Week 9 offshore SEC point spreads released
It’s been a long wait but The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is finally upon us.
This will be the first matchup between Kirby Smart and Dan Mullen in this series, although the two have faced off once before as head coaches and did so annually when Smart was an assistant on Nick Saban’s Alabama teams. Georgia beat Florida 42-7 last season, which is a big reason why Mullen is now roaming the sidelines in Gainsville. The Bulldogs hold the edge in the all-time series, at 50-43-2. Both teams will enter this game at 7-1 overall and 4-1 in SEC play.
The Tennessee-South Carolina game could determine which one of these programs end up going to a bowl game this season. With the Vols at 3-4 on the season and the Gamecocks at 3-3 (with one game already been canceled), this one appears to be a must-win for both programs. South Carolina has won the previous two matchups, but Tennessee holds the all-time edge 25-9-2. The previous six matchups have been decided by six points or less.
Mississippi State has also beaten Texas A&M two years in a row and hold the all-time edge at 6-5. Kentucky has defeated Missouri three years in a row and five times in the series 8-game series. Arkansas and Vanderbilt have not met since 2011, in a game won by the Razorbacks 31-28 in Nashville.
These initial offshore lines come courtesy of Vegas Insider and are subject to change as incoming money can alter point spreads:
Florida vs. Georgia (-7.5) * game in Jacksonville
Kentucky at Missouri (-7)
Texas A&M at Mississippi State (-3)
Vanderbilt at Arkansas (-2.5)
This game does not currently have opening lines and likely won’t until the status of Jarrett Guarantano is officially announced:
Cats going into the game as underdogs, great, we have the tigers right were we want them. Go CATS!!!!
The SEC East is like sprinters shoulder to shoulder in every lane. Exciting second half of the season to come. They better get some real refs at the Georgia games.
Sorry but Missouri, UT, Vandy and SC has already fell out of the race…
I’m guessing State is favored because it’s a home game? I don’t understand it otherwise. I mean A&M can complete passes.
A&M ain’t LSU. Pretty good team but MSU is a pretty good team too. I see it as a toss up. Pretty easy to favor either team by 3 but home team gets it. Not sure what to make of the ky v Mizzou game. Ky struggled v dores and Mizzou lit up Memphis. If lock has anywhere near a good game the cats may be in trouble but again, I see this as a last team with the ball wins, kind of game. If Mizzou gets out to an early lead a blowout could occur since ky is not built to work from behind. Hmmm think I just talked myself into taking Mizzou minus the points on my pickem this week.
TAMU has a string run defense… MSU can’t pass.. The game favors TAMU.
UGA being a 7.5 favorite over the Gators seems a bit of a stretch. Their defense should keep them in the game until the end. That will be fun to watch. The MSU DLine will give the Aggies fits, but their weakness is pass defense and MSU can’t pass. Texas A&M is definitely the more balanced team and should win that one, even on the road. Kentucky can also play good defense. Missouri being a TD favorite is also a bit of a surprise. Kentucky passes about like MSU though, so that too should be interesting. LSU isn’t playing this week, but I am still looking forward to a very good slate of games.
Missouri should be favored (almost exactly even with UK in most computer ratings, and is at home) but a TD seems like a stretch. The line should be -3 or -3.5. Wonder how they came up with -7 (or -6, as it is some other places.)
No offense, but it’s not like you all have much of a home field advantage. Additonally, Lock is a much different QB when facing a real defense, and UK is likely the second best he’s faced this year.
I get how the line could turn out this way, Mizzou plays a style that lends itself to blowing by bad defenses and UK’s offense has almost completely stalled. But Lock’s going to have to do better than the 50% compeletion percentage and 5 ypa if he’s going to beat Kentucky. UK’s defense is elite at every level and they’ll bog down Mizzou’s offense for long streches of the game. But it might not matter if UK can’t conplete more than 3 passes.
I’m talking about how Vegas sets lines, which is a set homefield advantage of about 3 points.
Also, no offense, but this is coming from a Kentucky fan. Sure, y’all are good, and so the game atmosphere is decent. But I’ve been at Mizzou games at Kentucky in more typical seasons and it’s not like that at all.
Sharp money on Florida pushing the line down to 6.5 already.
TAMU has the best run defense in the nation and it isn’t close. I guess that State is favored because of the balanced, efficient passing machine that they have…