{"id":19268,"date":"2011-11-10T16:04:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T21:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19268"},"modified":"2011-11-10T16:04:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T21:04:01","slug":"college-football-week-11-predictions-alabama-crimson-tide-vs-mississippi-state-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-11-predictions-alabama-crimson-tide-vs-mississippi-state-bulldogs-19268\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 11 Predictions: Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide at Mississippi State Bulldogs
\nSaturday, 11\/12\/11, 7:45 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -17
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -18
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Alabama Crimson Tide are still No. 3 in the BCS standings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alabama will look to rebound after losing in last week\u2019s \u201cGame of the Century\u201d to the LSU Tigers by a field goal in overtime.\u00a0 Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban knows it will be a challenge to get his team focused after such a deflating defeat.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to forget about it and act like it never happened,\u201d stated Alabama safety Robert Lester.\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t pay attention to our record as it is.\u201d\u00a0 The two teams will be meeting for the 96th time in school history, posting a 73-18-3 record in the series, including a 15-4 record in Starksville.\u00a0 Alabama is 8-3 ATS as a favorite of 10.5 to 21 points, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 8-3 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide defense is a dominating force in not allowing more than 14 points in the first nine games of the season.\u00a0 Over the last 10 games, Alabama\u2019s stop unit has limited opponents to just 45.9 rushing yards, while surrendering just two rushing touchdowns.\u00a0 Despite last week\u2019s loss to the Tigers, the program is still No. 3 in the current BCS standings.\u00a0 On the offensive side of the ball, the team has scored 27 rushing touchdowns, ranking fifth nationally and first in the SEC.\u00a0 Running back Trent Richardson is a Heisman Trophy candidate, leading all conference runners in gaining 119.8 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Mississippi State is home for a second straight week and has won three of its last four games overall.\u00a0 The Bulldogs are led offensively by running back Vick Ballard, who has rushed for 790 yards and seven touchdowns through nine games this season, ranking fourth in the SEC in rushing yards per game.\u00a0 The quarterback responsibility has been shared between Chris Relf and Tyler Russell, something that head coach Dan Mullen plans on using Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cTyler has played against the Tide, Chris has played against them,\u201d stated Mullen in practice this week.\u00a0 Mississippi State is 1-4 ATS as an underdog of 10.5 to 21 points.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs will need to force turnovers to remain competitive in this game, posting a 9-2 record when creating three or more miscues since the start of the 2009 campaign.\u00a0 Keeping Alabama out of the end zone when reaching the red zone will also be important, ranking second in the SEC in allowing opponents to score just 23-of-30 times when getting inside the 20-yard line.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Crimson Tide due to their 6-0 ATS mark as a road favorite of 10.5 or more points, while the Bulldogs are 2-6 ATS as an underdog of 10.5 or more points.<\/p>\n

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No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide at Mississippi State Bulldogs Saturday, 11\/12\/11, 7:45 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -17 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -18 Opening Total:\u00a0 42.5 Current Total:\u00a0 42.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Alabama will look to rebound after losing in last week\u2019s \u201cGame of the Century\u201d to the LSU Tigers by […]<\/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":[462,5358,2898,588,5390,3366],"class_list":["post-19268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-chris-relf","tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","tag-nick-saban","tag-trent-richardson","tag-vick-ballard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19268","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=19268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19269,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19268\/revisions\/19269"}],"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=19268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}