Dave Portnoy: ‘I am Placing $205K on Vanderbilt Beating LSU’

There’s a top-25 SEC showdown in Nashville this weekend, as No. 10 LSU takes on No. 17 Vanderbilt — and Dave Portnoy brought his wallet for the occasion.

“It was an ’empty the barrel’ … [I’m putting] $205,000 on Vandy. If I had $1 million within the account, it will have been $1 million. I really like Vandy,” Portnoy mentioned on “Massive Midday Kickoff.”

Each LSU and Vanderbilt enter their Week 8 matchup at 5-1 and with wins over South Carolina this season. The Tigers’ finest win got here on the street towards a then-ranked Clemson crew in Week 1, however in addition they misplaced to now-No. 5 Ole Miss in Week 5. In the meantime, Vanderbilt misplaced on the street to now-No. 6 Alabama two weeks in the past.

Vanderbilt is second within the SEC in scoring (43.2 factors per recreation) and fifth in complete yards (467.5 yards per recreation). Quarterback Diego Pavia has totaled 1,409 passing yards, 14 passing touchdowns, 4 interceptions and a 168.7 passer score, whereas finishing 71.4% of his passes. Pavia additionally leads the Commodores with 352 speeding yards.

On the opposite aspect, LSU’s protection ranks third within the convention in factors allowed (11.8 per recreation) and sixth in complete yards (297.0 per recreation).

LSU is 25-7-1 within the all-time collection towards Vanderbilt, with the Tigers having gained every of the previous 10 matchups, together with a 24-17 victory at house final season. Vanderbilt’s final win towards LSU got here in 1990.

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