{"id":25285,"date":"2012-10-03T17:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T22:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25285"},"modified":"2012-10-03T16:04:14","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T21:04:14","slug":"vanderbilt-commodores-vs-missouri-tigers-sec-football-week-6-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/vanderbilt-commodores-vs-missouri-tigers-sec-football-week-6-predictions-25285\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Missouri Tigers: SEC Football Week 6 Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vanderbilt Commodores at Missouri Tigers
\nSaturday, 10\/6\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Missouri -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Missouri -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Vanderbilt Commodores are looking to bounce back after a humiliating loss to the Georgia Bulldogs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vanderbilt will face Saturday\u2019s opponent for the first time since 1958, as it looks to bounce back from a humiliating 48-3 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs as 14.5-point road underdogs last week.\u00a0 The Commodores still have reasons to be optimistic, especially considering the team\u2019s health at this stage of the season.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re pretty much injury-free,\u201d stated Commodores head coach James Franklin.\u00a0 \u201cYeah, we\u2019re healthy.\u201d\u00a0 Three of the team\u2019s early-season opponents are 5-0 heading into Week 6.\u00a0 Vanderbilt is 3-9 ATS on the road the last two-plus seasons, which is important to handicap when making your college football picks this week.<\/p>\n

The Commodores have one of the better running backs in the Southeastern Conference, with Zac Stacy ranking eighth in gaining 341 rushing yards.\u00a0 He sits fifth on the school\u2019s career list with 2,343 yards, while also hitting pay dirt 21 times.\u00a0 Stacy\u2019s 5.6-yard career average easily ranks as the highest mark in Vanderbilt history.\u00a0 Saturday\u2019s game may come down to execution in the red zone, as the program ranks 102nd-nationally in efficiency in that category, scoring just four touchdowns in 15 tries.<\/p>\n

Missouri returns home after splitting a two-game road trip, as it picked up a 21-16 victory over the Central Florida Knights as 1.5-point underdogs last week.\u00a0 The Tigers will not leave the state until the calendar flips to November, which makes this stretch a crucial part of their 2012 campaign.\u00a0 Head coach Gary Pinkel has to be happy to see left tackle Elvis Fisher back in the fold, who has started 42 games during his career.\u00a0 \u201cIt helps us,\u201d commented Pinkel this week.\u00a0 Missouri is 8-6 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Tigers will be playing their second of three straight games against opponents coming off a bye, which could play an important part due to potential fatigue.\u00a0 Missouri has enjoyed quite a home field advantage at Faurot Field, posting a 51-19 record in that situation during the Pinkel era that started in 2001.\u00a0 Quarterback James Franklin will need to build off last week\u2019s performance, as he completed 19-of-30 passes for 257 yards.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Commodores due to their 7-1 ATS mark following a straight-up loss of more than 20 points, while the Tigers are 1-6 ATS following a victory.<\/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":"

Vanderbilt Commodores at Missouri Tigers Saturday, 10\/6\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Missouri -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Missouri -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 46.5 Current Total:\u00a0 45 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Vanderbilt will face Saturday\u2019s opponent for the first time since 1958, as it looks to bounce back from a humiliating 48-3 loss to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":24006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[6993,3566,5406,433,3875,456,5459],"class_list":["post-25285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-faurot-field","tag-gary-pinkel","tag-james-franklin","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-vanderbilt-commodores","tag-zac-stacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25285","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=25285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25287,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25285\/revisions\/25287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}