LSU Tigers College Football Betting
The LSU Tigers will play the Purdue Boilermakers in the Citrus Bowl on Monday, January 2, 2023. The Tigers were hoping for a lot more than the Citrus Bowl, but they finished the season with consecutive losses, as they were beaten by Texas A&M in their regular season finale and then routed by Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. The Boilermakers are coming off a loss to Michigan in the Big Ten Championship Game. LSU comes into this game at 9-4 SU and 7-6 ATS with seven games going over the total and six going under, while Purdue is 8-5 SU and 5-8 ATS with eight games going over the total and five going under. The Tigers are listed as about a touchdown favorite in Citrus Bowl odds.
NCAA Football Betting Odds
Purdue Boilermakers +8
LSU Tigers -8
Total 57.5
LSU Tigers Weekly Matchup
On Monday, January 2, 2023, the LSU Tigers play the Purdue Boilermakers in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Kickoff time is set for 1:00 p.m. ET with television coverage on ABC.
Which team can get motivated to play this game? That is oftentimes the question that has to be answered in bowl games and it applies in this game as well. The Tigers are looking to get to 10 wins and head coach Brian Kelly said that is an important goal. “I know everybody judges wins from an outside perspective. It’s been really good from my perspective as the head coach.” Kelly said to the media, “Getting to 10 wins does that, it’s kind of that mark that if you get to double digits you can walk away and everybody feels good about it. I feel like we’ve done really good things internally but definitely a win here is really important to everybody.”
LSU is averaging 32.3 points per game and averaging 442.3 yards per contest. They are giving up 23.7 points per game and they are allowing 361.2 yards per contest. Jayden Daniels leads the team in rushing with 818 yards, he has thrown for 2,774 yards, while Malik Nahers has 846 receiving yards.
Purdue is averaging 28.1 points per game and putting up 410.3 yards per contest. They are giving up 24.6 points per game and allowing 350 yards per contest. Devin Mockobee leads the team with 920 rushing yards, Aidan O’Connell has thrown for 3,481 yards, while Charlie Jones has 1,361 receiving yards.
LSU Tigers Weekly Recap
In the SEC championship game on Saturday, December 3 in Atlanta, Georgia defeated LSU 50-30 behind a passing performance by Stetson Bennett of 274 yards and four touchdowns. Kenny McIntosh had two rushing touchdowns as the Bulldogs rolled to an easy win.
Jayden Daniels threw for 208 yards with one touchdown, and one interception. He sustained a leg injury that prevented him from participating in the second half.
On LSU's opening drive of the third quarter, Garrett Nussmeier, who had taken over for Daniels, connected with Malik Nabers for a 34-yard touchdown pass to cut Georgia's advantage to 35-17. Nussmeier went 15 of 27 for 294 yards and two touchdowns.
At the end of the third quarter, Georgia had a 42-23 lead thanks to touchdown runs from McIntosh and Noah Cain of 2 and 1 yards, respectively.
Before Nussmeier connected with Jaray Jenkins on a 33-yard touchdown throw, McIntosh ran 8 yards to bring the score to 50-23.
Damian Ramos' 32-yard field goal attempt on LSU's second possession was blocked by Nazir Stackhouse, and the ball rolled inside the 5-yard line. When Georgia's Christopher Smith realized that the Tigers had given up on the play, he came closer, took control of the ball, and went 96 yards for a touchdown. Daniels threw a 53-yard TD to Kayshon Boutte to tie the score. Bennett answered with a 3-yard touchdown throw to Brock Bowers to give his team a lead of 14-7 at the end of the first quarter.
Daniels had a pass deflected twice on the opening play of the second quarter before being intercepted by Smael Mondon Jr. Bennett's 22-yard touchdown pass to Ladd McConkey on the following play gave his team a 21-7 advantage.
Prior to Ramos' 42-yard field goal, Bennett threw touchdown passes of 14 yards to Darnell Washington and 3 yards to Dillon Bell, giving the Bulldogs a 35-10 advantage at the break.
2022 LSU Tigers Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
| Sep 4 |
vs. Florida State |
L 23-24 |
0-1 |
| Sep 10 |
vs. Southern |
W 65-17 |
1-1 |
| Sep 17 |
vs. Mississippi State |
W 31-16 |
2-1 |
| Sep 24 |
vs. New Mexico |
W 38-0 |
3-1 |
| Oct 1 |
at Auburn |
W 21-17 |
4-1 |
| Oct 8 |
vs. Tennessee |
L 13-40 |
4-2 |
| Oct 15 |
at Florida |
W 45-35 |
5-2 |
| Oct 22 |
vs. Mississippi |
W 45-20 |
6-2 |
| Oct 29 |
OFF |
| Nov 5 |
vs. Alabama |
W 32-31 (OT) |
7-2 |
| Nov 12 |
at Arkansas |
W 13-10 |
8-2 |
| Nov 19 |
vs. UAB |
W 41-10 |
9-2 |
| Nov 26 |
at Texas A&M |
L 23-38 |
9-3 |
| Dec 3 |
vs. Georgia (SEC Championship) |
L 30-50 |
9-4 |
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