Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers look to get off to a hot start against the Bruins, take on UCLA in Death Valley on Saturday.

Each week, I will use this space to tell you what I think are a few of the best bets heading into the weekend. I will also throw in an upset of the week, which will be a team that is at least a touchdown underdog that I am picking to win outright.

LSU’s secondary is atrocious, but the Tigers have decent front-seven talent behind stud linebacker Harold Perkins. The overvalued Gamecocks are due for a loss, and LSU is due for a statement victory after that brutal one-possession, buzzer-beating, prime-time loss to USC two weeks ago.