{"id":35376,"date":"2014-09-16T19:45:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T00:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35376"},"modified":"2014-09-16T18:59:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T23:59:44","slug":"college-football-week-4-picks-troy-trojans-vs-georgia-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-4-picks-troy-trojans-vs-georgia-bulldogs-35376\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 4 Picks: Troy Trojans vs. Georgia Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Troy Trojans vs. Georgia Bulldogs
\nSaturday, 9\/20\/14, 12:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Georgia -39
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Georgia -41
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 69
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 69
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Georgia Bulldogs will run the ball at will against the Troy Trojans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Troy has dropped its first three games of the 2014 campaign, including a 38-35 setback to Abilene Christian as 11-point home favorites last Saturday, while it has also lost the statistical battle in each of its affairs.\u00a0 The Trojans are averaging just 20.7 points per game and giving up 40 per contest, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your Week 4 college football picks, especially since the Bulldogs are averaging 40 points per game despite playing two ranked teams already this year.\u00a0 Troy is 0-5 SU and 4-1 ATS as underdogs of 31 or more points in its last five games in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Trojans have been outscored by an average of 21.7 points in losing 12 straight to ranked opponents since a victory over Missouri in 2004, with 11 of those setbacks coming on the road.\u00a0 Troy also has to deal with a Georgia team that has compiled a 36-1 SU record at home versus non-conference opponents under longtime head coach Mark Richt.<\/p>\n

Georgia has split its first two games of the season, as it attempts to bounce back from a 38-35 defeat to the South Carolina Gamecocks as 6.5-point road favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total in each of those contests.\u00a0 The Bulldogs are being led defensively by the play of senior linebackers Amarlo Herrera and Ramik Wilson, who average averaging double-digit tackles again and rank as the top two in that statistical category in the Southeastern Conference.\u00a0 Georgia is 5-0 SU and 0-5 ATS as favorites of 31 or more points since 2012, with the OVER going 3-1-1 in those five opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs should be able to run the ball effectively in this matchup, considering the Trojans are allowing an average of 233.7 rushing yards per game, which means that Todd Gurley will likely continue to be a Heisman Trophy contender.\u00a0 He ran for 131 yards on 20 carries against the Gamecocks, while also running for a career-high 198 yards in a season-opening win against the Clemson Tigers.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the OVER is 5-0 in the Bulldogs last five meetings against Sun Belt Conference opponents.<\/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":"

Troy Trojans vs. Georgia Bulldogs Saturday, 9\/20\/14, 12:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Georgia -39 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Georgia -41 Opening Total:\u00a0 69 Current Total:\u00a0 69 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Troy has dropped its first three games of the 2014 campaign, including a 38-35 setback to Abilene Christian as 11-point home favorites last Saturday, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[461,3875,2560,7113,1285],"class_list":["post-35376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-georgia-bulldogs","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-sun-belt-conference","tag-todd-gurley","tag-troy-trojans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35376","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=35376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35377,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35376\/revisions\/35377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}