{"id":8307,"date":"2010-10-02T13:55:04","date_gmt":"2010-10-02T13:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=8307"},"modified":"2010-10-02T13:55:04","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T13:55:04","slug":"half-bets-florida-vs-alabama-and-texas-vs-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/half-bets-florida-vs-alabama-and-texas-vs-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Bets: Florida vs. Alabama and Texas vs. Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida vs. Alabama and Texas vs. Oklahoma are two huge rivalries that Bodog Sportsbook<\/a> previews.<\/p>\n

Is Florida-Alabama the most important game in college football now? It\u2019s hard to argue, considering the winner between these two has won the past two national championships. In fact, this will be the third straight year that one of the teams is No. 1 in the nation when they met \u2013 both coming in the SEC Championship Game. Combined the Gators and Tide have won an incredible 52 consecutive regular-season games. Bama is an 8-point favorite on Bodog\u2019s NCAA Football Odds<\/a> for this one, and there will be live betting available.<\/p>\n

It used to be the Florida was the offensive powerhouse and Alabama the defensive king. But the Gators rank 78th<\/sup> nationally in total offense (355.75 average), while Alabama is sixth (511.75). Florida\u2019s defense has recorded an NCAA-best 12 interceptions, three of which have been returned for touchdowns. Alabama\u2019s defense gave up more than 300 yards in the first half alone of last week\u2019s come-from-behind win at Arkansas.<\/p>\n

Florida is an underdog for the first time since Oct. 6, 2007, which was the only time Florida has visited the nation\u2019s No. 1 team, losing to eventual national champion LSU 28-24. Overall Florida is 3-7 against No. 1 teams, and 2-1 under Urban Meyer. This is just the fourth time Florida enters a game as an underdog under Meyer. The Gators covered the spread the previous three times. Alabama is 2-4 ATS as a favorite in its last six SEC games.<\/p>\n

There is a key injury to be aware of here, and that\u2019s to Florida running back Jeff Demps, who is now the Gators\u2019 top playmaker. Demps has a sprained right foot and was in a walking boot much of the week, but Meyer called him probable if not 100 percent. Demps, who might be college football\u2019s fastest player, is third in the SEC in all-purpose yards, averaging 172 yards per game. Until last week\u2019s game against Kentucky, the UF offense had struggled this season so it can ill afford to be without Demps. He averages 6.9 yards per carry and is averaging 32.5 yards per kick return. He has also caught 11 passes for 61 yards.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Alabama has the best 1-2 punch at running back in the nation in reigning Heisman winner Mark Ingram and Trent Richardson. Ingram has averaged 154 yards a game since returning from an injury and Richardson is averaging 7.6 yards a carry.<\/p>\n

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Most seasons the Red River Rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma has national title implications, and this year\u2019s still might \u2013 if Oklahoma wins. The Longhorns\u2019 shocking home blowout loss to UCLA last week killed Texas\u2019 chances of getting back to the title game, but UT can still win the Big 12 again \u2014 and the winner of this game probably gets to the conference championship game as usual. OU is a 3.5-point favorite on Bodog\u2019s NCAA Football Odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Texas entered that game with the Bruins with the nation\u2019s No. 2 rushing defense, and all UCLA did was run for 264 yards in the 34-12 win \u2013 easily the biggest surprise of the early season. It was the Horns\u2019 first home loss since 2007 against Kansas State and their fewest points scored at home since a 12-7 loss to Texas A&M in 2006. And that doesn\u2019t bode well Saturday. In the last five years, Texas is 4-1 in the game prior to Oklahoma. The year they lost, to Kansas State in 2007, the Longhorns went on to lose to the Sooners for their only loss in the past five games in the series.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma enters 4-0 but is either lucky or good. Other than a blowout of Florida State, every OU game has been close, including last week\u2019s 31-29 escape at Cincinnati. Other than that Seminoles game, the Sooners have beaten their other three opponents by 12 points combined. Oklahoma has been outscored 41-10 in the fourth quarter this season.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the best matchup to watch Saturday is Oklahoma WR Ryan Broyles against a Texas secondary many believe might be the best in the nation. Broyles has 41 receptions (next-highest on the team is 16) for 482 yards, an average of 120.5 a game, with four touchdowns. Against the Bearcats, Broyles had his seventh straight 100-yard receiving game and his 11th<\/sup> straight game with at least seven catches.<\/p>\n

Both teams enter the game ranked among The Associated Press Top 25 for the 34th<\/sup> time with Oklahoma holding a 16-14-3 edge. While the game is at a neutral site in Dallas, the Sooners will technically be the home team this year.<\/p>\n

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Florida vs. Alabama and Texas vs. Oklahoma are two huge rivalries that Bodog Sportsbook previews. Is Florida-Alabama the most important game in college football now? It\u2019s hard to argue, considering the winner between these two has won the past two national championships. In fact, this will be the third straight year that one of the … Continue reading Half Bets: Florida vs. Alabama and Texas vs. Oklahoma<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8307","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=8307"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8309,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8307\/revisions\/8309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}