight games.<\/p>\n

Alabama should come in with plenty of motivation after being dropped in the AP Top 25 poll for a second time this year despite not losing a game.\u00a0 The Crimson Tide lead this series, 11-8, including a 24-20 win in Fayetteville in last year\u2019s meeting.\u00a0 The team is coming off a 41-0 shutout win of the North Texas Mean Green, winning the total yards battle by a 586-169 margin.\u00a0 Alabama has posted a 53-21-3 record in SEC openers, but has won 19 consecutive coming into Saturday.\u00a0 Over the last two-plus seasons, the program is 18-10 ATS as a favorite.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide are 22-1 in their last 23 games inside Bryant-Denny Stadium, dating back to the start of the 2008 season.\u00a0 Alabama\u2019s defense has been ferocious in Tuscaloosa, surrendering just two rushing touchdowns since the beginning of the 2008 season.\u00a0 The program is outscoring opponents by 25.3 points per game in this span of contests.\u00a0 Quarterback AJ McCarron is starting to grow more comfortable in running the offense, connecting on 15 of 21 passes for 190 yards last week.\u00a0 He also has star running back Trent Richardson to hand the ball off to, who rolled up 167 yards on 11 carries last in Week 3.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in backing the Crimson Tide due to their 4-1 ATS mark as a favorite of 10.5 or more points, while the Razorbacks are just 4-4 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. 14 Arkansas Razorbacks at No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday, 9\/24\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -14 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -12 Opening Total:\u00a0 49.5 Current Total:\u00a0 50.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Arkansas hits the road for the first time in the 2011 season and both teams enter this matchup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[462,2448,739,5390,5457],"class_list":["post-17882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-sec","tag-trent-richardson","tag-tyler-wilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17882","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=17882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17883,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17882\/revisions\/17883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}