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Published: November 26, 2009
The Tennessee Volunteers will square off with SEC conference opponent the Kentucky Wildcats in a college football game in prime time on Saturday night. Kick off time in Kentucky is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPNU. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Tennessee Volunteers opened as a 3-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has not moved the line, as it currently is Tennessee as a 3-point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 51 for the bettors to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favorite Tennessee Volunteers at –155 with the home underdog Kentucky Wildcats bringing back +135 to win without the points on their side.
When these two met last year it was Tennessee beating Kentucky 28-10 as a 4-point home favorite. Tennessee had success on the ground rushing for 210 yards on the Wildcats defense. Kentucky could do nothing offensively against the Volunteers with just 96 rushing yards and 97 through the air. Tennessee is bowl eligible and 6-5 on the season. The team is coming off a 31-16 victory against Vanderbilt last week. The Volunteers found some offense with 422 yards on the Commodores. An issue is that Tennessee has not been very good on the road this season with a 0-3 record. The Volunteers only averaged 13 points in those road contests. Senior quarterback Jonathan Crompton has hit on 58% of his passes with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Crompton has thrown only 1 interception over his past 4 games with 11 touchdown passes. Running back Montario Hardesty has rushed for 1127 yards on the season and carries 5.0 yards a carry average. Hardesty is coming off a 171 yards rushing performance last week against Vanderbilt. On the defensive side of the ball the Volunteers give up an average of just 20.7 points per game. College football pundits have projected Tennessee into the Music City Bowl on December 27th. Kentucky has a 7-4 record and has won three straight games. They are coming off an impressive 34-27 victory at Georgia. Despite being out gained in the game the Wildcats benefited with a +4 turnover margin in victory over the Bulldogs. Freshman quarterback Morgan Newton has seen action over the injured Mike Hartline. Newton is hitting on 57% of his passes with 5 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. He has only made 24 passing attempts over the past two games as the team has emphasized the running game. Junior running back Derrick Locke has averaged 4.9 yards a carry on the season. The ball carrier has rushed for 224 yards over his past two games. The Wildcats allow 22 points a game this season and rank 8th in the SEC in total defense giving up 356 yards a game.
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CFB Trend: Tennessee Volunteers are 17-7 to the under in their past 24 SEC games
The Wagerline consensus has 64.4% of the CFB bettors on Tennessee –3
