{"id":18534,"date":"2011-10-12T20:54:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T01:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18534"},"modified":"2011-10-12T20:54:37","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T01:54:37","slug":"college-football-week-7-picks-against-the-spread-baylor-bears-at-texas-am-aggies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-7-picks-against-the-spread-baylor-bears-at-texas-am-aggies-18534\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 7 Picks Against the Spread: Baylor Bears at Texas A&M Aggies"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 20 Baylor Bears at No. 21 Texas A&M Aggies
\nSaturday, 10\/15\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 76
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 76.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Baylor Bears QB Robert Griffin III is still in the Heisman Trophy race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baylor is definitely an offensive juggernaut with a 4-1 record and quarterback Robert Griffin III in tow, coming in as the only school nationally that is averaging 300-plus yards passing and 200-plus yards rushing through five games.\u00a0 In fact, the program is the only team ranked in the top 20 in both categories.\u00a0 The Bears haven\u2019t had much luck in this series, dropping 18 of 20, including a 42-30 loss as three-point home underdogs last year.\u00a0 Baylor is 4-1 ATS on the season and the \u2018over\u2019 has cashed in four of those five games.<\/p>\n

The Bears are actually the highest-ranked AP team in the state of Texas for the first time since 1991, while leading the nation in passing efficiency, ranking third in total offense and fourth in scoring offense.\u00a0 Griffin III has thrown an NCAA-leading 19 touchdown passes that have totaled 566 yards.\u00a0 His favorite target is wide receiver Kendall Wright, who ranks third nationally in receptions and fourth in receiving yards.\u00a0 Baylor has tallied a 73-40-2 all-time mark when being ranked and has led at halftime in all five games this year.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M is trying to win its seventh consecutive game against teams from the Lone Star State, with the last such loss coming in the 2009 regular season finale.\u00a0 The Aggies\u00a0 have tallied a 67-31-9 record in this series, compiling a 22-3 record against the Bears in the last 25 meetings.\u00a0 Most of the team\u2019s offense is centered around its running game, being one of just five programs that has two rushers ranked in the top 50 in the category.\u00a0 Texas A&M is 1-4 ATS on the year and the \u2018over\u2019 has cashed in three of five opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Aggies most talented running back is senior Cyrus Gray, who posted his 13th 100-yard game of his career in a 45-40 win over Texas Tech last week.\u00a0 Last year, he ran for 137 yards and a career-high four touchdowns against the Bears.\u00a0 Over the last three games against Oklahoma State, Arkansas and Texas Tech, the squad has averaged 249.3 rushing and 248 passing yards.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Bears due to their 4-1 ATS record this season, while the Aggies are 0-4 ATS as a favorite.<\/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. 20 Baylor Bears at No. 21 Texas A&M Aggies Saturday, 10\/15\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 76 Current Total:\u00a0 76.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baylor is definitely an offensive juggernaut with a 4-1 record and quarterback Robert Griffin III in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3288,3267,5126,3697,1145],"class_list":["post-18534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-big-12-conference","tag-cyrus-gray","tag-robert-griffin-iii","tag-texas-am-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18534","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=18534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18535,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18534\/revisions\/18535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}