{"id":19040,"date":"2011-10-31T15:42:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T20:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19040"},"modified":"2011-10-31T15:42:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T20:42:32","slug":"lsu-vs-alabama-football-against-the-spread-pick-for-saturdays-sec-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/lsu-vs-alabama-football-against-the-spread-pick-for-saturdays-sec-showdown-19040\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU vs. Alabama Football: Against-the-Spread Pick for Saturday’s SEC Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 1 LSU Tigers at No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide
\nSaturday, 11\/5\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Alabama Crimson Tide are ready to welcome in the LSU Tigers inside Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LSU is 8-0 for the first time since 1973 and just the fourth time in school history, winning each of its games by double digits.\u00a0 The Tigers have held their opponents without a touchdown in 24 of 32 quarters of action this year.\u00a0 Much has been made about numerous players being suspended over the course of the 2011 campaign, but everyone is expected to be available Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cIf they continue to do the things that they\u2019re doing, we could anticipate that they would play.\u201d\u00a0 LSU is 17-15 ATS over the last two-plus seasons, including a 3-3 mark as a road underdog of 3.5 to 7 points.<\/p>\n

The Tigers are second in the SEC in scoring 39.2 points per game, hitting the 30-point mark or above in seven of eight games.\u00a0 LSU has two players at quarterback that will see action, with Jarrett Lee likely starting out, connecting on 63.2 percent of his passes for 13 touchdowns and just a single interception.\u00a0 Jordan Jefferson was the proposed starter during the offseason, but was suspended due to an off campus fight, but has returned.\u00a0 The defense has allowed just four touchdowns in its SEC games.<\/p>\n

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Alabama will play host to the first SEC regular-season game that features the two top ranked teams in the country, looking to gain revenge from a 24-21 defeat in last year\u2019s meeting as 6.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 Both teams are coming off a bye week and Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban made it a priority to give his players rest, hoping that time off from the field will have them come back with passion for such a high-profile contest.\u00a0 \u201cWhen we don\u2019t have it, we become very average,\u201d commented Saban about his team when it plays with passion and energy.\u00a0 Alabama is 24-10 ATS over the last two-plus seasons, but just 1-1 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 7 points.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide lead the all-time series, 45-24-5, claiming wins in two of the last three meetings.\u00a0 Alabama has prided itself on finishing strong, not allowing a single point in the second half in the last four games.\u00a0 The program has won its last nine games by 16 or more points dating back to its bowl victory over the Michigan State Spartans.\u00a0 Also during that span, the team has allowed just 34.6 rushing yards per game, while gaining 234.3 yards per game on the ground.\u00a0 Heisman Trophy candidate Trent Richardson will need to play big, coming in averaging 123.6 yards per game, while also scoring 13.5 points a contest.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Crimson Tide due to the favorite being 6-2-1 ATS in the last nine meetings, while the Tigers are 3-12 ATS in November.<\/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. 1 LSU Tigers at No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday, 11\/5\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker LSU is 8-0 for the first time since 1973 and just the fourth time in school history, winning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[462,3311,2804,498,739,5390],"class_list":["post-19040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-jarrett-lee","tag-jordan-jefferson","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-sec","tag-trent-richardson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19040","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=19040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19041,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19040\/revisions\/19041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}