{"id":6138,"date":"2009-10-24T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn-college-football-odds-florida-vs-mississippi-state\/"},"modified":"2009-10-24T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-24T13:50:00","slug":"espn-college-football-odds-florida-vs-mississippi-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn-college-football-odds-florida-vs-mississippi-state\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN College Football Odds: Florida vs Mississippi State"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Florida Gators and the Mississippi State Bulldogs will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Gators listed as 22\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bulldogs, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 50. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tim Tebow directed a 69-yard drive in the final minutes, setting up Caleb Sturgis&#8217; 27-yard field goal with 9 seconds remaining that gave <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> a 23-20 win against <st1:State><st1:place>Arkansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 7. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Gators failed to cover the 24-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 58. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Anthony Dixon did the damage for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Mississippi<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> with two rushing touchdowns in a 27-6 win over Middle Tennessee in Week 7. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Bulldogs covered the 4.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 52.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 6 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 6-0 SU, <st1:date Month=\"2\" Day=\"2\" Year=\"2001\">2-2-1<\/st1:date> <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName> <br \/><st1:PlaceName>Mississippi<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 3-4 SU, 3-3 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 7-3<br \/>When playing on grass are 10-0<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 10-0<br \/>When playing within the conference are 10-0<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi State most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 5-5<br \/>When playing on grass are 4-6<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 1-9<br \/>When playing within the conference are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Florida is 10-0-1 ATS in its last 11 games on the road<br \/>Mississippi State is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Mississippi State is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:country-region><st1:place>Georgia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, Saturday, October 31<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Mississippi<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State at <st1:State><st1:place>Kentucky<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 31<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoBodyText style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<p class=MsoBodyText style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>All professional handicappers are proud to show off the amount of research that goes into a pick.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>If a handicapper gives you no rationale, rest assured you just paid for a coin flip.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Get accurate analysis for every pick at <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godstips.com\/\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>GodsTips.com<\/font><\/a><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Gators and the Mississippi State Bulldogs will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Gators listed as 22\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bulldogs, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 50. Tim Tebow directed a 69-yard drive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn-college-football-odds-florida-vs-mississippi-state\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESPN College Football Odds: Florida vs Mississippi State<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}