Monday, May 21st, 2012
It will be an SEC showcase game when the LSU Tigers travels in a week seven NCAA college football game against the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday afternoon.
Start time from Tennessee is scheduled for 3:30PM Eastern time with national television coverage provided by CBS.
The betting odds came in with the road club LSU Tigers lined as a –15 1/2 point favorite with an over under of 43 1/2 points.
Money has come on the side of the home underdog as the LSU Tigers are now favored by -14 ½ points.
The total has shown no early movement off the opening line of 43 1/2 points.
Those betting the road favored LSU Tigers will lay –750 odds with the home underdog Tennessee Volunteers bringing back +528 odds to post the straight up win with the points no factor in the wager.
LSU pulled out the 16-14 home win against the Tennessee Volunteers in their 2010 meeting as a -16 ½ point betting favorite.
The over under went under the closing total of 43 ½ points.
The Tigers got a solid performance by Stevan Ridley who rushed for 123 yards in victory.
LSU quarterback Jarrett Lee passed for 185 yards on 16 of 23 pass completions.
The Tigers put up 434 offensive yards on the Volunteers defense.
Tennessee quarterback Matt Simms passed for 121 yards in defeat.
Volunteers’ running back Tauren Poole had 109 yards rushing.
Tennessee put up just 217 offensive yards on the LSU defense.
LSU travels to Tennessee with a 6-0 record on the year. The team is 2-0 on the road.
The Tigers put up 38 points with 366 yards a game with 183 yards rushing for 4.1 yards per rush average.
On defense the team surrenders 12 points and 254 yards a game. Opponents rush for just 69 yards a game against LSU for 2.3 yards per rush against average.
The team’s road wins have come against West Virginia and Mississippi St covering each point spread.
The Tigers are coming off the 41-11 home win against the Florida Gators as a -14 point favorite.
The total came in at over the total of 42 ½ points.
LSU outgained the Gators in their win by a 453 yard to 213 yard differential.
The Tigers ran it for 238 yards on 49 carries for nearly 5 yards per rush.
LSU as good defending third down as their SEC conference foe could only convert on 2 of 11.
They held Florida to 113 rushing yards on 32 carries for 3 ½ yards per rush.
The Tigers had no turnovers and took two away from the Gators.
Quarterback Jarrett Lee hit on 7 of 10 passes for 154 yards with a touchdown.
Jordan Jefferson saw action and completed 3 of his 4 passes for 61 yards and a touchdown throw.
Spencer Ware on 24 carries ran for 109 yards and two rushing touchdowns.
Alfred Blue had 14 carries for 70 yards and a touchdown.
Wide out Rueben Randle led LSU with four catches for 127 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Russell Shepard caught two balls for 41 yards.
Tennessee checks into this huge home test against LSU with a record of 3-2. The team is 3-1 at home on the year.
The Volunteers average 32 points and 412 yards per game. They run for just 84 yards per contest for 2.5 yards per rush average.
On defense the Vols surrender 20 points and 343 yards a game. Opponent’s rush for 139 yards per game against them for 4.3 yards per rush against average.
They are coming off the 20-12 defeat in SEC conference play to the Georgia Bulldogs as a +2 ½ point underdog.
The total came in at under the number of 55 ½ points.
Tennessee was able to put up just 270 yards of offense on the Bulldogs defense while allowing 366 yards to Georgia.
The Volunteers run game was grounded for negative yardage on 23 carries.
There were no turnovers in this game.
The team struggled to move the chains with just 4 of 13 conversions on third down.
The Tennessee defense allowed Georgia 139 rushing yards on 38 carries for 3.7 yards per rush against average.
Quarterback Tyler Bray completed 18 of 33 passes for 251 yards.
No running back could amass more than eight yards rushing.
Mychal Rivera led the team with five receptions for 85 yards.
Marlin Lane Jr. had six grabs for 84 yards.
Da’Rick Rogers had five receptions go for 71 yards.
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