12:03 pm
September 26

#23 Kentucky @ #8 Auburn

Who will WIN this matchup?

#23 Kentucky Wildcats

@ #8 Auburn Tigers

 

Current odds:

Kentucky Wildcats: (+210)

Auburn Tigers: (-250)

 

• The line for this game is Auburn by 7 points.

• Quarterback Bo Nix will look to begin building on a solid first season when No. 8 Auburn opens the season at home against No. 23 Kentucky on Saturday in SEC play. Nix set school freshman records of 2,542 passing yards and 16 touchdown passes but the belief is his ceiling is much higher. Nix certainly took care of the ball with just six interceptions. He enters the season with a school-record streak of 191 thrown passes without an interception, which is the second-best active streak nationally behind Clemson star Trevor Lawrence (276).

• The Tigers (9-4, 5-3 SEC in 2019) also reached the 50-point mark four times during Nix’s initial campaign. That ties for second in program history behind the six 50-point outings Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton put on the board during the school’s 2010 national championship season.

• Kentucky (8-5, 3-5 in 2019) will have senior Terry Wilson back behind center after he missed the final 11 games of last season after tearing the patellar tendon in his right knee against Eastern Michigan in the second contest of the season. Wilson isn’t a big thrower but the Wildcats primarily were a run-first operation that couldn’t stretch the field without him. In 2018, Wilson completed 67.2 percent of his passes for 1,889 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

• The Wildcats are just 6-26-1 all-time against the Tigers and 2-12 when visiting Auburn.

• Capacity for Jordan-Hare Stadium has been reduced to approximately 17,500 for the opener, and Auburn students will make up the bulk of the people inside the stadium.

• Auburn’s top returning defender is senior middle linebacker K.J. Britt, who had 69 tackles (10 for loss) while earning first-team All-SEC honors last season. Kentucky’s defense is led by senior outside linebacker Jamar “Boogie” Watson, who has 13.5 career sacks.

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#8 Auburn Tigers
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