Florida Gators (3-1) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (4-0)
October 2, 2021 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: Kentucky Wildcats +8.5 / Florida Gators -8.5; Over/Under: 54.5
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The Florida Gators and the Kentucky Wildcats square off in a SEC college football contest Saturday from Kroger Field.
The Florida Gators will try to build on a 38-14 win over the Tennessee Volunteers in their last game. Emory Jones has thrown for 459 yards, 2 touchdowns and 5 picks while also rushing for 232 yards. Anthony Richardson’s thrown for 192 yards and 2 TDs as well while leading the Gators with 275 rushing yards and Malik Davis is Florida’s 3rd 200+ yard rusher on the campaign. Jacob Copeland leads Florida with 7 grabs for 200 yards and a pair of touchdowns. On defense, Mohamoud Diabate leads Florida with 18 total tackles while Zachary Carter has a team-high 3 sacks this season.
The Kentucky Wildcats will be out to build on a 16-10 win over South Carolina in their last game. Will Levis has thrown for 800 yards, 7 touchdowns and 4 interceptions on 64.6% passing while Chris Rodriguez Jr. has a team-high 376 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns this season. Wan’Dale Robinson leads the Wildcats with 18 catches for 337 yards while Josh Ali has 12 catches for 219 yards this season. Defensively, Carrington Valentine, DeAndre Square, Yusuf Corker and Jacquez Jones each have 17 total tackles while J.J. Weaver has a team-high 3 sacks.
Florida is 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 13-6-1 ATS in their last 20 conference games while the over is 9-3 in their last 12 games following a win. Kentucky is 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 conference games and 12-3-1 ATS in their last 16 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 home games.
I’ll say it once and I’ll say it until I’m blue in the face, I’m not impressed with Florida this season. I don’t believe in the Emory Jones hype and I think that the Gators are dare I say, overrated. I like the direction Kentucky is headed and I think the Wildcats are headed. This is easily a game that the Wildcats could keep within a touchdown, so give me Kentucky and the points here.
