LSU vs. Arkansas: Top 10 Team Battle with Critical Impacts

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00:00LSU now a top 10 team ranked eighth in the country and they take that new

00:07ranking on the road to match up against Arkansas. Joe Lisi, this line has been

00:13all over the place all week two and a half at its open always under a field

00:18goal became a virtual pick'em just about 48 hours ago and now on this Saturday as

00:24we get ready for prime time in Fayetteville working back to the Bayou

00:28Bengals a two and a half point spread and if you want to keep it under that

00:31flat number of three you got to play a pretty you got to pay a pretty hefty

00:36penny of juice on that number how do you believe LSU and Arkansas match up

00:42tonight in Fayetteville? Well close game last two games have been decided by a

00:45total of six points three points apiece last year was 34 31 KJ Jefferson lit up

00:51that secondary but you got Arkansas coming out of a bye week last win was

00:56against Tennessee that was a dominant defensive effort to contain Nikko to

01:00only 14 points and the Volunteers they shut down the rushing attack made them

01:04one-dimensional and on the flip side Nussmeier only 47% completion

01:09percentage if you watch an LSU game and Kevin can attest you need a bottle of

01:12Tums because they you know South Carolina Ole Miss it doesn't get closer

01:19than that they've won seven of the last eight in the series I'll say this this

01:23is one of my better picks for the day I really like LSU and it's not for the

01:26offensive perspective it's for the defense we saw them step up six sacks

01:32last week a total of 19 Ben over the last four weeks that defense is flying

01:36sideline to sideline they're getting off the field on third downs and if Nussmeier

01:41does find some success early that could open up the rushing attack I love Sam

01:45Pittman I love Arkansas I just think they're a little overmatched in this

01:49matchup the fact that it's under three I think LSU wins by a touchdown LSU is

01:54two SEC wins they're both by a field goal if you like Arkansas find the three

02:00maybe pay yeah it's not a bad idea I looked at this game and spread math

02:06tells me LSU is probably not getting a lot of credit heading into this game and

02:10then I wrote in my little you know I talked to myself I know it's maybe I'm

02:13not so like unless Sam Pittman's great off a bye I probably got to play the

02:16Tigers and then it's just hahaha Sam Pittman is a monster off a bye he is a

02:21monster off a bye completely step away here because I do like this LSU team I

02:27do I have futures like you on them to win the conference this though even for

02:32the playoff backers have to have this game because what follows is A&M and

02:38Bama and if you win this game you can survive that split but I think that's a

02:43I don't think LSU I don't know I'm really struggling to see a world with

02:47what I've seen from them that they're going to sweep at A&M and hosting

02:51Alabama yeah you pair in an Arkansas and again like the Razorbacks might get

02:56ranked if they beat LSU here it's still not going to be something where you hold

03:00your head like hey man come on that was a great team like no you lost and that's

03:04not good enough here huge one for LSU season kind of lean Razorbacks a huge

03:10one for LSU season and they be Colin will pick suey as an underdog for and Oh

03:16against the spread as a dog this year two of those outright victories the

03:21upset in a big way against Tennessee and an early season win against Auburn

03:26they're covering by nearly eight and a half points per game as an underdog with

03:31Sam Pittman since the start of 2020 21 and 9 ATS it is the best among power

03:37conference programs in all of the sport LSU this year as a favorite one and four

03:44against the number but Joe to your point about defense the numbers on LSU are not

03:49great with a fourth worst scoring defense still in the SEC allowing more

03:53than 22 points per game third worst total defense but it's much improved

03:58from where it was a season ago six sacks last week did you see the stat line for

04:02LSU's wit weeks by the way 18 total tackles a bunch of sacks and a couple of

04:07tackles for loss in that game against Ole Miss news for Arkansas quickly here

04:13tailing green who was injured in the fourth quarter of the upset against the

04:17Vols use the by week to get healthy expected to play Joe how much of a

04:21challenge do tailing green and you Quinton Jackson present to this Tigers

04:25do he's athletic so if he catches the edge the way he did against Oklahoma

04:29State he could take a game over just the way Jalen Milrow does and that opens

04:33up the play-action passing attack they need to contain tailing green keep them

04:37in long third down still struggles with completion percentage

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