{"id":17992,"date":"2011-09-24T09:21:59","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T14:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17992"},"modified":"2011-09-24T09:21:59","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T14:21:59","slug":"sec-picks-florida-gators-at-kentucky-wildcats-week-4-college-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sec-picks-florida-gators-at-kentucky-wildcats-week-4-college-football-17992\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Picks: Florida Gators at Kentucky Wildcats Week 4 College Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 15 Florida Gators at Kentucky Wildcats
\nSaturday, 9\/24\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida -16.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Florida -20
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Florida Gators have won 24 consecutive meetings against the Kentucky Wildcats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Florida hits the road for the first time this season after outscoring its first three opponents by a 113-26 margin in three games inside The Swamp.\u00a0 The Gators opened up SEC play last week with a 33-23 win over the Tennessee Volunteers as 10-point home favorites.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is led by the running back duo of Chris Rainey and Jeff Demps, who have combined for 824 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns.\u00a0 The defensive unit has also been formidable in leading the country against the run, while currently landing in the No. 7 spot in terms of total defense.\u00a0 Florida is 7-1 ATS as a favorite of 10.5 to 21 points.<\/p>\n

The Gators hold a 44-17 advantage over the Wildcats in the series, including wins in 24 consecutive meetings.\u00a0 Florida has also covered the number in four straight games in the series, including a 48-14 win last year as 14-point home favorites.\u00a0 It\u2019s been complete domination, especially over the last three meetings, as the team has accumulated a 608-yard advantage over that span.\u00a0 Florida held Tennessee to minus-nine yards rushing, which is the seventh-best versus an SEC opponent and fewest since 2006.\u00a0 Head coach Will Muschamp has things going this year and wants to continue being aggressive.\u00a0 \u201cI want to be aggressive with our football team,\u201d Muschamp commented.\u00a0 \u201cThey understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kentucky opened the season with two wins, but failed to make it three straight in dropping the Governor\u2019s Cup for the first time since 2006.\u00a0 The Wildcats will play their third straight home game Saturday before hitting the road against LSU and South Carolina in the following two weeks.\u00a0 Quarterback Morgan Newton continues to gain experience this season, completing 55.8 percent of his passes for 466 yards and four touchdowns.\u00a0 His main target is junior wide receiver La\u2019Rod King, who has 14 catches for 226 yards and three touchdowns.\u00a0 Kentucky is 5-10 ATS as an underdog.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are in their second season under head coach Joker Phillips and need to win the turnover battle, posting a 5-0 record when they do so under his direction.\u00a0 Kentucky is playing its 39th season inside Commonwealth Stadium and has tallied a 131-109-4 mark over that span.\u00a0 Over the years, the program has played 222 games against ranked opponents and own a 39-178-5 record against such opponents.\u00a0 This contest is the first of possibly three such opponents in a row for the team.\u00a0 Kentucky is 3-28 against Florida when the Gators are ranked.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Gators due to their 5-0-1 ATS mark in September, while the Wildcats are 0-4 ATS as an underdog.<\/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. 15 Florida Gators at Kentucky Wildcats Saturday, 9\/24\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida -16.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Florida -20 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Florida hits the road for the first time this season after outscoring its first three opponents by a 113-26 margin in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3043,499,876,739,5476],"class_list":["post-17992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-chris-rainey","tag-florida-gators","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-sec","tag-will-muschamp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17992","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=17992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17993,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17992\/revisions\/17993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}