Week eight offers a longstanding Southeastern Conference traditional rivalry that has lost a bit of its luster in recent years. The Alabama Crimson Tide are being touted as one of the greatest teams of all time. Indeed, Bama is toying with opponents in recent weeks and has not been truly tested. For the Tennessee Volunteers it has been a decade of misery but perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel after last week’s 30-24 win at the Auburn Tigers. Tennessee faces a rebuild under new head coach Jeremy Pruitt who will be facing the team that he served as defensive coordinator the past two years. Tennessee hosts Alabama on Saturday.
Watch this Week 8 matchup live on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. ET from Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. The game can be seen on CBS.
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No doubt about it, public sentiment will certainly be with the Crimson Tide. The only question will be if there is enough enhanced value to take a flier on the Volunteers. Tennessee should be in a good mindset after their huge win at Auburn while Alabama remains a team that has not been threatened and has not had to be sharp or fully engaged as a result. There may be some live betting opportunities on Tennessee considering how public Alabama is as a wagering value.
Current Form
Tennessee evened their record of 3-3 both straight up and against the spread after a 30-24 win at Auburn as 14.5-point dogs. The Volunteers win was no accident as they were the better, hungrier, and more prepared squad. Tennessee has split their six games on the over under board this year.
Alabama is 7-0 straight up and 4-3 against the spread after getting the money in a 39-10 home payout over Missouri last week. The Tide has gone over the total in five out of seven games this season.
Team Metrics
Alabama is the highest scoring team in the country and also ranks first for total offense. The Crimson Tide ranks seventh nationally for scoring defense.
Tennessee remains a work in process, especially on offense where they rank 98th in the country overall. The Volunteers have shown methodical improvement on defense to rank 47th overall in the nation.
ATS Trends
Alabama has not been a reliable betting value as a road chalk as evidenced by their record of 1-4 against the spread with three of their last five in that role going under the total.
But Tennessee has also been unreliable as a home dog as shown by their mark of just five covers in their last 20 games in that situation. The Vols have gone over the total in seven of their last 11 as home pups.
Head to Head
Alabama has dominated the cashier’s cage in this head to head series with just three losses against the spread in their last 14 games vs. Tennessee. Five of the last six in this head to head series have gone over the total. On the road the Crimson Tide have paid in seven of their last eight visits to Neyland Stadium with the last four games in this series at Tennessee going over the total.
The Player of Players to Watch
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is at another level compared the rest of the nation’s quarterbacks. Tua has an insane quarterback rating of 248.1 with 21 touchdown passes and no interceptions. As great as Alabama has been the past decade they have never had anywhere close to such a dynamic offense under head coach Nick Saban.
Free Live Betting ATS Pick
The big live betting question is if Tennessee can find a way to at least partially contain Tua. Beyond that can the Volunteers move the ball at least somewhat against the Tide? Value assessment will be at a premium in this one.
College Football Live Betting Odds Pick: Alabama 42, Tennessee 10
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