{"id":35799,"date":"2014-10-16T16:30:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T21:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35799"},"modified":"2014-10-16T16:38:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T21:38:11","slug":"college-football-week-8-picks-texas-am-aggies-vs-alabama-crimson-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-8-picks-texas-am-aggies-vs-alabama-crimson-tide-35799\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 8 Picks: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Alabama Crimson Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas A&M Aggies vs. Alabama Crimson Tide
\nSaturday, 10\/18\/14, 3:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -12.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -13.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 58.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 63.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Alabama Crimson Tide rank first in the SEC in total defense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas A&M has dropped back-to-back games, including a 35-20 setback to the Ole Miss Rebels as 2.5-point home favorites last week, but it did win the statistical battle by 117 yards.\u00a0 The Aggies have six wins against top-25 opponents under head coach Kevin Sumlin, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college football odds, with each of those victories coming away from Kyle Field in College Station.\u00a0 Texas A&M is 2-6 SU and 3-5 ATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 5-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Aggies are being led offensively by quarterback Kenny Hill, who has completed 197 -of-295 passes for 2,511 yards.\u00a0 Texas A&M has shined in the red zone during the 2014 campaign, which is important to consider when making your Week 8 college football betting picks, as it has scored on 30-of-33 trips.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has scored in 25-of-28 quarters, while it has never failed to score double-digit points in 85 games under Sumlin\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n

Alabama returns home after splitting a pair of road games, as it looks to build off a 14-13 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks as nine-point favorites last Saturday, but it did get out-gained by a 108-yard margin in that matchup.\u00a0 The Crimson Tide own a 4-2 all-time edge in this series, but head coach Nick Saban has dropped both games against the spread when meeting up with Sumlin.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks fifth in the country in converting 51.8 percent of its third-down opportunities, while it has tallied a school-record 3,000 yards in its first six contests.\u00a0 Alabama is 8-2 SUATS as favorites of 10.5 to 21 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 6-3-1 in those 10 opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide rank first in the Southeastern Conference in allowing just 277.2 yards per game, while sitting behind only the Rebels in giving up just 15.8 points per contest.\u00a0 Alabama is led by Landon Collins on that side of the ball, as the junior safety has racked up 46 tackles and two interceptions.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Crimson Tide due to their 3-1 SUATS mark as home favorites of 10.5 to 14 points.<\/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 vs. Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday, 10\/18\/14, 3:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Alabama -12.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -13.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 58.5 Current Total:\u00a0 63.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Texas A&M has dropped back-to-back games, including a 35-20 setback to the Ole Miss Rebels as 2.5-point home favorites last week, but it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[462,7638,588,739,1145],"class_list":["post-35799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-kevin-sumlin","tag-nick-saban","tag-sec","tag-texas-am-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35799","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=35799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35800,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35799\/revisions\/35800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}