Sportsbooks along the Gulf Coast, next door to Louisiana, are inundated with bets on LSU. At the Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi -- just over a two-hour drive from Baton Rouge
85% of the bets and 92% of the money is on LSU
"We're predominantly purple," said Will Hall, sportsbook manager at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi.