{"id":8132,"date":"2010-09-24T14:33:23","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T19:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=8132"},"modified":"2010-09-24T14:32:51","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T19:32:51","slug":"south-carolina-at-auburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/south-carolina-at-auburn-8132\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Vs Auburn Betting Odds & Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Carolina Gamecocks at Auburn Tigers
\nSaturday, 9\/25\/10, 7:45 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread: Auburn -3
\nCurrent Betting Line: Auburn -3
\nOpening Total: 45.5
\nCurrent Total: 46.5
\nCurrent Moneyline: Auburn -155\/South Carolina +135
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Super Freshmen Marcus Lattimore leads the Gamecocks as 3 point road underdogs against the Tigers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

South Carolina enters with a perfect 3-0 record and the team has been leaning heavily on freshman running back Marcus Lattimore.\u00a0 He rushed for 182 yards in a 17-6 win over Georgia two weeks ago and 97 yards on 19 carries against Furman just seven days ago.\u00a0 The Gamecocks will now take direct aim at starting 4-0 for only the ninth time in school history when it makes its first road trip of the 2010 season.\u00a0 Saturday\u2019s game marks the ninth game in the series with Auburn, which dates back to 1930.\u00a0 The team is 1-6-1 all-time against the Tigers, including an 0-2 mark in games played at Jordan-Hare Stadium.\u00a0 More importantly, South Carolina is searching for its first conference road victory since a win over Kentucky on October 11, 2008, a stretch of five contests.\u00a0 The squad is 9-7 ATS versus SEC opponents over the last three years and 74-65 ATS since 1992.\u00a0 With the line bouncing up and down between 2.5 and 3 make sure you are getting the best number no matter the side you take and view our NCAA football odds page for lines from multiple sportsbooks.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks aren\u2019t just doing great things on the ground offensively, as the defense ranks first in the SEC in rushing defense.\u00a0 The unit is allowing 59.7 yards per game and will be tested against a Tigers team that tops the league in averaging 259.3 rushing yards per game.\u00a0 Head coach Steve Spurrier is 10-5 all-time against Auburn, including a 10-3 mark while at Florida.\u00a0 He is 4-3 as a head coach in games played at tonight\u2019s venue.\u00a0 Offensively, the offense will hope to remain perfect in the red zone in such an important game.\u00a0 South Carolina is 12-for-12 in red zone opportunities, scoring 10 touchdowns along with two field goals.\u00a0 The team is 7-6-1 ATS in its last 13 underdog opportunities and the total is 6-8 O\/U in those contests.<\/p>\n

Auburn has won three of its last four games by a field goal dating back to a wild overtime victory over Northwestern in the Outback Bowl.\u00a0 \u201cWe just want to make it exciting, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d head coach Gene Chizik commented.\u00a0 The two teams have played four games against each other since the Gamecocks joined the SEC in 1992, with the Tigers winning all four of those games.\u00a0 This will be the first meeting between the two schools when both teams were nationally ranked.\u00a0 If the game is close as many expect, a key stat is Auburn\u2019s opponents converting on just one of 11 tries on third downs in the fourth quarter.\u00a0 The squad is 9-17 ATS over the last three seasons and the total is 11-13 O\/U over that span.<\/p>\n

The Tigers offense is led by four offensive linemen that have a combined 121 career starts, helping to protect quarterback Cameron Newton.\u00a0 Auburn leads the nation in passing efficiency, thanks largely to having the nation\u2019s top yards per attempt (11.80) and touchdown percentage (13.73).\u00a0 Of the team\u2019s 15 scoring drives in regulation this season, eight have taken less than two minutes off the clock and only one has taken more than four minutes.\u00a0 Playing at Jordan-Hare Stadium is certainly an advantage due to the Tigers possessing a 21-4 mark at the venue at night since the 2000 season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will find the Gamecocks possessing a 6-1 ATS mark in their last seven September tilts, while the Tigers step in with a 6-1-1 ATS record in their last eight games as a favorite of 0.5-3.0 points.\u00a0 We have no opinion on this conference, line looks right and this should be a great game to watch not bet.\u00a0 We do have 7 NCAA football picks lined up for the Saturday slate and are currently riding a 75% pick run, dont miss 1 more winner for the best handicappers on the Internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Carolina Gamecocks at Auburn Tigers Saturday, 9\/25\/10, 7:45 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread: Auburn -3 Current Betting Line: Auburn -3 Opening Total: 45.5 Current Total: 46.5 Current Moneyline: Auburn -155\/South Carolina +135 If you are going to wager on this game, bet it at Bookmaker sportsbook, currently offering a 25% signup bonus. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":8141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[470,3046,3127,3128,2250,739,3126,2781],"class_list":["post-8132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-auburn-tigers","tag-cameron-newton","tag-jordan-hare-stadium","tag-marcus-lattimore","tag-ncaa-football-picks","tag-sec","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-steve-spurrier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8132","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=8132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8146,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8132\/revisions\/8146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}