{"id":18769,"date":"2011-10-21T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18769"},"modified":"2011-10-21T11:36:07","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T16:36:07","slug":"alabama-football-crimson-tide-host-tennessee-volunteers-sec-picks-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/alabama-football-crimson-tide-host-tennessee-volunteers-sec-picks-predictions-18769\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Football: Crimson Tide Host Tennessee Volunteers, SEC Picks & Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Volunteers at No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide
\nSaturday, 10\/22\/11, 7:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -27.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -29.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alabama is looking dead-ahead to a Nov. 5 showdown with the No. 1 LSU Tigers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tennessee has dropped three of its last four games with all three defeats coming against Southeastern Conference competition.\u00a0 The Volunteers will be attempting to score 17 or more points for the first time in seven meetings with the Crimson Tide, while they\u2019ve allowed an average of 30.7 points in the last four games in this series.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s his best team,\u201d commented Volunteers coach Derek Dooley about Nick Saban\u2019s Alabama squad this year.\u00a0 \u201cProbably as physically a dominating defense as I\u2019ve seen in the modern era of football.\u201d\u00a0 Tennessee is 15-15 ATS over the last two plus seasons and the \u2018over\u2019 is 19-10 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Volunteers will be trying to snap a five-game road losing streak to SEC West opponents since the 2007 campaign.\u00a0 Tennessee has normally enjoyed great success in October, posting a 48-25 record during the month since 1990.\u00a0 The program is 37-31 ATS during the month.\u00a0 The team played the No. 1 team in the country last week, dropping a 38-7 contest as 16.5-point home underdogs.\u00a0 Saturday will be the first time in school history that the Volunteers have played the top-ranked and No. 2 team in consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n

Alabama returns home after a 52-7 win over the Mississippi Rebels as 27.5-point road favorites, winning the statistical battle by an incredible 474 yards.\u00a0 The Crimson Tide came out a big flat in allowing 72 yards on the Rebels\u2019 first possession, but gave up just 69 the rest of the way.\u00a0 The team has outscored opponents by an average of 32.7 points\u00a0 thus far.\u00a0 Running back Trent Richardson continues to be a dominating force, ranking second nationally with 912 rushing yards, while also finding the end zone 15 times.\u00a0 Alabama is 6-1 ATS on the season and the \u2018over\u2019 is 4-3 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide will enjoy a bye week before hosting the LSU Tigers in a contest that will likely determine one representative to play in the BCS Championship Game.\u00a0 Alabama leads the series, 45-24.5, but dropped a 24-21 contest in last year\u2019s meeting in Baton Rouge.\u00a0 The defense is allowing just seven points per game, ranking first nationally in allowing just 184.1 yards per game, limiting opponents to just 38 yards per game on the ground.\u00a0 Over the last eight games, Alabama\u2019s defense is allowing just 27.4 rushing yards per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Volunteers due to being 9-1 ATS as a road underdog of 10.5 or more points, while the home team is 2-13-1 ATS in the series.<\/p>\n

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Tennessee Volunteers at No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday, 10\/22\/11, 7:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -27.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -29.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 45.5 Current Total:\u00a0 46 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Tennessee has dropped three of its last four games with all three defeats coming against Southeastern Conference competition.\u00a0 The Volunteers […]<\/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":[462,588,739,469,5390],"class_list":["post-18769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-nick-saban","tag-sec","tag-tennessee-volunteers","tag-trent-richardson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18769","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=18769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18770,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18769\/revisions\/18770"}],"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=18769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}