Alabama is favored by 24 points against Mississppi State

[TIDE-HSV]

If we beat them by 36, it'll all be on the refs. I can tell you that now...

 

[BAMA1979]

I just noticed Oregon is favored by 47.5 against Colorado. Wow!!!

I know Colorado is dreadful and Oregon scores points quickly, but that is a very high line for a conference game. I can't recall a higher conference game line.

I'll take Oregon. Colorado is incredibly bad. USC just covered a 40+ point line against Colorado yesterday.

 

[Jessica4Bama]

The way we have been playing, we should be favored by at least 2 TD's in all our remaining games. Just my opinion of course.

 

[Alabama22]

As odd as it seems to say about an undefeated opponent, Miss St. is a classic trap game, between Tn and LSU. I'll be happily surprised if we cover that high a spread.

Agreed totally. I'd be overjoyed if we can beat MSU by 24 or more points. They have played us very tough in recent years...especially last year.

 

[KrAzY3]

I expect Alabama to beat MSU by double digits, but I think 24 is a stretch. They are a fundamentally sound football team. Remember, Alabama beat Ole Miss 33-14, and Miss. State appears to have a better defense than Ole Miss.

 

[Tide1986]

Good point. I hadn't realized he'd only thrown one pick so far himself. Impressive considering MSU's historic struggles at the positions. Let's see if we can bait him into throwing two!

While I also have tempered expectations (not expecting a 24-point victory), the level of competition that MSU has faced probably has something to do with there being virtually no interceptions thrown by MSU.

 

[single wing1]

Anybody old enough to remember the 6-3 Bulldogs upset in 1980?

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Anybody old enough to remember the 6-3 Bulldogs upset in 1980?

Since I remember beating them 9-7 in 1958 after losing to them 13-25 in 1957, well, yes...

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I expect Alabama to beat MSU by double digits, but I think 24 is a stretch. They are a fundamentally sound football team. Remember, Alabama beat Ole Miss 33-14, and Miss. State appears to have a better defense than Ole Miss.

I'll play the other side of that coin. I'm looking at Miss St's schedule and I can't find a defense they've played that would challenge their offense. Also, the only offensive team they faced (Tennessee) put 31 points on their defense. I think it is safe to say our offense will put more pressure on their defense than Tennessee's did.

 

[GP for Bama]

Anybody old enough to remember the 6-3 Bulldogs upset in 1980?

Yes I do....bad day.
Bama had a very good team that year. Two weeks later we lost to hated Notre Dame 7-0 and fell out of National Title contention for the first time in 4 years.

 

[Ole Man Dan]

Anybody old enough to remember the 6-3 Bulldogs upset in 1980?

Yes I do....bad day.
Bama had a very good team that year. Two weeks later we lost to hated Notre Dame 7-0 and fell out of National Title contention for the first time in 4 years.

I was at the game for the loss to ND. It hurt.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Anybody old enough to remember the 6-3 Bulldogs upset in 1980?

Not only do I remember it, I'm still scarred from it. That was the first loss as a Tide fan I ever experienced & I lived in MSU country, er, village. There were 50,000 people at the game but they musta sold 4 million bumper stickers claiming "I was there." And they hadn't beaten us in over 20 years. They were merciless in mockery.

True story: the guy two doors up from us listened to the game. Lifelong Tide fan about 70. He listened on the radio. When the game ended he walked over & turned the radio off, sat back down in his chair and died of a heart attack.

You'll hear 6-3 all week.

 

[uofaJO1987]

I just noticed Oregon is favored by 47.5 against Colorado. Wow!!!

I know Colorado is dreadful and Oregon scores points quickly, but that is a very high line for a conference game. I can't recall a higher conference game line.

Pretty sure UF vs. Kentucky Tebow's senior year was bigger than that.

Ok I was wrong they were only a 20.5 favorite opening line for UK, but favored by 35 vs. Vandy. I knew there was a pretty huge line in a conference game for them somewhere that year.

 

[sanjosecrimson]

I'll play the other side of that coin. I'm looking at Miss St's schedule and I can't find a defense they've played that would challenge their offense. Also, the only offensive team they faced (Tennessee) put 31 points on their defense. I think it is safe to say our offense will put more pressure on their defense than Tennessee's did.

the Vols put up 31 points at Starkville. that game could have gone either way.

some ppl on this board as well as some Bama fans believe that the spread is too high, esp. with an undefeated team coming to TTown. bottom line, MSU has played nobody. they even struggled against a decent Troy team on the road. MSU front 7 is not as physical as years pass. their seconday with the 2 star CBs are the best defensive players on their squad. they have a RB that looks like every other RB that has line up at MSU. Russell is having a good season, but he has never face a Bama defense. it will be obvious Saturday.

Vegas does their homework and the -24 is put out for a reason. it might change as the weekend nears, but not by much.

Bama has been winning by an average of 33 points or more 7 straight times this season. a Bama record for those who didn't know. do not be surprise if Bama covers the spread. the team is peaking at the right team. MSU will just be the next victim in line. RTR!!

 

[BamaPokerplayer]

24 is too high. The whole Vegas knows what that are doing is bull. It is more psychology then it is math, if they did not have the built in Vig they would get crushed.

 

[Crimson57s]

Wow, lots to consider here. I'll just comment on the ones I disagree with:

I think MSST will play us a lot closer than 24. They have looked good all season and come to us undefeated. I believe we will win, but not by three touchdowns.

aTm should beat the Barn by double digits.

GA looks more like a hollow shell every week. KY, (who lost, what? 49-3 to Arky in a game that got called for bad weather in the 3rd quarter) gave GA all the fight they wanted. I say the Gators win by two touchdowns at least.

 

[Bama Reb]

Wow, lots to consider here. I'll just comment on the ones I disagree with:

I think MSST will play us a lot closer than 24. They have looked good all season and come to us undefeated. I believe we will win, but not by three touchdowns.

aTm should beat the Barn by double digits.

GA looks more like a hollow shell every week. KY, (who lost, what? 49-3 to Arky in a game that got called for bad weather in the 3rd quarter) gave GA all the fight they wanted. I say the Gators win by two touchdowns at least.

Any team can get up for one or two high-profile games per season. But doing it week in and week out and taking on all comers is seldom accomplished by any other than the hardest working teams led by the most dedicated coaching staffs. UGA, imo, doesn't meet either of those standards.

 

[RedStar]

I think were MSU not undefeated, this could be a trap game, but I doubt our team overlooks the currently #11 ranked team.

 

[bamapuppy]

I am biased towards Alabama. I never bet aganist them under any circumstances. But, I think that line might be a bit high. What if our third stringers can't add sugar points in the third quarter??

 

[GrayTide]

I expect Alabama to beat MSU by double digits, but I think 24 is a stretch. They are a fundamentally sound football team. Remember, Alabama beat Ole Miss 33-14, and Miss. State appears to have a better defense than Ole Miss.

I agree, 24 points is a lot. IMO 28-13.