{"id":9095,"date":"2012-08-19T08:52:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T12:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bankrollsports.com\/blog\/?p=9095"},"modified":"2012-08-19T18:35:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T22:35:39","slug":"2012-lsu-vs-arkansas-picks-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bankrollsports.com\/blog\/2012-lsu-vs-arkansas-picks-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 25 NCAA Football Matchups: #6 LSU @ Arkansas 11\/23\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2012 Top 25 College Football Games of the Year<\/span><\/a>
\n#6 LSU Tigers @ Arkansas Razorbacks<\/strong>
\nLSU (-3.5) @ Arkansas<\/strong><\/div>\n

\"LSUThe LSU Tigers and the Arkansas Razorbacks play against each other every single season, and they have always have something special on the line. This one is played the day after Thanksgiving every year, and though things are changing in the SEC, at least this SEC West clash isn’t changing. The Hogs and the Bayou Bengals have had some great battles over the years, last year of which was definitely no exception when they were ranked No. 1 and No. 3 in the nation. This could be the same sort of game this year, though both of these teams feel like they have taken a step backwards. This clash in Fayetteville could be a great college football matchup, and that’s why this is one of our Top 25 NCAA football games of the year.<\/p>\n

LSU Tigers @ Arkansas Razorbacks Picks & Info<\/span><\/strong>
\nLSU Tigers @ Arkansas Razorbacks Date<\/strong>: Friday, November 23rd
\nLSU Tigers @ Arkansas Razorbacks Location<\/strong>: Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR
\nLSU Tigers @ Arkansas Razorbacks Spread<\/strong>: LSU Tigers -3.5<\/p>\n

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The Tigers know that they are going to have one of the best defenses in the country this year, not that that is all that much of an exception from last year. The ‘D’ really didn’t have a bad game last year at all. In the end, it was the offense that failed LSU in the BCS National Championship Game and cost it the season. Now, both of the top corners from last year are gone, and that could be a bit problematic. We know that the Bayou Bengals might have some issues offensively, too. QB Zach Mettenberger is going to be leading the team on the field to start this season, and odds have it, he’ll still be the man that has to stick around with one of the most efficient offenses in the nation. RB Spencer Ware is going to be carrying the ball a ton, and there are going to be a lot of other backs that see the rock as well.<\/p>\n

LSU Tigers vs. Arkansas Razorbacks Past Games (Since 1995)<\/span><\/strong>
\n2011: LSU 41 \u2013 Arkansas 17
\n2010: Arkansas 31 \u2013 LSU 23
\n2009: LSU 33 \u2013 Arkansas 30
\n2008: Arkansas 31 \u2013 LSU 30
\n2007: Arkansas 50 \u2013 LSU 48
\n2006: LSU 31 \u2013Arkansas 26
\n2005: LSU 19 \u2013 Arkansas 17
\n2004: LSU 43 \u2013 Arkansas 14
\n2003: LSU 55 \u2013 Arkansas 24
\n2002: Arkansas 21 \u2013 LSU 20
\n2001: LSU 41 \u2013 Arkansas 38
\n2000: Arkansas 14 \u2013 LSU 3
\n1999: LSU 35 \u2013 Arkansas 10
\n1998: Arkansas 41 \u2013 LSU 14
\n1997: LSU 31 \u2013 Arkansas 21
\n1996: LSU 17 \u2013 Arkansas 7
\n1995: LSU 28 \u2013 Arkansas 0<\/p>\n

The Hogs had their chance last year at the BCS National Championship Game, and though they ran through the rest of their schedule to 11 wins without a defeat, they weren’t able to take down either LSU or Alabama, and they quite frankly didn’t come close on either account. This year, the game against the Bayou Bengals is going to be at home, where Arkansas doesn’t lose all that often, and that is going to make this all the more special of a game, especially after last year’s beat down in Baton Rouge. QB Tyler Wilson has to remember what it was like going against the LSU defense, which totally shut him down and held the Razorbacks down to just 17 points, and he has to know that he is going to have to do more than that to win this game this year. His receivers should be fine by the time this one kicks off, unlike the problems that could come early in the year against Alabama. Defensively, the Hogs aren’t going to be allowing 41 points in this game again, and that should make matters all the more palatable for Wilson and this offense as well.<\/p>\n

LSU @ Arkansas Free Picks^^<\/span><\/strong>: There are a few things that we really have to consider here when we back Arkansas. For starters, this game is in Fayetteville, where the Hogs have won back to back games against the Bayou Bengals. Secondly, and perhaps as important as anything else, if you take away last year’s game, six straight meetings were decided by eight points or fewer, and four of those six were decided by three points or fewer. Needless to say, that means that we are going to want these points on our side, and we think that we are going to have the team that can win this game outright as well.<\/p>\n

^^<\/strong>Disclaimer: Our college football picks by our sports blog writers are independent of those from our Expert NCAA Football Handicappers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>. All NCAA football odds and lines in our Top 25 are from the month of August, and those lines could and likely will change by the time the game kicks off.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

You won’t want to miss our LSU @ Arkansas picks when our expert college football handicappers have them posted on the week of 11\/23\/12.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out our Top 25 NCAA Football Games of the Year on the college football odds and our initial NCAA football picks for Game #6: LSU @ Arkansas<\/p>\n

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