Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Mississippi St Bulldogs will travel in SEC play when they take on the Arkansas Razorbacks in a college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time in Arkansas is scheduled for 12:20PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN Gameplan and SEC TV network. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Arkansas Razorbacks opened as an 11-½ point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the underdog, as the Arkansas Razorbacks are currently a 10-½ point favorite. The over under is lined at 61 for the bettors to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Arkansas Razorbacks at –475 with the road underdog Mississippi St Bulldogs bringing back +395 to win without the points on their side.
In last years meeting it was the Mississippi St Rebels beating the Arkansas Razorbacks 31-28 as a 2-½ point home underdog. The Bulldogs were able to amass 445 offensive yards on the Razorbacks defense in victory. Arkansas is winners of three straight games including a 33-16 home win against the South Carolina Gamecocks. Sophomore quarterback Ryan Mallet is hitting on 59% of his passes this season with 23 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. Mallet was very accurate in his last SEC conference game against South Carolina hitting on 85% of his passes. Arkansas running backs are combing for a 4.5 yards a carry average this season. The team sits at 6-4 this season and is bowl eligible. Pundits have Arkansas projected for the Independence Bowl on December 28th. The issue all season long with the Razorbacks has been their defense as they rank last in conference allowing 412 yards per game and 25 ½ points per game. Arkansas is better against the run than pass and that’s a good thing against the Bulldogs. The Razorbacks allow 132 yards per game on the ground and just 3.76 yards per rush attempt. Mississippi St sits at 4-6 on the year and is in need of 2 straight wins to earn bowl eligibility. The Bulldogs were pounded last week by Alabama 31-3 as they could only pass for 99 yards on the Crimson Tide. Mississippi St’s offense revolves around running back Anthony Dixon. The senior back has rushed for 204 carries this season with 1082 yards for 5.3 yards a carry average. Mississippi St continues to get poor quarterback play as senior quarterback Tyson Lee has hit on just 58% of his passes this season with only 4 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. Mississippi St will need to be good against the pass and the Bulldogs rank 10th in SEC play allowing 203 yards per game through the air.
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CFB Trend: Iowa Hawkeyes are 7-1 ATS in their past 8 meetings with the Minnesota Golden Gophers
The Wagerline consensus has 68.6% of the CFB bettors on Arkansas –10 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 60.7% of the CFB bettors playing under 61
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