{"id":18301,"date":"2011-10-05T11:08:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T16:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18301"},"modified":"2011-10-05T11:08:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T16:08:32","slug":"sec-picks-week-6-kentucky-wildcats-at-south-carolina-gamecocks-college-football-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sec-picks-week-6-kentucky-wildcats-at-south-carolina-gamecocks-college-football-predictions-18301\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Picks Week 6: Kentucky Wildcats at South Carolina Gamecocks College Football Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kentucky Wildcats at No. 18 South Carolina Gamecocks
\nSaturday, 10\/8\/11, 9:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SEC Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -18.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -21
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The South Carolina Gamecocks will likely feature sophomore star running back Marcus Lattimore Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kentucky has scored just 34 points in its last three games, including lopsided losses to the LSU Tigers (35-7) and Florida Gators (48-10).\u00a0 The Wildcats were out-gained by a combined 414 yards in those contests.\u00a0 Many are calling for a change under center, but head coach Joker Phillips is sticking with junior quarterback Morgan Newton.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s always a competition at every position,\u201d he stated this week.\u00a0 \u201cMorgan still gives us our best chance to win.\u201d\u00a0 The offense ranks 113th in passing and 118th in total offense, averaging just 255.6 yards per game.\u00a0 Kentucky is 14-16 ATS over the last two-plus campaigns and 6-11 ATS as an underdog.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats pulled off a 31-28 win as 5.5-point home underdogs in last year\u2019s meeting, which was actually the first time the program has beaten a Steve Spurrier-coached team.\u00a0 Kentucky has only one wide receiver with more than 100 yards receiving, while freshman running back Josh Clemons will enter Saturday with a team-best 269 rushing yards.\u00a0 Problems have mounted on the offensive line, as the unit has allowed 21 sacks in five games, which trails only Pittsburgh in the category nationally.<\/p>\n

South Carolina is making a chance under center again, replacing Stephen Garcia once again with sophomore Connor Shaw, as Spurrier has seen enough.\u00a0 \u201cWe were living through a lot of errors Stephen would make,\u201d he stated this week in making the change.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve coached him to play better, but he plays similarly about every game.\u201d\u00a0 Something needed to be done due to the team ranking ninth in the conference in averaging just 174.6 passing yards a game.\u00a0 Expect running back Marcus Lattimore to be the featured offensive player, as he compiled 212 yards from scrimmage in last year\u2019s meeting.\u00a0 South Carolina is 6-3 ATS off a conference loss, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 6-3 in those games.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks defense has really stepped up its play since allowing 79 points in the opening two weeks, holding their last three opponents to 13.3 points a contest.\u00a0 South Carolina\u2019s pass defense is allowing just 150.8 yards per game through the air.\u00a0 Linebacker Melvin Ingram leads the SEC and is tied for fifth in the country with 1.1 sacks per game.\u00a0 A fast start would certainly be a welcomed sight in Columbia, as the Gamecocks have scored just twice in the first quarter this season, which is amazing considering their 159 points in the first five games.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Gamecocks due to their 5-1 ATS mark after a straight-up loss, while the Wildcats are 1-6 ATS as a road 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":"

Kentucky Wildcats at No. 18 South Carolina Gamecocks Saturday, 10\/8\/11, 9:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SEC Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -18.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -21 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 43 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kentucky has scored just 34 points in its last three games, including lopsided losses to the LSU […]<\/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":[5508,876,3128,739,3126,2781],"class_list":["post-18301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-connor-shaw","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-marcus-lattimore","tag-sec","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-steve-spurrier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18301","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=18301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18302,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18301\/revisions\/18302"}],"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=18301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}