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Week 10: Tigers vs. Crimson Tide Preview/Pick

Oddsmakers currently have the Crimson Tide listed as 7½-point favorites versus the Tigers, while the game’s total is sitting at 39½, here is a preview for the LSU Tigers vs. Alabama Crimson Tide plus a pick and lines betting angle…

Game of the Week: (9) LSU at (3) Alabama

The Alabama Crimson Tide will try to keep their national title hopes alive as they face possibly their biggest challenge of the week hosting the seven point underdog LSU Tigers at 3:30 PM ET at Bryant-Denny Stadium in the BetUS.com game of the week.

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College Football Betting Odds:

LSU Tigers +3
Alabama Crimson Tide -3
O/U 39

LSU and Alabama are built very similarly. Both have tremendous defensive units but also have issues at the QB position and that will result in plenty of turnovers this Saturday.

Crimson Tide QB, Junior Greg McElroy hasn’t thrown a TD in the last 3 games is playing too conservatively in the pocket avoiding down field throws. Another thing to keep an eye on is their offensive line; they can’t handle the blitz and end up giving up sacks.

“This game is huge. It’s huge for the coaching staff, it’s huge for us, it’s huge for our fan base,” McElroy said.

Alabama can become very predictable if McElroy doesn’t get into the flow in the game early. Expect RB Marl Ingram to get a lot of touches (1004 yards and 8 TD so far in the season) but also expect the Tigers too be prepared for him; they have allowed only 3 rushing TDs all season.

The LSU offense also needs to step up their game. QB Jordan Jefferson hasn’t looked as bad as McElroy the last couple of weeks but he is not the one who is going to win a close game week in and week out.

“Since I’ve been here, this team enjoys playing big games,” Coach Les Miles said. “It only counts one, but it’s a very important one. We always want to honor our best opponent with our best effort. Every time we play Alabama, home or on the road, we realize that it’s going to be a very competitive game. It matches two of the best college football programs in the country.

“Our football team wants to compete for the Western Division championship every year. That’s this game. The game is very significant. Our guys understand that.”

At the end the game will not come down to who play the better defense (both teams will) but which team makes fewer mistakes on offense.

College football betting fans should consider these college football betting trends: Alabama is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games and LSU is 4-1-1 ATS in its last 6 games.

Also if you’re betting on the game total keep in mind it has gone UNDER in 6 of LSU’s last 7 games and it has also gone UNDER in 4 of Alabama’s last 5 games.

My pick: Alabama will cover the spread. Under.

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