Mississippi Rebels vs. LSU Tigers 3:30 PM
Writing by mortiz on Wednesday, 19 of November , 2008 at 8:19 pm
College football betting enters another fantastic weekend of action, and Bookmaker Sportsbook will have all of the action covered for sports bettors when the Mississippi Rebels (6-4, 6-3 ATS) head to the Bayou to do battle with the LSU Tigers (7-3, 2-7 ATS). LSU has won every meeting between these SEC West rivals since 2001.
Most recently, the Tigers knocked of the Rebels 41-24 in Oxford, but Ole Miss got the best of the football betting match-up. The last time these teams met in Baton Rouge was in ’06, and in a thrilling overtime game, the Tigers avoided the upset as 28.5-point home favorites with a 23-20 victory.
Mississippi bettors had a cakewalk last weekend, as its Rebels routed Louisiana-Monroe 59-0 on homecoming weekend. QB Jevan Snead only completed six passes, but he finished the day with 170 yards and three scores, to go with his two rushing touchdowns. The running game racked up a whopping 350 yards and averaged 6.6 yards per carry in the victory.
The ‘D’ held the Warhawks to just 131 total yards and seven first downs. Non-conference play was fantastic for Ole Miss this year, as they went 3-1 SU and a perfect 3-0 ATS. SEC play has been a different story, as the Rebels are just 3-3 ATS in conference, but they’re the only team in the country that can say they covered both Alabama and Florida, and did so both on the road.
LSU also faced a Sun Belt opponent over the weekend, but they got a much stiffer challenge. The Tigers trailed the Trojans of Troy by an alarming four touchdowns until late in the 3rd quarter when they flexed their muscles. They scored on five out of their final six possessions to pick up the 40-31 victory, avoiding the upset as 16-point favorites on the football betting line. Quarterback play continues to be an issue in Baton Rouge. Jordon Jefferson only completed one out of his six passes for five yards, while Jarrett Lee went 20/34 for 216 yards with one touchdown and an interception, but he had only completed 5-of-13 passes at halftime.
The defense had no answer for QB Levi Brown and the Troy offense until the 4th quarter, as the visitors rolled up 380 total yards. At one point in the 3rd quarter, Troy had almost four times the offensive yards as their SEC counterparts. The disastrous college football betting season is thankfully almost over for LSU fans. The Tigers have yet to cover a spread in the Bayou this season, going an alarming 0-6 ATS, including losses for their football bettors in each of the past four weeks.
Oddsmakers have installed the home team Tigers as 3.5-point favorites, and the ‘total’ has been set at 54.5.
There’s good news for Mississippi in the betting trends, as the underdog is 7-1 ATS in the L/8 games in this series, while the road team is 7-2 ATS in their L/9. Thirteen of LSU’s L/16 SEC games have gone over the ‘total’ as well, so consider banking on lots of points again this weekend.
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