{"id":18767,"date":"2011-10-21T11:02:17","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T16:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18767"},"modified":"2011-10-21T11:02:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T16:02:17","slug":"college-football-predictions-week-8-texas-am-aggies-vs-iowa-state-cyclones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-predictions-week-8-texas-am-aggies-vs-iowa-state-cyclones-18767\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Predictions Week 8: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Iowa State Cyclones"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 17 Texas A&M Aggies at Iowa State Cyclones
\nSaturday, 10\/22\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -21
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -20.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 65.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 66
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Texas A&M Aggies are heavy road favorites against the Iowa State Cyclones Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas A&M will be seeking its third consecutive win and second on the road when traveling to Ames, Iowa, and playing inside Jack Trice Stadium.\u00a0 The Aggies are coming off wins over Texas Tech and Baylor.\u00a0 Quarterback Ryan Tannehill completed 25 of 37 passes for 415 yards and a career-high six touchdowns in last week\u2019s 55-28 win over the Bears as eight-point home favorites.\u00a0 The program has bounced back nicely after getting outscored by 18 and 22 points respectively in second half in losses to Oklahoma State and Arkansas.\u00a0 Texas A&M is 5-1 ATS as a favorite of 10.5 to 21 points, while the \u2018over\u2019 is 5-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Aggies are one of only two teams in college football that rank in the top 25 in rushing, passing, total and scoring offense.\u00a0 Texas A&M is also one of just 15 teams nationally averaging more than 200 rushing and 200 yards passing.\u00a0 Last week\u2019s win produced some major numbers offensively, including a season-high 681 yards, which was the seventh-highest total in school history.<\/p>\n

Iowa State will be playing its 99th Homecoming Game Saturday, coming in with a 3-3 record, including an 0-3 mark in Big 12 Conference play.\u00a0 The Cyclones have trailed in the fourth quarter in all three of their victories this season.\u00a0 Quarterback Steele Jantz has played well since earning the starting job, throwing for 10 touchdowns and running for two more scores.\u00a0 In hopes of pulling off an upset, the team will need to try and keep things close in the opening quarter, getting outscored by a 54-10 margin this season.\u00a0 Iowa State is 15-15 ATS over the last two-plus seasons, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 18-10 in that span.<\/p>\n

The Cyclones will be meeting the Aggies for the 11th time, coming in with a 1-9 record, including losses in all four games inside Saturday\u2019s venue.\u00a0 Iowa State has failed to cover the last two meetings, including a 35-10 loss as 6.5-point road underdogs on Oct. 31, 2009.\u00a0 A key for the team is holding opponents to under 24 points, which isn\u2019t likely to happen against this week\u2019s opponent, posting a 13-1 record in that situation.\u00a0 The program is 2-15 when allowing more than 24 points.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Cyclones due to their 4-2 ATS mark after two or more straight-up losses, while the Aggies are 4-10 ATS when playing away from College Station.<\/p>\n

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No. 17 Texas A&M Aggies at Iowa State Cyclones Saturday, 10\/22\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -21 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -20.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 65.5 Current Total:\u00a0 66 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Texas A&M will be seeking its third consecutive win and second on the road when traveling to […]<\/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":[3267,2666,5552,3711,1145],"class_list":["post-18767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-jack-trice-stadium","tag-ryan-tannehill","tag-texas-am-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18767","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=18767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18768,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18767\/revisions\/18768"}],"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=18767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}