{"id":7214,"date":"2010-09-08T16:00:21","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=7214"},"modified":"2010-09-08T15:56:08","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T20:56:08","slug":"auburn-at-mississippi-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/auburn-at-mississippi-state-7214\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday College Football Picks: Auburn Vs Mississippi State Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auburn at Mississippi State
\nThursday, 9\/9\/10, 7:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread: Auburn -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line: Auburn -2
\nOpening Total: 52
\nCurrent Total: 55
\nCurrent Moneyline: Auburn -130\/MSU +110<\/strong><\/p>\n

All odds taken from Bookmaker Sportsbook who offers a 20% signup bonus to all new wagering accounts<\/em><\/p>\n

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Auburn Travels to Mississippi State as 2 point road favorites on Thursday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Auburn opens up its SEC schedule on Thursday night against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville, Mississippi in front of a national ESPN audience.\u00a0 The Tigers are 43-28-5 in SEC openers, including a spectacular 16-1 mark in its last 17 such games.\u00a0 The team also leads the all-time series against the Bulldogs, 58-23-2, having won 21 of the last 28 in the series.\u00a0 In its last 12 conference opening tilts, Auburn has outscored its opponents by an astounding 386-136 margin and this will be the seventh straight year that they open up SEC play versus Mississippi State.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that since the 2004 season, the squad has compiled an impressive 31-17 record in conference play.<\/p>\n

The Tigers offense will be led by quarterback Cameron Newton, who was named the SEC\u2019s Offensive Player of the Week for his sparkling debut in a 52-26 home thrashing of an outmanned Arkansas State team.\u00a0 He currently leads the conference in rushing (171 ypg) and total offense (357 ypg), while also setting a school record for rushing yardage by a signal caller in a season opener.\u00a0 Second-year coach Gene Chizik has the luxury of knowing that his quarterback is protected by a stout offensive line that has a combined 113 starts.\u00a0 \u201cHe did some things when maybe something wasn\u2019t there,\u201d Chizik said of Newton.\u00a0 \u201cHe turned some bad plays into good ones.\u201d\u00a0 Auburn heads out on the road for the first time this year, knowing that they\u2019ve produced a 1-8 ATS road mark the last three years and are also a disappointing 5-11 against the college football point spread against conference opponents over that span.<\/p>\n

Mississippi State limited Memphis to just 41 rushing yards in opening the 2010 season with a 49-7 blowout victory last Saturday.\u00a0 The Bulldogs ranked ninth nationally last season and led the SEC by averaging 227 rushing yards per game, but the team was paced by the play of quarterback Tyler Russell, who ultimately replaced junior Chris Reif.\u00a0 The freshman completed 13 of 16 passes for 256 yards and four touchdowns.\u00a0 State\u2019s 49 points were the most in a season opener since 1974 and the most in any game since 2002.<\/p>\n

Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen knows that the level of competition rises in a hurry with Thursday\u2019s contest.\u00a0 \u201cThat is a whole different ballgame when you start conference play, especially with a solid opponent,\u201d Mullen stated.\u00a0 \u201cI am expecting a big time atmosphere.\u201d\u00a0 The Bulldogs have posted a 6-8 overall record on ESPN Thursday Night telecasts and six of the school\u2019s nine largest crowds have come during the Mullen Era.\u00a0 Don\u2019t overlook the team\u2019s 9-7 ATS mark against the SEC over the last three campaigns and the total is 7-9 O\/U in those games.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to note over that span, Mississippi State is 2-0 as a home underdog of three points or less.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be impressed that the Tigers have totaled at least 500 yards of offense in five of their last 14 games, but that hasn\u2019t always translated well in covering the spread the next week.\u00a0 Auburn is 3-15 in their last 18 games after accumulating more than 450 total yards in their previous game.\u00a0 Mississippi State isn\u2019t offering much appeal with a 0-5 ATS mark in their last five Thursday games.<\/p>\n

Maddux Sports has already released a premium pick on this game.\u00a0 You can get on board for this easy winner by visiting our Thursday college football picks<\/a> page of the website.\u00a0 We have won 7 of our last 8 football selections and will look to continue the winning today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Auburn at Mississippi State Thursday, 9\/9\/10, 7:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread: Auburn -2.5 Current Betting Line: Auburn -2 Opening Total: 52 Current Total: 55 Current Moneyline: Auburn -130\/MSU +110 All odds taken from Bookmaker Sportsbook who offers a 20% signup bonus to all new wagering accounts Auburn opens up its SEC schedule […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":3927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2899,2900,470,2898,2901],"class_list":["post-7214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-auburn-mississippi-state-odds","tag-auburn-mississippi-state-spread","tag-auburn-tigers","tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","tag-thursday-college-football-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7214","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\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7214"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7254,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7214\/revisions\/7254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}