LSU Tigers vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles Point Spread Picks

The Les Miles era at LSU is over. It seemed that he had all the talent in the world every year, but lacked a dominating offense. However, the defense was always a strong suit. That was apparent right out of the gate in an opening season disappointing loss to Wisconsin 16-14. The offense averages just 25 points per game, but as usual the defense is strong, allowing 14.8 ppg. Southern Mississippi is going to struggle for points here, putting a lot of pressure on an LSU offense that isn't used to racking up big points. Southern Miss has yet to see a defense even close to this, so the offense, that has been above average, will get a rude awakening, especially playing in Baton Rouge for a Saturday night game. Southern Miss is 53-33 to the UNDER in the second of back-to-back road games. The Tigers own a 20-6 UNDER mark vs. high turnover teams - those averaging more than 2.5 turnovers a game. This one stays UNDER.