{"id":18067,"date":"2011-09-28T12:32:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T17:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18067"},"modified":"2011-09-28T12:33:15","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T17:33:15","slug":"cowboys-classic-texas-am-aggies-vs-arkansas-razorbacks-college-football-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/cowboys-classic-texas-am-aggies-vs-arkansas-razorbacks-college-football-preview-18067\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Classic: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Arkansas Razorbacks College Football Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 14 Texas A&M Aggies vs. No. 18 Arkansas Razorbacks
\nSaturday, 10\/1\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 59.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 62
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Texas A&M Aggies are looking to win their first game inside Cowboys Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas A&M needs to pick itself off the mat quickly if it hopes to stop a two-year losing streak to the Arkansas Razorbacks inside Cowboys Stadium.\u00a0 The Aggies were handed a crushing 30-29 defeat by the Oklahoma State Cowboys ad 4.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 \u201cThe game changed and we had to respond to what they were doing,\u201d commented Aggies head coach Mike Sherman.\u00a0 \u201cWe weren\u2019t where we were supposed to be when were supposed to be there.\u201d\u00a0 The program will now look to pick up its first victory inside Saturday\u2019s venue, dropping the three previous trips.\u00a0 Quarterback Ryan Tannehill threw three interceptions last week, but is 274 yards from the 3,000-yard mark in total yards for his career.\u00a0 Texas A&M is 0-4 ATS on a neutral field.<\/p>\n

The Aggies will be facing a ranked opponent for the second straight game, while it has dropped its last six games against SEC foes, last winning in 1995.\u00a0 Texas A&M brought back one of the more experienced teams in the nation, as 18 of 22 starters returned, including 10 of 11 on offense.\u00a0 Defensively, the team leads the nation in sacks, averaging 4.7 a contest.<\/p>\n

Arkansas will also look to avoid dropping two games in a row, falling 48-14 as 11-point road underdogs to the Alabama Crimson Tide last week.\u00a0 The Razorbacks were out-gained by 171 yards in that contest, but still possess one of the best offensive attacks in the country.\u00a0 The team is 15-of-15 in red zone scoring and averaging 38.8 points a game.\u00a0 Arkansas is always looking to jump on its opponent, outscoring opponents by a 92-27 margin in the first half this year.\u00a0 The Razorbacks have also posted a 14-1 record in regular-season action versus non-conference opponents.<\/p>\n

The Razorbacks have been led by quarterback Tyler Wilson, who has filled in nicely for the departed Ryan Mallett.\u00a0 The junior leads the SEC with 1,007 passing yards and has completed 66.9 percent of his passes.\u00a0 Arkansas is dangerous when putting the ball in the air, throwing a touchdown pass in 21 straight games, which is the sixth-longest active streak nationally.\u00a0 The team\u2019s 98 total first downs also leads the conference.\u00a0 Petrino hopes the running attack can provide a lift in this contest, gaining just 17 yards on 19 carries versus Alabama a week ago.\u00a0 \u201cWhen we tried to run the ball, we didn\u2019t do a very good job of doing that,\u201d he commented after the game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Razorbacks due to their 7-2 ATS mark versus Big 12 Conference foes, while the Aggies are 0-6-1 ATS versus SEC opponents.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 14 Texas A&M Aggies vs. No. 18 Arkansas Razorbacks Saturday, 10\/1\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 59.5 Current Total:\u00a0 62 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Texas A&M needs to pick itself off the mat quickly if it hopes to stop a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2448,5485,3711,1145,5457],"class_list":["post-18067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-cowboys-stadium","tag-ryan-tannehill","tag-texas-am-aggies","tag-tyler-wilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18067","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=18067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18069,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18067\/revisions\/18069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}