{"id":18718,"date":"2011-10-19T12:25:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T17:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18718"},"modified":"2011-10-19T12:25:50","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T17:25:50","slug":"sec-football-picks-arkansas-razorbacks-vs-mississippi-rebels-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sec-football-picks-arkansas-razorbacks-vs-mississippi-rebels-betting-preview-18718\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Football Picks: Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Mississippi Rebels Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 9 Arkansas Razorbacks at Mississippi Rebels
\nSaturday, 10\/22\/11, 12:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SEC Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arkansas -16.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Arkansas -15.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 54.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 56
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Arkansas Razorbacks are heavy road favorites against the Mississippi Rebels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arkansas begins a two-game road trip and is coming off a bye week, while Ole Miss was handed a 52-7 home loss by Alabama.\u00a0 The Razorbacks were last seen handing the Auburn Tigers a 38-14 blowout loss as 10-point home favorites.\u00a0 \u201cI thinky we\u2019ve figured out that they are willing to compete at this point,\u201d commented Razorbacks offensive coordinator Garrick McGee.\u00a0 The team has bounced back after gaining just 226 yards against the Crimson Tide, gaining 1,019 yards combined in wins over Texas A&M and Auburn.\u00a0 Arkansas is 3-0 ATS as a favorite of 10.5 to 21 points.<\/p>\n

The Razorbacks are a fantastic 25-of-26 when entering the red zone this season, ranking second in the SEC and tied for seventh nationally.\u00a0 Arkansas has scored 19 touchdowns in those trips inside the 20-yard line.\u00a0 Quarterback Tyler Wilson has really come into his own, completing 18 consecutive passes against Auburn, while throwing for a school-record 510 yards against Texas A&M.\u00a0 Head coach Bobby Petrino will likely have his team cranked up for this contest, posting a 25-8 record when having more than one week to prepare for an opponent.<\/p>\n

Mississippi enters with a 2-4 record and has been out-gained in five of six games this year, winning the statistical battle by just a yard over Fresno State on Oct. 1.\u00a0 The Rebels are really up against it on Saturday, bringing in an offense that ranks 117th in the nation.\u00a0 \u201cIt is so important to hang in there when things aren\u2019t going just right,\u201d commented head coach Houston Nutt.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to keep fighting, hang onto that role, and everybody do their part.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to imagine that the team comes out with much fight after being handed its worst loss in terms of point differential since 1981.\u00a0 Mississippi is 6-13 ATS versus conference opponents.<\/p>\n

The Rebels are 3-6 versus top 10 competition under Nutt\u2019s direction, but have dropped their six games overall versus ranked opponents.\u00a0 Mississippi will need to try and win the game on the ground, as Arkansas ranks 10th in the SEC versus the run, giving up 188.7 yards per contest.\u00a0 Problem is, the defense isn\u2019t going to stop Arkansas, ranking 106th in yards allowed, while surrendering 29.2 points a game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Razorbacks due to their 9-1 ATS mark as a favorite, while the Rebels are 1-6 ATS when playing at home.<\/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. 9 Arkansas Razorbacks at Mississippi Rebels Saturday, 10\/22\/11, 12:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SEC Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arkansas -16.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Arkansas -15.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 54.5 Current Total:\u00a0 56 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Arkansas begins a two-game road trip and is coming off a bye week, while Ole Miss was handed a 52-7 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2448,3313,5318,2865,739,5457],"class_list":["post-18718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-bobby-petrino","tag-houston-nutt","tag-mississippi-rebels","tag-sec","tag-tyler-wilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18718","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=18718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18719,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18718\/revisions\/18719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}