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Week 4: Gamecocks vs. Commodores Prediction

College Football Week 4 betting action sees the South Carolina Gamecocks taking on the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday, Sept. 20 at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville. Stay tuned to Cappers Picks as we provide free NCAAF handicapping tips all season long.

The Vanderbilt Commodores host the 14th-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday evening in a battle of SEC foes. The Commodores are playing their fourth consecutive home contest, while the Gamecocks are venturing out onto the road for the first time this season.

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Who: South Carolina Gamecocks (2-1) at Vanderbilt Commodores (1-2)
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2014
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Venue: Vanderbilt Stadium
City: Nashville, Tennessee
CFB O/U Betting Lines: 54.5
CFB Point Spread: South Carolina -22.5
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Vanderbilt has had the privilege of getting each of its first three games in Nashville, but they haven’t exactly done the most with those contests. In their first year without James Franklin, the team has looked like a shell of its former self.

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The Commodores have done a real number on bettors this season, going 0-3 against the number, with a 72-point combined discrepancy in those three games. The team seemed to be in good shape with Derek Mason coming in to replace Franklin, but it doesn’t seem that way now.

The team was lit up by not only Ole Miss, but Temple as well. In fact, the Commodores trailed the Rebels as much as 41-0 in that contest. Even in their victory they didn’t look impressive, trailing UMass by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter – and, again, that was at home.

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Mason has employed a scheme change on defense and the boys just have not taken well to it. The offense hasn’t handled the change on that side of the ball well either, and the rotating of quarterbacks hasn’t helped get any stability on that side of the ball.

The Commodore offense has seen both Patton Robinette and Stephen Rivers struggle at the position. Vanderbilt has all of five touchdowns on the season, and the offense has only produced two of them, meaning they’ve been outscored by their own defense and special teams.

As for South Carolina, they’re coming off a big win, but don’t expect them to get hit by the letdown spot.

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Steve Spurrier expressed his frustration with the defense a week ago, so the players on that side certainly have something to prove here, while the offense has a lot to work on as well.

FREE Vanderbilt vs. South Carolina ATS Pick:

Vanderbilt is really in a bad way right now, and they’re taking a major step up in class in this one. We’ve already seen the kind of trouble they’re in for when they take on elite SEC foes when they faced off against Ole Miss. Now they get a South Carolina team that is looking to build a big margin after a couple of close victories. That spells big trouble for the Commodores.

South Carolina is 4-0 ATS in their last four games following a straight up win, while Vanderbilt is 0-4 ATS in its last four home games.

The under is 5-1-1 in the last seven meetings between these teams, and it is 4-1 in the Gamecocks’ last five games following an ATS victory.

4* FREE ATS play: South Carolina -22.5, under 54.5

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