{"id":18720,"date":"2011-10-19T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T19:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18720"},"modified":"2011-10-19T14:05:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T19:05:52","slug":"college-football-picks-against-the-spread-week-8-auburn-tigers-vs-lsu-tigers-sec-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-against-the-spread-week-8-auburn-tigers-vs-lsu-tigers-sec-predictions-18720\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Against the Spread Week 8: Auburn Tigers vs. LSU Tigers, SEC Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 20 Auburn Tigers at No. 1 LSU Tigers
\nSaturday, 10\/22\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 LSU -21
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 LSU -22
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The LSU Tigers are the No. 1 team in the BCS standings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Auburn is going in another direction at quarterback in starting Clint Moseley instead of Barrett Trotter this week, who started the first seven games of the season.\u00a0 He stepped in last week and led the team to a game-winning drive in a 17-6 win over the Florida Gators as three-point home underdogs.\u00a0 \u201cIt was all surreal at first, especially because it\u2019s all been such a roller coaster for me,\u201d commented Moseley after the game.\u00a0 The Tigers are 5-14-1 versus LSU in Baton Rouge, dropping the last five meetings at Tiger Stadium.\u00a0 Auburn is 3-1 ATS versus SEC opponents this year and 15-6 ATS over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Tigers have won 11 of their last 12 conference games and are 9-0 in games decided by four points or less under head coach Gene Chizik.\u00a0 Auburn is 3-7 all-time against team\u2019s ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll.\u00a0 On the defensive side of the ball, the team has made great improvement in allowing 307 yards and 17.8 points per game over the last four contests, which is much better than the 36 points and 534.3 yards it allowed in the first three contests.<\/p>\n

LSU aims to go 8-0 for the first time since 1973 and currently occupy the top spot in the BCS standings.\u00a0 For the first time in school history, the Tigers have won their first seven games by double digits.\u00a0 The program brings in a 14-game Tiger Stadium winning streak and an eight-game overall win streak into this contest.\u00a0 When playing as the No. 1 team in the country, LSU is 17-3 all-time.\u00a0 There\u2019s few defenses that are better nationally, as LSU ranks seventh in allowing just 11.7 points per game while also giving up just 251.9 yards of offense.\u00a0 Over the last two-plus seasons, LSU is 16-15 ATS and the \u2018under\u2019 is 17-13 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Tigers have given up just 31 points in their first four SEC games, the fewest since 1985 when allowing only 27 in the first four.\u00a0 Creating turnovers has been a key to the team\u2019s success, ranking fourth nationally with a plus-13 turnover margin, creating 16 turnovers while giving up the ball just three times.\u00a0 LSU also leads the SEC and ranks fourth nationally in red-zone offense, converting 34-of-35 trips inside the 20-yard line this year.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Auburn Tigers due to their 5-1 ATS mark as an underdog of 10.5 or more points, while the LSU Tigers are 7-18 ATS when favored over that number.<\/p>\n

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No. 20 Auburn Tigers at No. 1 LSU Tigers Saturday, 10\/22\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 LSU -21 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 LSU -22 Opening Total:\u00a0 46 Current Total:\u00a0 46.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Auburn is going in another direction at quarterback in starting Clint Moseley instead of Barrett Trotter this week, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[470,498,739,5487],"class_list":["post-18720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-auburn-tigers","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-sec","tag-tiger-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720","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=18720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18721,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions\/18721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}