{"id":10307,"date":"2010-11-05T16:30:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T21:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10307"},"modified":"2010-11-05T16:46:39","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T21:46:39","slug":"oklahoma-sooners-at-texas-am-college-football-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/oklahoma-sooners-at-texas-am-college-football-predictions-10307\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Sooners at Texas A&M College Football Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma Sooners at Texas A&M Aggies
\nSaturday, 11\/6\/2010, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 60.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 61
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Oklahoma -150 \/ Texas A&M +130<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oklahoma Sooners are three-point road favorites in their first game on the road since a loss to the Missouri Tigers in Columbia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oklahoma is coming off an impressive 43-10 home victory over Colorado and now heads on the road for the second time in three weeks to take on the Aggies.\u00a0 \u201cGoing on the road to all these Big 12 south division teams, and North, it\u2019s tough,\u201d said head coach Bob Stoops.\u00a0 \u201cBut you could ask me that the six times a year we\u2019re on the road.\u00a0 Stoops has garnered a solid 33-15 mark away from Norman during his time on the sidelines at OU.\u00a0 The Sooners lead the series 18-10, but are 4-5 at College Station.\u00a0 The team has proven victorious in each of the last seven meetings, including a 65-10 home blowout least year.\u00a0 The offense should be more than ready after rolling up 635 yards of total offense against the Buffaloes last week, including a school-record 488 yards through the air.\u00a0 The team is 4-1 ATS in its last five conference games and currently favored by three points according to the college football lines page.<\/p>\n

The Sooners have racked up yards all season long and rank No. 14 in the nation in total offense by averaging 473.8 yards per game.\u00a0 Wide receiver Ryan Broyles has been a major part of the success, leading the nation in catches per game (9.75) and is third nationally in receiving yards per game (127.25).\u00a0 Defensively, the numbers aren\u2019t nearly as impressive, with the unit ranking No. 68 in total defense.\u00a0 Oklahoma\u2019s defense has been good in its last two home games, but leaves much to be desired on the road, especially when looking at the numbers in the Missouri loss.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M enters with a 5-3 overall record and will be seeking to push its record to 3-2 in conference play and gaining bowl eligibility.\u00a0 The Aggies have a quarterback controversy heading into this weekend\u2019s game due to Ryan Tannehill\u2019s record-breaking performance against Texas Tech on Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cWell, I don\u2019t know that I\u2019m the starter,\u201d he commented.\u00a0 \u201cThey haven\u2019t told me yet.\u00a0 I just have to prepare and go to practice.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s a big decision for head coach Mike Sherman to make, especially knowing that Jerrod Johnson was the preseason Big 12 offensive MVP.\u00a0 Texas A&M has a legitimate shot at an upset regardless of who\u2019s behind center and is ranked higher in total yards gained and total defense.\u00a0 The home team is 10-2 ATS in the last 12 meetings.<\/p>\n

The Aggies\u2019 623 yards of total offense against Texas Tech was the top offensive output of the Sherman era.\u00a0 Texas A&M quarterbacks have tossed at least one passing touchdown in each game this season and in their last 32 games overall.\u00a0 Turnovers will be a major factor in Saturday\u2019s contest and the squad ranks as one of the nation\u2019s most turnover-prone teams.\u00a0 With 21 lost turnovers in 2010, only seven teams have given up more turnovers than the Aggies.\u00a0 Last week, the team had a manageable three turnovers in a 45-29 win.<\/p>\n

Bettors may fade the Sooners due to their 1-6 ATS mark following an ATS win, while the Aggies are 2-8-1 ATS in their last 11 games as an underdog.<\/p>\n

The college football handicappers at Maddux Sports have a 20-unit Game of the Year going on Saturday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma Sooners at Texas A&M Aggies Saturday, 11\/6\/2010, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 60.5 Current Total:\u00a0 61 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Oklahoma -150 \/ Texas A&M +130 Oklahoma is coming off an impressive 43-10 home victory over Colorado and now heads on the road for the second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2961,3710,1146,408,3709,3711,1145],"class_list":["post-10307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-bob-stoops","tag-college-station","tag-jerrod-johnson","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-ryan-broyles","tag-ryan-tannehill","tag-texas-am-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10308,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10307\/revisions\/10308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}