Last week in their season opener, the Kentucky Wildcats hosted the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. Head coach Mark Stoops, the winningest coach in school history, began his 12th NCAA Football Betting season at the helm. Following a serious dalliance with the Texas A&M Aggies last December. Kentucky got the cash and the money in an impressive Week 1 win. Now, the South Carolina Gamecocks will visit Kroger Field for the SEC opener with the Wildcats. South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer is on a warm seat that could soon burst into an inferno.
South Carolina Gamecocks vs. Kentucky Wildcats Betting Information
| Date and Time: | Saturday, September 7, 3:30 p.m. ET |
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| Location: | Kroger Field, Lexington, KY |
| TV Coverage: | ABC |
| Team | Spread | Total | ML | |
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| South Carolina | +10½ -110 | 45 -110 | – |  |
| Kentucky | -10½ -110 | 45 -110 | – | |
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South Carolina Gamecocks Team Overview
Last game, the South Carolina Gamecocks won 23-19 against the Old Dominion Monarchs as 20.5-point home favorites. The game went under the total of 49. South Carolina has a record of 1-0 straight up, 0-1 against the spread and 0-1 over/under the offshore bookmaker total. Overall, the Gamecocks got a win but in unimpressive fashion.
Kentucky Wildcats Team Overview
Last game, the Kentucky Wildcats won 31-0 against the USM Eagles as 24.5-point home favorites. The game went under a total of 49. Kentucky has a record of 1-0 straight up, 1-0 against the spread, and 0-1 over/under the total.
Namely, Brock Vandagriff emerged from a two-hour-plus lightning delay to throw three touchdown passes in his Kentucky debut. He led a 31-0 opening-game shutout of Southern Miss on Saturday night in a game that was called for good with 9:56 remaining in the third quarter after a second delay. Initially, lightning in the area delayed the scheduled 7:45 p.m. start to 10:05 p.m. At the onset of action, the Georgia transfer took charge to throw for 169 yards and two 12-yard scores to Barion Brown in the first half. And then he tossed a five-yard score to Jordan Dingle in the third before the second lightning delay early Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, Tate Rodemaker threw for 126 yards for the Golden Eagles along with two interceptions. Correlate that one of the picks ended their best scoring chance when Kentucky’s JQ Hardaway picked off a tipped pass in the end zone with 13:37 left in the first half.
Vandagriff, making his first collegiate start, completed passes to five different receivers. Including Dane Key, who had three catches for 60 yards. Also, North Texas transfer Ja’Mori Maclin, who had two catches for 66 yards. Vandagriff’s opening drive ended when Dylan Lawrence intercepted his tipped pass. But he led the Wildcats 59 yards in 10 plays on the next, capped by his TD pass to Brown with 11:57 left in the first quarter.
Also, it was the first game for new offensive coordinator Bush Hamdan. Even in the shortened game, the Wildcat offense got plays off quicker than last year when they ranked last in FBS at 54.9 plays per contest. In sum, Hamdan’s offense ran 42 plays before the game was called. Outside of allowing three third-down conversions on one drive, the Wildcat defense was stout. Overall, they had seven tackles for loss for 22 yards. Linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson, another Georgia transfer, had an interception on Southern Mississippi’s opening drive.
South Carolina at Kentucky SBG Free Picks
There will be good betting on college football interest in this SEC matchup that the public perceives to be even. Still, Kentucky is in better NCAA Football Betting form.
South Carolina at Kentucky SBG Best Bet: Kentucky Wildcats.