College Football Week 7 Early Lines, Odds & Predictions: Mississippi State vs. Kentucky (2022)
Let’s take a look at the College Football Week 7 odds, picks, and predictions for this week’s game: Mississippi State vs. Kentucky.
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College Football Week 7 Early Odds, Picks & Prediction: Mississippi State vs. Kentucky
Kentucky QB Will Levis missed Saturday’s game versus South Carolina with turf toe, an injury he suffered the week prior. Kentucky's offense badly sputtered in a 24-14 loss, with QB2 Kaiya Sheron making his starting debut.
If Levis were active and 100 percent for Saturday, this game would be a coin flip. If Levis is out, the fair line should be Mississippi State by double-digits.
For now, Kentucky is only calling Levis "day-to-day." Oftentimes, Levis's injury keeps a player out for two weeks. When a player can come back after missing only one game, he has to play through painful symptoms.
That means that if Levis is active, you can assume that he'll be deprived of his mobility, and there might not be as much hum on his passes, planting from a compromised base.
I purchased a speculative Mississippi State ticket on Sunday when the lines dropped. Kentucky is in a bad spot until Levis returns to full health.
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Over/Under is a wager based on how many points you think will be scored in a specific game. Oddsmakers set the total, and bettors decide whether the final score will be higher or lower than that number. If an Over/Under is set at 44.5 points and you bet Over, you will need the combined score of both teams to be 45 points or higher to win your bet.
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