Alabama opens as a 2.5 point road favorite against LSU

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The magical computers of Vegas like us this weekend. Hopefully this a good sign of things to come this weekend!
I'm somewhat shocked we're a favorite but at the end of the day Vegas is about the money so if there's too much money on one side they'll change the spread to get money on the other.
 

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I'm somewhat shocked we're a favorite but at the end of the day Vegas is about the money so if there's too much money on one side they'll change the spread to get money on the other.
Barring an injury of a major player, this line won't move much. Vegas doesn't like to swap across the 0 line often. If anything you have a better chance of the game closing at Alabama -3.5. Personally I'd be shocked to see it dip any further than Bama -2 before kickoff...
 
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I do not gamble, but I think I'd take LSU and the points.
LSU strength (experienced quarterback) lines up well with Alabama's weakness. (defensive secondary).
Pre-season this was without a doubt the big ? on this team. Over the last few games I have seen major improvements, still not perfect by any means, and I can't glaringly say that they are the weakness of the team. We will definitely get a realistic picture of where they are in their development on Saturday though.
 

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Pre-season this was without a doubt the big ? on this team. Over the last few games I have seen major improvements, still not perfect by any means, and I can't glaringly say that they are the weakness of the team. We will definitely get a realistic picture of where they are in their development on Saturday though.
That's true. Bama's secondary was a question mark and has now improved a good bit.
I think that if Nussmeier is not under pressure, he can pick apart even a good secondary.
On the other hand, if you can get Nussmeier on his back within 1.2 seconds of the snap, you can survive having no secondary at all.
 
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That's true. Bama's secondary was a question mark and has now improved a good bit.
I think that if Nussmeier is not under pressure, he can pick apart even a good secondary.
On the other hand, if you can get Nussmeier on his back within 1.2 seconds of the snapp, you can survive having no secondary at all.
We're going to see how much they've improved this weekend, unless like you said we can get rush on him quick.
 

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again, the LSU night game makes a big difference. I wonder how vegas would calculate this if the game was being played at Bama at night
 

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That's true. Bama's secondary was a question mark and has now improved a good bit.
I think that if Nussmeier is not under pressure, he can pick apart even a good secondary.
On the other hand, if you can get Nussmeier on his back within 1.2 seconds of the snap, you can survive having no secondary at all.
Knowing CKW, he isn't going to pull a Golding and drop 8 into coverage. You can best believe we will be sending the house more times than not Saturday. Do we get there on time will be the question...
 

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Barring an injury of a major player, this line won't move much. Vegas doesn't like to swap across the 0 line often. If anything you have a better chance of the game closing at Alabama -3.5. Personally I'd be shocked to see it dip any further than Bama -2 before kickoff...
Pretty clever too. Every cajun in the country is going to bite on that line. As a Tide fan, I'd sit this one out. Just don't know which team is going to show up.
 
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