{"id":67583,"date":"2024-08-25T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=67583"},"modified":"2024-08-25T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T20:00:00","slug":"kentucky-has-been-profitable-favorite-in-season-openers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/kentucky-has-been-profitable-favorite-in-season-openers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky has been profitable favorite in season openers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky football will open the 2024 campaign on Saturday night at Kroger Field facing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/coach\/will-hall-131543\/\">Will Hall<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s Southern Miss program. The Wildcats will be laying a lot of points in this matchup. Recent history tells us that is not necessarily a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p>For those who like to sprinkle some hard earned money on some college football betting spreads, Kentucky in season openers has been a rewarding principle.<\/p>\n<p>In non-conference home openers, Kentucky has covered four straight as a double-digit favorite at Kroger Field.<\/p>\n<p>2019: Kentucky (-11) vs. Toledo | Wildcats 38, Rockets 24<\/p>\n<p>2021: Kentucky (-31) vs. ULM | Wildcats 45, Warhawks 10<\/p>\n<p>2022: Kentucky (-15) vs. Miami (Ohio) | Wildcats 37, RedHawks 13<\/p>\n<p>2023: Kentucky (-25) vs. Ball State | Wildcats 44, Cardinals 14<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky needed a late <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/ray-davis-99114\/\">Ray Davis<\/a><\/strong> touchdown scamper to beat the number last season against Ball State, but a cover is a cover. The Wildcats have had a strong run recently riding some big second halves to beat the spread. <\/p>\n<p>Will that growing trend continue this season?<\/p>\n<p>The Wildcats are currently a 27.5 point favorite against Southern Miss with a total of 50.5. That\u2019s a projected final score of 39-11.5. The number is big, but Kentucky is 12-6 against the spread (ATS) as a double-digit favorite since 2019. Southern Miss is just 6-8 ATS as a double-digit underdog under Hall. <\/p>\n<p>Could Kentucky cover another big number again? Recent history says yes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want more coverage of the Cats? Join the KSR Club.<\/h2>\n<p>KSR has been delivering UK Sports news in the most ridiculous manner for almost two decades. Now, you can get even more coverage of the Cats with KSR+. Now is the perfect time to join our online community. Subscribe now for premium articles, in-depth scouting reports, inside intel, bonus recruiting coverage, and access to KSBoard, our message board featuring thousands of Kentucky fans around the globe.\u00a0Come join the club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/kentucky-wildcats\/join\/\"><strong><em>Take advantage of our KSR+ HOMEGROWN Special to get bonus coverage of the Cats, including football transfer portal rumblings, basketball game threads, in-depth scouting reports, and the latest recruiting intel. Use promo code HOMEGROWN for 50% off the annual price.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/kentucky-wildcats\/news\/kentucky-football-week-one-preview-college-football-gambling\/\">Kentucky has been profitable favorite in season openers<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky football will open the 2024 campaign on Saturday night at Kroger Field facing Will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67618,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67583\/revisions\/67618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}