{"id":18343,"date":"2011-10-07T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18343"},"modified":"2011-10-07T09:23:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T14:23:00","slug":"college-football-picks-week-6-vanderbilt-commodores-vs-alabama-crimson-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-week-6-vanderbilt-commodores-vs-alabama-crimson-tide-18343\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Week 6: Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Alabama Crimson Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vanderbilt Commodores at No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide
\nSaturday, 10\/8\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -28.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -28.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Alabama Crimson Tide are 14-1 SU in October under head coach Nick Saban<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vanderbilt is coming off an open week and the coaching staff knows it must find an offense in order to remain competitive against one of the top teams in the country.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to get all the points we can.\u00a0 Defense, offense and special teams,\u201d coach James Franklin stated in practice this week.\u00a0 \u201cCollectively, this is the best unit I\u2019ve seen since I\u2019ve been coaching college football.\u201d\u00a0 Vanderbilt leads the nation with 14 interceptions, which has already surpassed their 2009 and 2010 season totals in picks.\u00a0 The defense is limiting opponents to just 15.8 points per game, while ranking third nationally in the red zone.\u00a0 Vanderbilt is 10-16 ATS over the last two-plus seasons, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 18-8 in that span.<\/p>\n

The Commodores are 3-1 on the season and tasted defeat for the first time two weeks ago, dropping a 21-3 decision to the South Carolina Gamecocks as 14.5-point road underdogs.\u00a0 Vanderbilt is plus-seven in turnover margin through four games, which is a category that Franklin has stressed since coming on campus.\u00a0 The program is the only one in America that has surpassed its 2010 win total through three games of 2011.<\/p>\n

Alabama picked up a dominating 38-10 win over Florida as 3.5-point road favorites last week and has out-gained all five opponents this year by a triple-digit margin.\u00a0 The Crimson Tide will be playing their Homecoming Game this week, posting a 76-13-1 all-time record in that situation, including a 23-10 win over Mississippi on Oct. 16, 2010.\u00a0 Since Nick Saban\u2019s arrival, Alabama has tallied a 14-1 record in October, outscoring opponents by a 376-208 margin, including a 5-1 mark versus ranked teams.\u00a0 Alabama is 11-8 ATS versus conference opponents and the \u2018under\u2019 is 10-7 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide always pride themselves on finishing in the fourth quarter, outscoring their first five opponents by a 45-8 margin.\u00a0 Alabama has out-gained opponents on the ground in the final 15 minutes by 580 yards.\u00a0 Trent Richardson is starting to gain more traction in the Heisman Trophy race, running for 622 yards through five games, scoring 10 touchdowns on 96 carries.\u00a0 Alabama is 23-1 in its last 24 games inside Bryant-Denny Stadium dating back to the 2008 season.\u00a0 Defensively, the team is surrendering just 191.6 yards per game, which is third in the nation.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Commodores due to the road team being 4-1 ATS, while the Crimson Tide are just 36-35 ATS in October.<\/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":"

Vanderbilt Commodores at No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday, 10\/8\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -28.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -28.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 41.5 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Vanderbilt is coming off an open week and the coaching staff knows it must find an offense in order to […]<\/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":[462,3241,5390,456],"class_list":["post-18343","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-trent-richardson","tag-vanderbilt-commodores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18343","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=18343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18344,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18343\/revisions\/18344"}],"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=18343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}