LSU Tigers at Florida Gators 2010 NCAAF Week 6 Odds, Preview, and Predictions: Head football coach Les Miles and his LSU Tigers are headed to the Swamp for a SEC showdown with the Florida Gators Saturday night at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN. LSU is 5-0 but feels like it lost its last 2 games and needs a good performance to regain its confidence. LSU needed a penalty for 13 defensive players on the field to get the go ahead score. ”I don’t know that we could play any sloppier. I don’t know that we could have planned it any more poorly,” Miles said. ”We’re a very talented team. I don’t think we played near to our capacity. The series of downs on the back end of that game was embarrassing to me.” Mistakes in Gainesville will cost them the game and their undefeated season against a young but talented Gator team coached by 2 time national championship coach Urban Meyer. Vegas odds makers have the Florida Gators a -7 point favorite at home against the LSU Tigers.
The Gators are coming off that awful defeat at Alabama where they lost again to the Crimson Tide 31-6 and didn’t even score a touchdown. Quarterback John Brantley suffered a rib injury but is expected to play and completed 16 of 31 for 202 yards and two interceptions. Speedster running back Jeff Demps carried 11 times for just 47 yards as the Gators just couldn’t get the offense going against the top ranked scoring defense in the nation. Vegas odds makers have the Florida Gators +1200 odds to win the 2011 BCS National Championship.
The Tigers are coming off the crazy victory against Tennessee where they needed an extra down to score the winning touchdown to pull off a 16-14 win at home. ”It went from a cry, to a frown, to a smile, to a realization of how you really won the game,” said linebacker Kelvin Sheppard, adding that he’d called a players-only meeting for Sunday. Quarterback Jordon Jefferson was just 3 of 10 for 30 yards and 2 interceptions but ran the ball 5 times for 100 yards and a touchdown. Florida is 4-0-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing LSU and the total has gone UNDER in 6 of Florida’s last 8 games when playing LSU. Odds makers at BookMaker have the over/under for the total score at 42 points combined of the LSU Tigers and Florida Gators.
It may be a home pick but I like the Gators to win at home! Note: Rich Fritz is a Blog Writer on NSAwins.com and not a pro handicapper. For expert College Football Predictions against the vegas spreads please visit the NSAwins.com homepage for top predictions today from the National Sports Advisors.