NCAAF Betting – Alabama Crimson Tide vs. LSU Fighting Tigers
The Alabama Crimson Tide goes into Baton Rouge to take on the 15th ranked LSU Fighting Tigers in a game where Alabama will try to remain undefeated and atop the BCS Rankings. For sports betting fans, finding a winner in this game against the spread is going to be much more difficult that it looks.
LSU hasn’t been nearly as good this season as they have in season’s past. They couldn’t cover the spread last Saturday against the Tulane Green Wave. Alabama has been excellent against the spread but a turnaround of this magnitude usually doesn’t happen at least until a new coach’s third season. This is only Nick Saban’s second season at LSU.
He’s done a remarkable job with this team, but as Florida proved last weekend, maybe the team that Alabama beat so easily to garner their lofty reputation, the Georgia Bulldogs, aren’t as good as college football betting fans thought.
LSU will play with pride in this game. After all, it was Saban who abandoned them for the NFL. Of course, Les Miles, LSU’s coach, has proven to be very adept at winning championships. Still, LSU needs to win this game if they have any hope of playing in a BCS game this season.
Here are the BetUS online betting odds for this game:
Kick-off: 11/08/2008 3:30 pm est.
Alabama Crimson Tide – 4 ½ – 110 – 165 O 47 ½ – 110
LSU Fighting Tigers + 4 ½ – 110 + 145 U 47 ½ – 110
Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game:
The Alabama Crimson Tide are 4 and 0 against the spread in their last 4 games on the road.
The Alabama Crimson Tide are 5 and 1 against the spread in the last 6 meetings between these two teams in Baton Rouge.
The LSU Fighting Tigers are 0 and 4 against the spread in their last 4 games at home.
The Favorite is 4-1-1 against the spread in the last 6 meetings between these two teams.
Every single trend points to the Alabama Crimson Tide covering the spread in this game. After all the Tide is the number one ranked team in the nation, have beaten every opponent they have faced, and go into Baton Rouge with tons of confidence.
LSU is still feeling the affects of the pummeling they took at the hands of the Florida Gators a few weeks ago.
But this is LSU. I just have that sneaky feeling that in this year of college football upsets yet another one is on the horizon. The BetUS online wagering money line looks like a good bet at + 145 on the LSU Fighting Tigers in this game.
I have to go with them. Even though my brain tells me that LSU has no chance in this game, my gut tells me that they have a huge chance at the upset. This is still the SEC Conference and this is still ‘Bama vs. LSU.
Week 11 NCAA-F Prediction:
I’ll be making an online bet on LSU to beat Alabama straight-up on the money line at + 145.
