{"id":25093,"date":"2012-09-21T07:29:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T12:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25093"},"modified":"2012-09-21T07:29:07","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T12:29:07","slug":"college-football-week-4-picks-missouri-tigers-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-4-picks-missouri-tigers-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks-25093\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 4 Picks: Missouri Tigers vs. South Carolina Gamecocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missouri Tigers at South Carolina Gamecocks
\nSaturday, 9\/22\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -10.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 52.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Missouri Tigers are hoping that QB James Franklin is able to move past an injury to his throwing shoulder this week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Missouri hits the road for the first time during the 2012 college football season, as it comes off a 2-1 home stand, which included a 24-20 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils as 3.5-point favorites.\u00a0 The Tigers are hoping that starting quarterback James Franklin can return to the field after missing last week\u2019s game with a shoulder injury.\u00a0 The last time the program played a road game at a ranked opponent, it came away with a 38-31 overtime win over the Texas A&M Aggies in 2011.\u00a0 Missouri is 6-4 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons, which is something to consider when looking at the college football odds page.<\/p>\n

The Tigers shouldn\u2019t be tossed aside when making your college football picks this week if Franklin is unable to go, as backup Corbin Berkstresser completed 21-of-41 passes for 198 yards last week.\u00a0 Missouri\u2019s defense is also capable of leading an upset in this Southeastern Conference affair, as it held Arizona State to 236 yards and 34 points below its average offensive output.\u00a0 The team boasts as turnover margin of plus-two per game, which ranks first in the conference and fifth nationally.<\/p>\n

South Carolina has lost both previous meetings against Saturday\u2019s opponent, but this will be the first time these two sides line up as conference rivals.\u00a0 The Gamecocks have won seven straight games dating back to last season, which is their longest such streak since their school-record nine-game win streak back in 1984.\u00a0 Head coach Steve Spurrier has led the squad to nine consecutive wins against SEC Eastern Division rivals, with the last setback in that situation coming in the middle of the 2010 season.\u00a0 South Carolina is 0-2 ATS after two consecutive covers as a favorite the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks have built quite the home-field advantage over their last 25 games at Williams-Brice Stadium, posting a 22-3 record in that situation.\u00a0 South Carolina is expected to have starting quarterback Connor Shaw back in the lineup, as he\u2019s been dealing with an injury to his throwing shoulder.\u00a0 Dylan Thompson has done a great job filling in during his absence of running Spurrier\u2019s offense, throwing for a combined 507 yards and five touchdowns in the last two contests.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Tigers due to their 2-1 ATS mark as road underdogs of 7.5 to 14 points, while the Gamecocks are 0-6 ATS after allowing nine points or less in their last game.<\/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

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Missouri Tigers at South Carolina Gamecocks Saturday, 9\/22\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -10.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 52.5 Current Total:\u00a0 48.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Missouri hits the road for the first time during the 2012 college football season, as it comes off a 2-1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":24007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[5508,5406,433,3126,3875,2781],"class_list":["post-25093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-connor-shaw","tag-james-franklin","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-steve-spurrier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25093","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=25093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25094,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25093\/revisions\/25094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}