Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Texas A&M Aggies from the Big 12 conference will face the Northwestern Wildcats from the Big Ten conference in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in an NCAA college football game on New Year’s Eve December 31st.
Kick off time from Houston Texas is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The betting odds opened up with the Texas A&M Aggies favored by -11 points with an over under of 65 points.
Early money from the college football betting public has landed on the side of the underdog as the Texas A&M Aggies are now favored by -10 points.
The total has not moved off the opening line of 65 points in the early betting.
Texas A&M Aggies money line bettors will lay -360 odds with the underdog Northwestern Wildcats returning +310 odds to pull off the upset victory without the aid of points on their side.
Texas A&M and Northwestern have no recent meetings on the college football field.
The Aggies enter play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl with a record of 6-6 on the season. The team is 2-3 on the highway.
Texas A&M averages 39 points and 497 yards per game with 209 yards rushing for 5.2 yards a carry.
On defense the Aggies give up 28 points and 386 yards a game. Teams run for 106 yards against them for 2.7 yards per rush against average.
The team is 2-7 versus bowl teams. They have wins against SMU and Baylor and dropped games to Texas, Kansas St, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma St.
With that the team has fired head coach Mike Sherman and will not coach the team in its bowl game.
The team closed the year losing four of their past five games and squandered leads throughout the season.
They are coming off a bad 27-25 home defeat on Thanksgiving to the Texas Longhorns as a -7 ½ point betting favorite.
The team blew a 13-0 lead in defeat.
The over under landed under the closing total of 52 ½ points.
The Aggies gained 328 offensive yards while giving up 237 yards to the Longhorns offense.
The team rushed it 33 times for 104 yards for 3.2 yards a carry.
Texas A&M committed four turnovers and took two from Texas.
They allowed the Longhorns just 86 rushing yards on 37 carries for 2.3 yards per rush against average.
Quarterback Ryan Tannehill completed 20 of 49 passes for 224 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Tannehill had eight rushes for 21 yards.
Ben Malena on 25 carries ran for 83 yards. Out of the backfield Malena had four receptions for 16 yards and a touchdown catch
Jeff Fuller led Texas A&M with seven receptions for 107 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Brandal Jackson had two catches for 35 yards.
Ryan Swope had three grabs for 33 yards.
Northwestern will play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl with a 6-6 record in the 2011 campaign. The club is 3-3 away from home.
The Wildcats average 29 points and 432 yards per game with 176 yards rushing for 3.9 yards a carry.
On defense Northwestern gives up 27 points and 408 yards per game. Opponents rush for 184 yards against them for 4.6 yards per rush against average.
The club is 1-5 versus bowl teams on the season. The lone win came against Nebraska with losses to Michigan St, Penn St, Iowa, Michigan and Illinois.
They had their four game win streak snapped in their final regular season game as they fell 31-17 at home to the Michigan St Spartans as a +5 ½ point underdog.
The over under came in at under the closing line of 53 points.
Northwestern gained 370 yards offense while allowing Michigan St to amass 380 yards.
The club rushed for just 117 yards on 41 carries for 2.9 yards per rush against average.
Both teams committed one turnover each in this Big Ten conference tussle.
The Wildcats allowed the Spartans 166 rushing yards on 36 carries for 4.6 yards per rush against average.
Quarterback Dan Persa completed 23 of 32 passes for 245 yards with two touchdowns.
Jacob Schmidt on 14 carries ran for 39 yards.
Treyvon Green had seven runs for 32 yards.
Drake Dunsmore led Northwestern with a 69 yard reception.
Kain Colter had six receptions for 44 yards.
Jeremy Ebert had seven grabs for 39 yards with a receiving touchdown.
Demetrius Field caught a touchdown pass to go with his four catches for 36 yards.
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