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South Carolina Gamecocks vs Oklahoma Crimson Tide: Both teams are ready for a fight

The Oklahoma Crimson Tide are hosting the South Carolina Gamecocks at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Saturday.

How good are the Gamecocks this season?

The South Carolina Gamecocks have a solid start to the season standing at 3-2. They started the season with back-to-back wins over Old Dominion and Kentucky before losing a close one to LSU. They bounced back against Akron and got smashed 27-3 to Ole Miss in the last one. LeNorris Sellers was 20 of 32 in passing and finished with 162 yards on 5.1 yards per pass.

The Crimson Tide needs to bounce back

The Alabama Crimson Tide is 4-1 for the season. They started the season beating Western Kentucky, South Florida, Wisconsin and Georgia, but what happened in the last one showed all their vulnerabilities. It should have been just another game on the schedule but the Vanderbilt Commodores won 40-35. Jalen Milroe was 18 of 24 for the night, passing for 310 yards on 12.9 yards per pass, and had a 77.9 QB rating.

Betting Trends

The Crimson Tide are 15-2 SU in their last 17 games overall, 8-0 SU in their last 8 home games and 12-1 SU in their last 13 games against teams from the SEC. They are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 games overall. Alabama has played over the total point line in 5 of their last 6 games overall, 5 of their last 7 games against South Carolina, 4 of their last 5 games against teams from the East Division and 6 of their last 9 games played in October. The Gamecocks are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games overall, 0-5 SU in their last 5 games played in October and 6-2 SU in the last 8 games played in Week 7. They are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against Alabama and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against teams from the West Division. South Carolina has played under the total point line in 6 of their last 8 games overall, 4 of their last 5 games on the road and 6 of their last 7 games against teams from the SEC.

Prediction and Conclusion

The Alabama Crimson Tide usually have a perfect record late in the season, but what happened last night when visiting Vanderbilt was not something they could expect. However, that game is in the books now, and the Crimson Tide are ready to bounce back. They will be hungrier than usual, and that will be a huge problem for the Gamecocks. The Crimson Tide will turn up the engine early on and will cover the -21.5-point spread at the end.