College Football Odds: No. 14 at South Carolina

by Elizabeth Fairview  |  October 17th, 2008
Steve Spurrier
The South Carolina Gamecocks (5-2 SU, 3-2-1 ATS) are getting 3.5 points at home Saturday night versus the defending national champions, the No. 14 LSU Tigers (4-1 SU, 1-3 ATS). (AP Images)

However, the Gamecocks are in a strong position to win this matchup outright – if you believe in fancy-schmancy advanced statistics.

LSU is 1-3 ATS in its last four games, and that last one was a doozy: Florida crushed the Tigers (+6.5) by 30 points. South Carolina is on a four-game winning streak SU and grabbed the cash at Ole Miss (-2) and Kentucky (+2).

Throw those results into a blender with the rest of the regular season, and you have South Carolina ranked No. 34 in the nation in Game Efficiency. LSU is only four spots ahead in that statistic at No. 30, suggesting a fairly even matchup is in the works for Williams-Brice Stadium.

 
 
 

 

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