{"id":31606,"date":"2011-01-03T13:14:10","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T21:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=31606"},"modified":"2011-01-03T13:14:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T21:14:10","slug":"odds-sugar-bowl-free-pick-3111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/odds-sugar-bowl-free-pick-3111\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Sugar Bowl: Ohio St. vs. Arkansas Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allstate Sugar Bowl: #6 Ohio State vs #8 Arkansas Preview<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Buckeyes vs. Razorbacks Handicapping Matchup<\/h3>\n

Date\/Time: <\/strong>Tuesday, Jan. 4 2011, 8.30 pm EST
\nVenue: <\/strong>Superdome, New Orleans LA
\nOhio State Buckeyes (11-1) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (10-2) Betting Lines from Sportsbook.com<\/strong>
\nMoneyLine: <\/strong>Ohio St -160, Arkansas +140
\nNCAA Betting Favorite: <\/strong>Ohio St (-3.5) Arkansas (+3.5)
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong>57
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Ohio State<\/strong><\/p>\n

Controversy swirled around the Buckeyes recently as five key players including star QB Terrelle Pryor, RB Dan Herron and WR DeVier Posey were suspended for the first five games of next season for receiving improper benefits. There was talk of head coach Jim Tressel sitting some, or all of the players for the bowl game, which would have drastically changed this match-up. The players made the trip to New Orleans and it looks like we\u2019ll see Pryor and Co. versus Arkansas.<\/p>\n

Those three offensive players, along with WR Dane Sanzenbacher (who has produced long enough to finally be a household name) provide the fuel for Ohio State\u2019s strong attack. The Scarlet and Gray are 11th<\/sup> in the nation in points for and though the offense leans more toward the rush than the pass, Pryor and friends can beat you both ways.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes characteristically mix a scoring offense with a watertight \u201cD\u201d that surrenders less than two TDs on average (good for third in the country) and features great veterans like LBs Ross Homan, Brian Rolle and DB Chimdi Chekwa. The unit is going up against one of the NCAA\u2019s elite passers in the Sugar Bowl, but if any team has the personnel to handle it, it\u2019s the Buckeyes.<\/p>\n

If Tressel decided to drop the hammer in this game, with the aim of getting the NCAA to lessen next year\u2019s suspensions, it would surely give a different perspective. But with a full line-up, Ohio State is the more talented team top to bottom. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Arkansas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ohio State has had a rough go of it against SEC teams in January bowl games; the Hogs pray that trend continues on Jan. 4.<\/p>\n

At least Arkansas has the passing game to grease the rails. Junior Ryan Mallett had a dominant 2010 and the Hogs have the third-best passing attack in the nation. The team has dynamic deep threats in WRs Jairus Wright and Joe Adams and an underrated RB in 1,000-yard rusher Knile Davis. Elsewhere, Arkansas\u2019 defense is the only unit that has been somewhat spotty, yet it usually can make enough stops seeing as Mallett is catapulting the six-pointers.<\/p>\n

This season, to finish with two losses in the murderous SEC West division is nothing to sneeze at. The Hogs haven\u2019t lost a game since Oct. 16 at Auburn, and have won most of their games in convincing fashion. Arkansas hasn\u2019t been to a Sugar Bowl since the 1979 season and its players and fans surely want this January to be one to remember.<\/p>\n

The Pick<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mallett is a specimen dripping with NFL potential, but he hasn\u2019t been totally immune to mistakes (11 INTs this season, in 2009 he had only seven with 50 more pass attempts). He will probably put up numbers in this game and put points up for the Hogs, but I see Ohio State\u2019s strong defense hassling him into some errors. If one team starts scoring, the other must keep pace \u2013 there could be more points than you\u2019d expect, but anticipate Ohio State\u2019s bowl game SEC woes to come to an end.<\/p>\n

Ohio State vs. Arkansas Score Prediction: <\/strong>Ohio State 34 Arkansas 31 (OT)
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The Ohio St. Buckeyes vs. Arkansas Razorbacks will both be trying to pick up a win in the 2011 Allstate Sugar Bowl when they battle at the Louisiana Superdome. Odds have the Buckeyes listed as 3.5-point favorites the game\u2019s total is 57\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":31344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[28750,41748,164,181,20891,42086,42087,287,470,763,17002,20925,42088,41751,42089,21868,7707,7708],"class_list":["post-31606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-28750","tag-2011-sugar-bowl","tag-betting-lines","tag-betting-trends","tag-bowl-game-predictions","tag-buckeyes-vs-razorbacks-handicapping","tag-buckeyes-vs-razorbacks-predictions","tag-cfb-picks","tag-free-pick","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaaf-bet","tag-ncaaf-spreads","tag-ohio-st-buckeyes-vs-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-ohio-st-vs-arkansas","tag-ohio-st-vs-arkansas-bowl-preview","tag-sugar-bowl-free-pick","tag-sugar-bowl-odds","tag-sugar-bowl-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31606"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31685,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31606\/revisions\/31685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}