{"id":19310,"date":"2011-11-11T09:43:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T14:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19310"},"modified":"2011-11-11T09:43:07","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T14:43:07","slug":"college-football-week-11-picks-florida-gators-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-11-picks-florida-gators-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks-19310\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 11 Picks: Florida Gators vs. South Carolina Gamecocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Gators at South Carolina Gamecocks
\nSaturday, 11\/12\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 40
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The South Carolina Gamecocks continue on without star running back Marcus Lattimore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Florida finally snapped a four-game losing streak by picking up a 26-21 win over the Vanderbilt Commodores last week as 13.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Gators were out-gained in all four of those previous games before finishing with a 33-yard advantage last time out.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re building our battle scars right now, we\u2019ve got a bunch,\u201d commented Gators coach Will Muschamp.\u00a0 Injuries are certainly starting to pile up, but quarterback John Brantley and running back Chris Rainey are both expected on the field Saturday.\u00a0 Florida is 0-3 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 10 points the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Gators strength is certainly their defense, ranking 14th in the nation in allowing just 306.1 yards per game, while allowing opponent to convert just 30.3 percent of opportunities on third down.\u00a0 Florida\u2019s running game was still able to rack up 225 yards on 39 rushes last week, led by speedster Jeff Demps, who ran for a career-high 158 yards and two touchdowns.\u00a0 Florida has won four of the last five meetings, but will be out for revenge due to last year\u2019s 36-14 setback as 6.5-point home favorites.<\/p>\n

South Carolina returns home after playing three consecutive games on the road, winning two of three, but falling 44-28 to the Arkansas Razorbacks as five-point underdogs last week.\u00a0 The Gamecocks have been playing without a full deck for a couple weeks now, especially with the loss of sophomore running back Marcus Lattimore.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve won a bunch of games, so we\u2019ve just got to look at where we are and try to get ready to play,\u201d head coach Steve Spurrier stated.\u00a0 This is always an important matchup for him due to his previous time spent at Florida.\u00a0 South Carolina is 1-5 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 10 points the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks will be facing the Gators for the first time as a ranked team, while their opponent comes in unranked.\u00a0 South Carolina has a chance of posting a perfect 5-0 record against SEC East Division rivals with a win Saturday.\u00a0 Winning at home has been part of the culture surrounding the program under Spurrier, picking up victories in 17 of its last 20 home games in Columbia.\u00a0 Defensively, forcing turnovers has been the strength of that particular unit, ranking third in the country in gaining 27 opponents\u2019 miscues.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Gamecocks due to their 6-1 ATS mark following a loss, while the Gators are 0-4 ATS as a road underdog.<\/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":"

Florida Gators at South Carolina Gamecocks Saturday, 11\/12\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 40 Current Total:\u00a0 40.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Florida finally snapped a four-game losing streak by picking up a 26-21 win over the Vanderbilt Commodores last week as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":8141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3043,499,2264,739,3126,2781,5476],"class_list":["post-19310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-chris-rainey","tag-florida-gators","tag-john-brantley","tag-sec","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-steve-spurrier","tag-will-muschamp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19310","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=19310"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19312,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19310\/revisions\/19312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}