{"id":10927,"date":"2010-11-23T17:43:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T22:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10927"},"modified":"2010-11-23T17:43:47","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T22:43:47","slug":"texas-am-aggies-at-texas-longhorns-big-12-expert-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/texas-am-aggies-at-texas-longhorns-big-12-expert-picks-10927\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&M Aggies at Texas Longhorns Big 12 Expert Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas A&M Aggies at Texas Longhorns
\nThursday, 11\/25\/10, 8:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Texas A&M -165 \/ Texas +145<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Texas Longhorns are in a must-win situation on Thanksgiving night to keep the school's bowl appearance streak alive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas A&M heads to Austin and face an unranked Texas team for the first time since 1998, when they were defeated by the Longhorns 26-24 on a late field goal.\u00a0 The Aggies are coming off a 9-6 home win over the Nebraska on Saturday and have won five straight Big 12 Conference games.\u00a0 The team is also undefeated in the month of November for the first time since 1997, but know this week\u2019s game will be tough with its opponent bowl eligibility on the line.\u00a0 \u201cThe most important thing for us is to worry about the University of Texas and playing a great game,\u201d said head coach Mike Sherman.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019d be proud of our team if we could win Thursday night.\u201d\u00a0 This week\u2019s game will mark the 116th meeting between the two teams, with the Aggies having a 13-12 advantage over the last 25.\u00a0 Texas A&M\u2019s lone victory over Texas in Austin in the Big 12 era came in 2006 with a 12-7 victory.\u00a0 The squad is 2-0 ATS as a road favorite this year and are laying more than a field goal on the college football lines page.<\/p>\n

The Aggies resurgence this season has been directly attributed to the play of quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who has a 4-0 record as a starter, becoming the first school signal caller to win his first four starts since 1992.\u00a0 He has thrown for 10 touchdowns during the team\u2019s five-game winning streak after replacing the benched Jerrod Johnson.\u00a0 It\u2019s important not to forget that the running game has proven vital for this team\u2019s success this year, posting a perfect 8-0 record with a 100-yard individual rusher in 2010.\u00a0 In fact, the Aggies have won 11 straight when they have a 100-yard rusher over the past two years.<\/p>\n

Texas has gone to a bowl in every year since 1998 and kept that dream alive with a 51-17 win against the Florida Atlantic Owls, which also snapped a four-game losing streak.\u00a0 \u201cCoaches, players, everybody, they\u2019ve been so beaten down,\u201d said Mack Brown.\u00a0 \u201cIf you\u2019re a school that doesn\u2019t expect to win, losing is probably easy.\u00a0 It\u2019s expected.\u00a0 They just live with it.\u201d\u00a0 The victory didn\u2019t come as a surprise with the program posting a 15-0 overall mark against teams from the Sun Belt Conference and many experts believe another loss is in store this week with a much-higher caliber opponent.\u00a0 The offense went for more than 500 yards for the first time in 2010, which is strange considering the team has gone over that mark in 54 games over the last 12-plus years.\u00a0 Texas is 1-5 ATS at home this season.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns will be led on the field by a group of 20 seniors that will take the field at Texas Memorial Stadium for the last time.\u00a0 This senior class has helped the program compile a 40-11 overall record over the last four years, including posting at least 10 wins in three consecutive seasons.\u00a0 Despite the troubles at home this season, Texas is still 39-6 in tonight\u2019s venue versus league opponents during the Brown era.\u00a0 The team is also 27-10 in its last 37 games against Top 25 opponents, with five of those losses coming to Top 10 teams.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Aggies are 1-7 ATS on Thursdays, while the Longhorns are 2-9 ATS versus a team with a winning record.<\/p>\n

The college football handicappers at Maddux Sports are ready to deliver another fantastic week of winners on the gridiron.\u00a0 Start joining them today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texas A&M Aggies at Texas Longhorns Thursday, 11\/25\/10, 8:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 48 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Texas A&M -165 \/ Texas +145 Texas A&M heads to Austin and face an unranked Texas team for the first time since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3267,1146,3234,3186,3711,1145,496,3961],"class_list":["post-10927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-jerrod-johnson","tag-mack-brown","tag-mike-sherman","tag-ryan-tannehill","tag-texas-am-aggies","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-memorial-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10927","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=10927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10931,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10927\/revisions\/10931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}