{"id":25509,"date":"2012-10-16T18:43:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T23:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25509"},"modified":"2012-10-16T18:43:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T23:43:07","slug":"college-football-week-8-picks-auburn-tigers-vs-vanderbilt-commodores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-8-picks-auburn-tigers-vs-vanderbilt-commodores-25509\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 8 Picks: Auburn Tigers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auburn Tigers at Vanderbilt Commodores
\nSaturday, 10\/20\/12, 12:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SEC Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Vanderbilt -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Vanderbilt -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Vanderbilt Commodores are 10-4-1 ATS following a double-digit loss at home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Auburn has suffered three straight losses heading into this Southeastern Conference affair, including a 41-20 setback to the Mississippi Rebels as four-point road underdogs, while going OVER the total for the first time in three games.\u00a0 The Tigers are 20-20-1 all-time in this particular series, but have won 13 of the last 14 meetings.\u00a0 Head coach Gene Chizik is certainly on the hot seat, while the program is 10-7 under his direction during the month of October.\u00a0 Auburn is 0-3 ATS on the road with a total between 42.5 and 49, with the OVER going 2-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Tigers will definitely be shooting for 30-points offensively in this affair, as they\u2019ve won 75 consecutive games when doing so, which includes its lone victory against Louisiana-Monroe on Sept. 15.\u00a0 Auburn\u2019s struggles begin and end under center, with its quarterbacks combining for three touchdowns and 11 interceptions this season.\u00a0 The offense is the only unit in the SEC averaging fewer than 300 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt will be playing in front of a sellout crowd in consecutive games for the first time since 1996, coming off a 31-17 setback to the Florida Gators as 9.5-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Commodores were out-gained on the ground by a 200-yard margin in that particular contest, while they\u2019ve lost that battle in five of six games on the year.\u00a0 It\u2019s rather surprising when you consider the team has one of the better backs in the conference, with Zac Stacy ranking second on the school\u2019s career list with 2,501 rushing yards.\u00a0 Vanderbilt is 2-0 at home with a total between 42.5 and 45 since 2010.<\/p>\n

The Commodores will look for quarterback Jordan Rodgers to lead the program to a second consecutive bowl appearance, as the senior has passed for 1,068 yards and three touchdowns this year.\u00a0 Jordan Matthews and Chris Boyd rank as the conference\u2019s top receiving duo, as they\u2019ve combined for 170.3 receiving yards per game.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a surprising result due to head coach James Franklin being a former offensive coordinator.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Commodores due to their 10-4-1 ATS mark following a double-digit loss at home, while the Tigers are 3-11 ATS versus losing opponents.<\/p>\n

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Auburn Tigers at Vanderbilt Commodores Saturday, 10\/20\/12, 12:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SEC Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Vanderbilt -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Vanderbilt -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 42.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Auburn has suffered three straight losses heading into this Southeastern Conference affair, including a 41-20 setback to the Mississippi Rebels as four-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[470,3045,5406,5574,3875,456,5459],"class_list":["post-25509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-auburn-tigers","tag-gene-chizik","tag-james-franklin","tag-jordan-rodgers","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-vanderbilt-commodores","tag-zac-stacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25509","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=25509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25510,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25509\/revisions\/25510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}