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Published: November 5, 2009
The South Carolina Gamecocks will look to rebound when they travel to face the Arkansas Razorbacks in an SEC conference college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time at Arkansas is scheduled for 12:20PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN Gameplan and the SEC Network. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the home team Arkansas Razorbacks opened up as a 4 ½ point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the favorite, as the Arkansas Razorbacks are currently a 7-point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 53 ½ for the betting public to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Arkansas Razorbacks at –275 with the road underdog South Carolina Gamecocks returning +235 to pull off the straight up victory with no points on their side.
In last years meeting South Carolina defeated Arkansas 34-21 as a 12-½ point favorite. The Gamecocks gained 351 yards on the Razorbacks. Arkansas was sloppy in that meeting with 3 turnovers in defeat. South Carolina enters this game with a 6-3 record and are bowl eligible. The team is coming off a bad 4 turnover performance in losing 31-13 at Tennessee last week. South Carolina’s biggest problem all season has been their lack of success in running the football. South Carolina is coming off another poor performance on the ground with just 65 yards on 20 carries. Head coach Steve Spurrier wants to pass about 25 times a game but cannot with a struggling run offense. Sophomore starting quarterback Stephen Garcia hit on 25 of 50 through the air with 300 yards 1 touchdown and 1 interception against the Volunteers. Garcia has done a better job cutting down on his interceptions as the quarterback has thrown for 12 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. South Carolina averages just 130 yards per game on the ground and at 3.97 yards per carry ranks the team 11th in the SEC in rushing offense. South Carolina is good defensively allowing just 19 points per game and 294 yards to their opponents, which ranks them 5th in conference. The Arkansas Razorbacks are 4-4 on the season and in need of 2 more wins to become bowl eligible. The team broke a two game losing streak by pounding Eastern Michigan 63-27 last week. Arkansas has dropped a game home to Georgia this season 52-41. Sophomore quarterback Ryan Mallet has completed 54% of his passes with 18 touchdowns and only 3 interceptions. Arkansas can put up points on the scoreboard as the team averages 35.9 points a game. The team averages 438 yards per game with 295 yards a game through the air. The good cover corners of South Carolina will challenge Arkansas passing offense. Arkansas has run the ball effectively this season with 4.7 yards per carry average on the ground. The defense has been an issue for the Razorbacks as the team allows an average of 410 yards per game with 264 coming through the air.
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CFB Trend: Arkansas Razorbacks are 4-1 ATS in their past 5 home games against the South Carolina Gamecocks
The Wagerline consensus has 68.0% of the CFB bettors on Boise St -7
The Wagerline consensus has 74.1% of the CFB bettors playing over 53 1/2
