LSU heads to Lexington next week carrying the kind of spread that says oddsmakers expect a comfortable night.
According to the Polymarket App, the Tigers are opening as 9.5-point favorites, with the total set at 54.5. That projects to a 30.5-19.5 LSU win.
Lane Kiffin’s team arrives at 4-1 after a 63-14 home win over McNeese on Saturday. The lone loss came in Week 3 at No.
8 LSU, where the Tigers fell 32-24 in Oxford. Their other wins have come against Clemson, Louisiana Tech and No.
23 Texas A&M.
After the McNeese game, Kiffin pointed to the way his team handled the second half and the chance to get more bodies involved. “I know you’re supposed to win these games big, but that doesn’t always happen.
Or maybe you do well in the first quarter, first half, but you come out flat in the third quarter. I thought our guys really responded well out of the locker room.
Played really good early third quarter,” Kiffin said. “So it was good to see a lot of guys make plays.
A lot of snaps for guys, which was the goal.
“The goal is to get up, but then to evaluate these guys because they’re going to need to play with the injuries that we have down the stretch. Now you’ve got seven conference games in a row. So, 101 plays of offense, a lot of snaps for backups to get in there and do some things.”
The matchup at Kroger Field is set for Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. It will be a top-25 game, and it also marks the start of Will Stein’s debut season with the Wildcats.
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