2011 Sugar Bowl Odds: Ohio State Buckeyes vs Arkansas Razorbacks

Author: Bishop Whitmore

The AllState 2011 Sugar Bowl from New Orleans features a classic Big Ten versus SEC match-up as the #6 Ohio State Buckeyes take on the #8 Arkansas Razorbacks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. ESPN will telecast the game with a scheduled start time of 8:30pm EST and online sportsbooks have opened with the Buckeyes as a 3-point favorite in Sugar Bowl picks vs the Razorbacks with an over/under betting total of 56.5. The money line at sportsbooks has opened with Ohio State as a -160 favorite in Sugar Bowl odds and Arkansas as a +140 underdog.

Ohio State is a 3-way champion of the Big Ten with Wisconsin and Michigan State and has a record of 11-1 straight up and 9-2-1 against the spread heading into 2011 Sugar Bowl picks with just 4 of their games going UNDER the total. The Buckeyes won their last 5 games while going 4-0-1 against the spread in that span. Ohio State does enter Sugar Bowl odds with controversy as key players including QB Terrelle Pryor were nailed by the NCAA for selling some of their swag. They will be suspended for the first five games of next season (if they haven't jumped to the NFL) but can play in the Sugar bowl, which has many fans and observers up in arms about selective enforcement of the rules.

The Sugar Bowl supposedly begged the NCAA to not ban key players from playing in this game. There is still a question on whether coach Jim Tressel will impose some type of sanctions on the players for this game. Bobby Petrino has no such problems at Arkansas as his Razorbacks look to be as good as their former days in the Southwest Conference as they finished 10-2 straight up and 9-3 against the spread heading into Sugar Bowl picks as field-goal favorites with 8 of their games going OVER the total. Arkansas finished the season with a big 31-23 home payout over LSU to cap off a 6-game winning and payout streak.

2011 Sugar Bowl Picks: Ohio State Buckeyes -3

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Bishop Whitmore is Editor in Chief of VegasSportsOdds.com and has been in the sports entertainment industry for the past 10 years consulting for various media outlets and sportsbooks. View daily sports reviews, poker strategies and casino rooms from Bishop Whitmore at VegasSportsOdds.com.