{"id":25749,"date":"2012-10-30T16:14:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T21:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25749"},"modified":"2012-10-30T16:14:30","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T21:14:30","slug":"college-football-week-10-picks-texas-am-aggies-vs-mississippi-state-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-10-picks-texas-am-aggies-vs-mississippi-state-bulldogs-25749\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 10 Picks: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas A&M Aggies at Mississippi State Bulldogs
\nSaturday, 11\/3\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 58
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 59
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Mississippi State Bulldogs are tops in the nation in turnover differential at home this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas A&M is set to battle a top 25-ranked team for the fourth time in 2012, as it comes off a resounding 63-21 win over the Auburn Tigers as 14-point road favorites.\u00a0 \u201cWe have the 24-hour rule. We\u2019ll enjoy this win for the plane ride back,\u201d commented Aggies linebacker Jonathan Stewart.\u00a0 \u201cWhen we wake up, we\u2019ll get ready for a very good Mississippi State team.\u201d\u00a0 Saturday\u2019s game will mark the first time since 2001 that two ranked teams have faced off at Davis Wade Stadium.\u00a0 Texas A&M is 1-11 ATS versus teams with a winning record.<\/p>\n

The Aggies will look to continue relying upon head coach Kevin Sumlin\u2019s success away from home, as his teams have won 10 straight games on the road.\u00a0 Texas A&M has a chance of jumping on its current opponent, as the team has scored first in every game this year.\u00a0 Offensively, the rushing attack is averaging a Southeastern Conference-best 237.7 yards per game, which is the highest mark for the program since 1991.\u00a0 Quarterback Johnny Manziel is the player to watch in this contest, as he pilots an offense that ranks fifth nationally in averaging 542.9 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Mississippi State has faced Texas A&M just five times, with only one meeting occurring since World War II.\u00a0 The Bulldogs will look to emotionally bounce back from a 38-7 setback to the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide as 22-point road underdogs, as they lost the statistical battle by a sizable 158-yard margin.\u00a0 \u201cYou always define yourself in November,\u201d commented Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 33.0 points per game, which would be a modern-era record for the school if the season ended today.\u00a0 Mississippi State is 5-0 ATS at home against a team with a winning road record.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs will need to win the turnover battle in this affair, as they\u2019ve proven victorious in 22 of their last 23 games when doing so.\u00a0 Mississippi State is first in all of college football with a plus-13 turnover margin at home, while Texas A&M is 101st in that particular category on the road.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bulldogs due to their 8-2 ATS mark at home, while the Aggies are 3-8 ATS away from College Station.<\/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":"

Texas A&M Aggies at Mississippi State Bulldogs Saturday, 11\/3\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas A&M -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas A&M -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 58 Current Total:\u00a0 59 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Texas A&M is set to battle a top 25-ranked team for the fourth time in 2012, as it comes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[586,7082,7036,2898,3875,1145],"class_list":["post-25749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-dan-mullen","tag-davis-wade-stadium","tag-johnny-manziel","tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-texas-am-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25749","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=25749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25750,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25749\/revisions\/25750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}