Published: November 25, 2009

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The Florida St Seminoles will travel to face their in state rival Florida Gators in a college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time in the swamp is scheduled for 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Florida Gators opened as a 21-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the home team, as the Florida Gators are currently a 24-½ point favorite. The total is currently lined at 56 for the college football bettors to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Florida Gators at –1800 with the road team Florida St Seminoles bringing back +1150 to win without the points on their side.

When these two in state rivals faced off last season it was the Florida Gators pounding Florida St 45-15 as a 16-½ point road underdog. The Gators ran wild on the Seminoles with 317 yards rushing and 185 through the air. Florida had a +3 turnover margin in victory. Florida is a perfect 11-0 on the season and will have a meeting with the Alabama Crimson Tide next week for the SEC Championship. Should Florida win out they will play in the BCS Championship game. In Florida’s last game against a division 1 team the Gators defeated South Carolina 24-14. Florida had only 339 offensive yards in victory. Senior quarterback Tim Tebow is hitting on 65% of his passes this season with 14 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. Tebow’s touchdown passes are way down this season as he threw for 30 last year and that’s due in part to the playmakers who graduated. Florida is still running the football effectively with 5.4 yards a carry average on the season. Defensively the Gators are #2 in the nation allowing just 229 yards a game and just 9.8 points. Florida St can throw the football but the Gators are the #1 pass defense in the nation allowing 139 yards a game and just 5 touchdown passes. Florida St got a much needed win last week over Maryland to become bowl eligible at 6-5 this season. The team has an explosive offense averaging 434 yards a game and 31 points. Florida St is without junior quarterback Christian Ponder who underwent shoulder surgery. Freshman quarterback E.J. Manuel in his place has hit on 64.7% of his passes with 1 touchdown and 4 interceptions. In the Florida St victory last week the freshman signal caller threw 3 interceptions. The Seminoles running game is led by sophomore running back Jermaine Thomas who averages 5.3 yards a carry on the season. The big concern for the Seminoles has been the play of their defense. Florida St allows 30 points per game. The Florida St defense ranks 106th in the nation allowing 434 yards per game. Industry pundits have projected Florida St into the Emerald Bowl.

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The Wagerline consensus has 62.2% of the CFB bettors on Florida St –24 1/2

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