{"id":19543,"date":"2011-11-21T15:54:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T20:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19543"},"modified":"2011-11-21T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T20:54:52","slug":"college-football-picks-week-13-arkansas-razorbacks-vs-lsu-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-week-13-arkansas-razorbacks-vs-lsu-tigers-19543\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Week 13: Arkansas Razorbacks vs. LSU Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 3 Arkansas Razorbacks at No. 1 LSU Tigers
\nFriday, 11\/25\/11, 2:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 LSU -14
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 LSU -13.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Tennessee<\/a>
The LSU Tigers are potentially two wins away from playing for the national title<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arkansas heads to Baton Rouge this week to face the LSU Tigers in a matchup that features two of the top three teams in the current BCS standings.\u00a0 The Razorbacks have tallied a 4-13 all-time record when facing the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 poll.\u00a0 \u201cI like how we\u2019re playing right now,\u201d stated Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re playing good football.\u201d\u00a0 He\u2019s certainly right in stating that fact, with the team rattling off seven consecutive wins since a 38-14 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide as 11-point road underdogs.\u00a0 Arkansas is 11-0 ATS in November the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Razorbacks just finished off a perfect 7-0 campaign at home, finishing off their recent three-game homestand with a 44-17 win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs as 13-point favorites.\u00a0 Arkansas has won 11 of its last 12 November games and Petrino is known for getting his team to play its best football this time of year.\u00a0 Quarterback Tyler Wilson will face a dominating defense Friday, coming in leading the Southeastern Conference in averaging 292.3 passing yards per game.\u00a0 He will be looking to connect with wide receiver Jarius Wright down field.<\/p>\n

LSU has potentially two road blocks remaining in terms of actually reaching the BCS Championship Game, as the school is aiming for its first-ever 12-0 start.\u00a0 \u201cWe look forward to our future,\u201d stated Tigers coach Les Miles.\u00a0 \u201cI think our football team recognizes that we control our destiny.\u201d The program possesses one of the top defenses in the nation, ranking in the top five nationally in five major categories, including second in giving up just 10 points per game.\u00a0 LSU is 8-3 ATS this season and covered all three opportunities as a favorite of 10.5 to 21 points.<\/p>\n

The Tigers will be meeting the Razorbacks for the 57th time in this series, leading 34-20-2, with a combined total of 21 points being the difference in the last six games.\u00a0 LSU normally jumps on its opponents due to a defense that has surrendered just four first-half touchdowns all year.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is still going with the quarterback tandem of Jordan Jefferson and Jarrett Lee, giving Miles plenty of flexibility.\u00a0 Turnovers will likely play a major part in this outcome, which gives LSU an edge, leading the entire country in turnover margin.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Razorbacks due to their 4-1 ATS mark in their last five games inside Tigers Stadium, while the Tigers are 5-13 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. 3 Arkansas Razorbacks at No. 1 LSU Tigers Friday, 11\/25\/11, 2:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 LSU -14 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 LSU -13.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Arkansas heads to Baton Rouge this week to face the LSU Tigers in a matchup that features two of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2448,5808,3313,2804,3309,498,3875,5809,5457],"class_list":["post-19543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-bcs-standings","tag-bobby-petrino","tag-jordan-jefferson","tag-les-miles","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-tigers-stadium","tag-tyler-wilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19543","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=19543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19544,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19543\/revisions\/19544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}