WEATHER FOR GAME: 50 deg., clear w/ a 3mph breeze.
TEXAS will destroy A&M tomorrow night if they take the crowd out early and shut down the A&M running game.
A&M will only cover if they can keep their crowd in the game and prevent McCoy from running which will open up the lethal Texas passing game.
TEXAS will NOT lose this game Straigh-up!!!!
They are not 11-0 ATS. They are like 6-5 ATS. I had them against Oklahoma and I too ended up paying the man.
In his write-up he failed to mention that the Aggies got the shit beat out of them by Arkansas at College Station on October 3rd. The two road games where they got man-handled were Kansas State and Oklahoma. All 3 of the teams that have pummeled the Aggies have both top-notch offenses (still not as good as Texas has) and all three have pretty solid defenses (once again, not as good as Texas has).
The big win that A&M did have was over Texas Tech but that is because Tech had no run game in that loss and all they did was pass pass pass.. Tech is a weak running team. They have no balance... it's all pass or nothing. The Aggies will shut you down if they know you are only going to pass the ball.
In the end, I believe, this game will be a blowout despite being a big rivalry game. The Longhorns Offense is too much for the Aggies to handle. We have the #17 offense going up against the #100 defense. The Aggies don't have that luxury. Sure they have the #7 offense in the country, but that #7 has to go up against the #3 defense in the country. I always pick the better defense to shut down the better offense.
So what it boils down to is this... both teams should have about the same amount of time in possession but I think the Longhorns will possess it more times and score more points.
LAST YEAR's GAME REVIEW:
Longhorns were at home.
A&M had 10 penalties to Texas 3 (that's what happens when you're offensive line is outmanned by the defensive line)
A&M had the only turnover of the game - a fumble recovered by Texas.
3rd Downs: Texas(14-17) A&M(4-14)
4th Downs: Texas(0-0) A&M(2-2) Texas punted ONE time on 4th down. A&M punted 4 times
Possession was about 30 minutes each - Texas had a slight edge
FINAL SCORE: TEXAS A&M 9 TEXAS 49
Texas A&M scored their only TD with about 11 mins remaining in the game and Texas scored a meaningless TD with about 2 mins remaining in the game. It went to the 4th quarter 28 - 3.
Texas A&M kicked their FG with 1:51 remaining in the first half too.
Texas scored 3 TDs in the 4th quarter and two of them came within about 2 minutes of each other at 14:25 and 12:22.
Halftime saw a 28 - 3 Texas Longhorn lead as well.
Still.. the 28 - 3 after three quarters covers the 21 points.
BOL