Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt: Key Insights for Today's Game

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00:00Kentucky and Vanderbilt, Joe, let's get down to the business here.

00:02Nine-and-a-half point line opener is a favorite towards Vanderbilt.

00:05Eight-and-a-half now, 53-and-a-halves to 54-and-a-halves in the marketplace right now.

00:09Dago Pavia and the boys, again, still outlying shots here to maybe make a college football playoff run.

00:16Yeah, and this is going to be a difficult game.

00:17This is one of my better bets today.

00:19I like Kentucky.

00:20I took it at eight-and-a-half.

00:21I also took it up on an alt line to ten-and-a-half.

00:24We talk about Vanderbilt not being able to beat Kentucky at home since 2015.

00:30Four straight meetings they've lost in Nashville.

00:33You look at this rivalry.

00:35It goes back and forth.

00:36Traditionally a very close game.

00:38But the way Kentucky's playing, they've won three straight, Donnie,

00:41by an average margin of victory of 23.3 points per game.

00:45They're not just doing it offensively, running the football.

00:48They're actually doing it on the defensive side of the ball.

00:50Last four games, five games, they've held opposing offenses to only 108 rushing yards per game.

00:57When you limit Vanderbilt and keep them under 200, you're in games from start to finish.

01:03Those are the games where Vanderbilt struggles and really hasn't covered.

01:07I like Kentucky here.

01:08I don't know if they get the upset.

01:10But you want to give me over a touchdown on the road with a team that's fighting for bowl contention?

01:15I'll take Mark Stoops.

01:16He's also coaching for his job.

01:18Give me the Wildcats.

01:19This could be a major upset today.

01:21Rudderless ship there down in Florida.

01:23We're talking about Jacksonville, or excuse me, down in Gainesville.

01:26Tennessee and Florida are going to play today, Joe.

01:27Look at this line.

01:28Only a three-and-a-half-point favorite here for Tennessee in the swamp.

01:32That total, Joe, 58-and-a-half points.

01:35Are we primed for an upset here?

01:36No, I don't know.

01:37Here's the thing.

01:38I really like Tennessee.

01:39Again, this is the bailout game just in case, right?

01:41So let me ask you.

01:43Florida has two home games left.

01:45Okay, they cover against Ole Miss.

01:46That was a public play.

01:48A lot of people that were sharp liked Florida last week.

01:51They get the cover.

01:51They lose it by 10.

01:52Yeah.

01:53They have two home games left.

01:54This team is dead and buried, not going to a bowl.

01:56Are they getting in the two rivalry games?

01:58Yep.

01:58Are they getting up for Tennessee?

02:00Or are they getting up for Florida?

02:01They're in-state rival that these kids go to high school with.

02:04They know better.

02:05They're going to get up for the Florida, I believe, the Florida State game.

02:09They have problems moving the football.

02:10Well, I know they stepped up against Georgia, but you have the SEC's leading passer in Joey

02:16Aguilar, 2,900-plus passing yards.

02:19You have better athletes on the offensive side of the ball for Tennessee.

02:22This game went into overtime last year because of Nico, his inefficiency in the passing attack.

02:28They could have blown him out.

02:29They didn't.

02:30And that's why Tennessee struggled.

02:32Lay in 3-1⁄2, Donnie.

02:34Don, this line was 16-1⁄2, 17-1⁄2 last year in Knoxville.

02:39Now it's only 3-1⁄2 with a better quarterback?

02:42Tennessee rolls.

02:43Yeah, it seems like, and you're right, there is two games left here for Florida.

02:46It's not like, hey, you're playing Samford this week.

02:47Both at home.

02:48Both at home.

02:49Yeah, both rivalry games.

02:50We'll see if they can get up for it.

02:51I just look at that line myself and say, boy, it does seem a little bit short right now

02:54as it plays out.

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