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Gambling911.com has your Southern Mississippi vs. Kentucky free College Football pick for Saturday September 2. Get more free picks from Tony at TonyGeorgeSports.com here.
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Southern Miss @ Kentucky *Saturday 7:30 EST
The CFB kicked off last week with a game that landed right on the Las Vegas Line, Cal winning by 20 over Hawaii. There are games Thursday through Monday this week, so buckle the chinstraps and let’s talk some action. This weekend I have a match-up I feel the oddsmakers in Las Vegas have not given enough credit to the underdog, and that team is Southern Miss. With 14 starters back, this is a team that again will contend for a conference championship, as they lost last year to a good Western Kentucky team in the title game in a shootout. Yes, it is SEC versus a mid-major conference, but this is not Wildcat Basketball, it is Wildcat Football and Mark Stoops is on the hot seat at Kentucky.
Southern Miss is a solid veteran team, and QB Nick Mullens (38 TD passes in 2015) is a flat out stud with 14 starters back from a conference division winning team. His offensive coordinator ironically is Shane Dawson, who Mark Stoops at Kentucky fired last year, and no doubt has some motivation to beat Stoops and knows the Kentucky team inside and out, and that is an advantage! Jay Hopsen, former So. Miss Defensive Coordinator takes over the reins at head coach at Southern Miss, and word is the transition has been seamless and Southern Miss is a well-conditioned team with experience, a rock solid RB in Ito Smith who gained over 1100 yards last year, and averaged 6.6 yards per carry.
The setup here is a veteran team with massive offensive potential on the ground and through the air catching big points, and that is always worth a long look. Add in the fact their QB Mullens is better than Kentucky’s Drew Barker, and the fact this is a young Kentucky team that will start on the OL and DL, 7 Freshman or Sophomores, and you have a perfect storm brewing Lexington this Saturday and the Golden Eagles will no doubt provide a very stiff challenge for Kentucky, even on the road.
I will not come out and say Southern Miss can upset the Kentucky Wildcats, but catching almost a TD on the Las Vegas Line is more than sufficient reason to grab the points and the underdog in this game. A Southern Miss win would not surprise me one bit.
FREE Selection on Southern Miss +6.5
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