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Published: November 24, 2009
The Texas Longhorns will be on the road to face the Texas A&M Aggies in a Thanksgiving Day Big 12 conference college football game in prime time. Kick off time at Texas A&M on Thursday is scheduled for 5PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Texas Longhorns opened as a 21-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the road favorite, as the Texas Longhorns are currently a 21-½ points favorite.
When these two rivals met in 2008 it was Texas pounding Texas A&M 49-9 as a 35-½ point home favorite. The Longhorns rolled up an impressive 536 offensive yards on the Aggies defense. Texas A&M couldn’t run a lick against the Longhorns with –24 yards rushing. Texas is coming off a prime time 51-20 pounding of Kansas last week. Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy is coming off another accurate game. Last week the senor quarterback hit on 78% of his passes with 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. McCoy is hitting on 73% of his passes with 23 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Freshman running back Tre’ Newton has ran well the past two games with 146 yards rushing on 19 carries with 2 touchdowns. The Longhorns is #3 in the nation in total defense allowing just 237 yards and just 3.6 yards per play against average. The Longhorns are #2 in the nation in scoring averaging over 42 points a game. Texas will face the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Big 12 conference championship game in two weeks. Should Texas win out they will play in the BCS Championship game. Texas A&M Aggies are bowl eligible and sitting at 6-5 on the season following their 38-3 victory at home against the Baylor Bears. The Aggies have had some ugly losses this season allowing 47 points to Arkansas and 65 to Oklahoma. Junior quarterback Jerrod Johnson is hitting on 59% of his passes with 24 touchdowns and 5 interceptions on the year. He is coming off a 19 of 25 passing performance last week with 153 yards and two touchdowns. A&M rolled for 375 yards on the ground last week Cyrus Gary, Christine Michael and Jerrod Johnson all rushed for over 100 yards in the win. The split backs of Gray and Michael combine for over 5 yards a carry on the season. The huge issue with the Aggies is their defense as the team allows 31 points a game and is 12th and last in the Big 12 conference allowing 416 yards per game and 5.8 yards a per play against average. Industry pundits have penciled in the Texas A&M Aggies into the Texas Bowl against Navy.
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CFB Trend: Texas Longhorns are 4-1 ATS on the road this season
The Wagerline consensus has 53.0% of the CFB bettors on Texas A&M +21 1/2
