{"id":18643,"date":"2011-10-15T09:28:38","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T14:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18643"},"modified":"2011-10-15T09:28:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-15T14:28:38","slug":"alabama-football-crimson-tide-vs-ole-miss-rebels-sec-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/alabama-football-crimson-tide-vs-ole-miss-rebels-sec-predictions-18643\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Football: Crimson Tide vs. Ole Miss Rebels, SEC Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide at Mississippi Rebels
\nSaturday, 10\/15\/11, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -24.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -27.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alabama has won seven consecutive meetings with the Mississippi Rebels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alabama takes its show on the road to Oxford, MS, coming off a 34-0 shutout victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores as 29-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Crimson Tide have out-gained all six of their opponents by a triple-digit margin.\u00a0 Running back Trent Richardson leads the charge offensively, ranking fifth in the country with 729 rushing yards, while also scoring 11 touchdowns on the ground.\u00a0 \u201cI definitely think we are an offense that can run and pass at will when we were clicking on all cylinders,\u201d commented Crimson Tide tight end Brad Smelley.\u00a0 Alabama is 5-1 ATS on the season and 22-10 ATS over the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide have simply dominated teams in the fourth quarter this year, outscoring them by a 52-8 margin, while holding a 413-yard differential on the ground.\u00a0 Alabama\u2019s defense has been ferocious in the quarter, allowing opponents to complete just 42.6 percent of their passes, while limiting them to 2.47 yards per rush.\u00a0 Winning in October is nothing new for this program, posting a 15-1 record since the 2007 season.\u00a0 Winning away from Tuscaloosa has been one of the teams strengths under head coach Nick Saban, registering a 13-2 mark since 2008.<\/p>\n

Mississippi will be meeting Alabama for the 59th time this afternoon, trailing 47-9-2 in the all-time series, including seven consecutive defeats.\u00a0 \u201cThis is one of the best Alabama teams to have been around in awhile,\u201d commented Rebels head coach Houston Nutt.\u00a0 His squad dropped a 23-10 contest at Bryant-Denny Stadium last year, but covered the number as 20-point road underdogs.\u00a0 Mississippi is 5-1 ATS as an underdog of 21.5 to 31 points, while the \u2018over\u2019 is 15-12 in the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Rebels have lost five consecutive games against ranked opponents and will be starting Randall Mackey under center.\u00a0 He passed for 214 yards and a touchdown in the team\u2019s 38-28 win over the Fresno State Bulldogs.\u00a0 Senior running back Brandon Bolden is a major weapon offensively, needing just 85 yards to move into fifth place in the school\u2019s all-time rushing list, coming into Saturday with 2,237 yards.\u00a0 One important factor in this game is an offensive line that has given up just 10 sacks this season going up against a dominating defensive front.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Crimson Tide due to their 5-0 ATS mark as a road favorite of 10.5 or more points, while the Rebels are 1-5 ATS versus SEC foes.<\/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. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide at Mississippi Rebels Saturday, 10\/15\/11, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -24.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -27.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 45 Current Total:\u00a0 44.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Alabama takes its show on the road to Oxford, MS, coming off a 34-0 shutout victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores […]<\/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":[462,5318,2865,588,739],"class_list":["post-18643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-houston-nutt","tag-mississippi-rebels","tag-nick-saban","tag-sec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18643","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=18643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18644,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18643\/revisions\/18644"}],"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=18643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}