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Published: November 25, 2009
The Clemson Tigers will hit the highway to face their archrival the South Carolina Gamecocks in a college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time in South Carolina is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the game was opened as a pick. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the road team, as the Clemson Tigers are now 3-point favorites. The over under is currently lined at 43 for the betting public to play into. College football money line players can make a play on the favored Clemson Tigers at –160 with the road underdog South Carolina Gamecocks bringing back +140 to win without the points on their side.
In their meeting last season it was Clemson getting the victory 31-14 at home at a pick. Clemson benefited with a +2 turnover margin in the game by picking off 4 South Carolina passes. Clemson had success on the ground with 184 yards rushing. The Tigers are winners of 6 straight games and will play Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game next week for an automatic bid into a BCS Bowl game. Clemson has seen their offense explode by averaging 40 points per game during this win streak. The Tigers are coming off a 34-21 home victory against the Virginia Cavaliers to clinch a spot in the ACC title game. C.J. Spiller has led an explosive Tigers rush attack with 5.2 yards a carry average on the season with 7 rushing touchdowns. Freshman back Andre Ellington with his limited carries has produced a 6.9 yards per carry average this season. Freshman quarterback Kyle Parker has hit on 55.7% of his passes with 18 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Parker has played his best ball down the stretch hitting on no worse than 60% passing accuracy over his past three games with 8 touchdown passes and 1 pick. On the defensive side the Clemson Tigers allow just 18 points per game. They are ranked 2nd in the ACC in total defense allowing just 296 yards per game and an impressive just 4.4 yards per play against average. It’s another disappointing season for the South Carolina Gamecocks. The team is going through another late season collapse. Since getting bowl eligible against Vanderbilt on October 24th the team has dropped three straight games. South Carolina has struggled big time on the offensive side of the football averaging just 11 points per game over their past 5 games. Turnovers have plagued South Carolina with 8 over their past three games. An issue all season for the Gamecocks has been their lack of a good run attack Head coach Steve Spurrier would like to pass only 25 times a game but his running game is so bad it is not possible. South Carolina barely cracked two yards a rush over their past two games and 3 yards a carry three games back at Tennessee. Sophomore quarterback Stephen Garcia is hitting on 57% of his passes this season with 14 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. South Carolina has held up well on the defensive side of the ball allowing just 20.7 points per game. South Carolina allows just 3.87 yards per carry on the ground this season ranking 6th in the SEC.
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CFB Trend: Clemson Tigers are 4-0 to the over in their past 4 games
The Wagerline consensus has 63.2% of the CFB bettors on Clemson –3
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