Southern Mississippi at South Carolina
Thursday, 7:35 pm Eastern - ESPN
The college football betting season begins on Thursday night and that means ESPN's first game of the year. They are set to televise Southern Mississippi at South Carolina. The love affair with Steve Spurrier still continues even though his South Carolina teams have done very little in five years. They have not been very exciting on offense but once again, people think this is the year for the Gamecocks to make a big step up in the SEC.
South Carolina is a 13.5 point favorite with a total of 45.5 at SBG Global.
Southern Mississippi has a very potent offense that could give South Carolina some problems on Thursday. They were 18th in scoring last season and they return two solid quarterbacks in Austin Davis and Martevious Young. They have a superb wide receiver in DeAndre Brown. The Eagles do have to replace their leading rusher and most of their offensive line so that is a concern. The defense looks solid with most of the starters from last year's squad returning.
South Carolina returns quarterback Stephen Garcia who threw for 2,862 yards with 17 touchdowns and 10 interceptions last NCAA football betting season. The receiving corps is solid with Alshon Jeffery and Tori Gurley. The team will be without star tight end Wesley Saunders who is suspended for this game so that will hurt. The South Carolina defense was 15th in the nation last year and they return seven starters. The concern is in the secondary where they do have to replace a lot of talent.
Southern Miss has been good on the road lately as they have gone 11-5 ATS in their last 16 road games but they are just 2-6 ATS in their last 8 vs. the SEC.
The Gamecocks are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 betting games in September. The Gamecocks are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 Thursday games.
Looking at the total, the Under is 4-1 in the Golden Eagles last 5 road games. The Under is 8-3 in the Golden Eagles last 11 vs. the SEC. The Under is 8-3 in the Gamecocks last 11 non-conference games. The Under is 11-5 in the Gamecocks last 16 home games.
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