{"id":10002,"date":"2010-12-31T18:01:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T18:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=10002"},"modified":"2010-12-31T18:01:14","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T18:01:14","slug":"lsu-vs-texas-am-cotton-bowl-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/lsu-vs-texas-am-cotton-bowl-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU vs. Texas A&M Cotton Bowl Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

One more stop on the bowl betting<\/a> circuit before we start talking BCS. Next up, it\u2019s the Cotton Bowl, which features the very solid LSU versus Texas A&M.<\/p>\n

(11) LSU Tigers (10-2) vs (18) Texas A&M Aggies (9-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, January 7, 2011<\/p>\n

Latest odds: LSU -1<\/p>\n

Over\/Under: 49<\/p>\n

The Louisiana State Tigers were national title contenders earlier this season, opening the year 7-0, but most sports betting<\/a> sharps saw the cracks. The Tigers scraped by too many so-so opponents, going only 3-4 against the spread during their undefeated start, and their absolutely atrocious passing game had to catch up to them sooner or later.<\/p>\n

Though LSU is 2-5 ATS over its last seven against teams with winning records and 1-4 ATS over its last five games as a favorite, the Tigers have fared well at the sportsbook in their recent bowl games. They\u2019re 4-1 ATS over their last five bowl affairs.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly for an elite defensive school like LSU, eight of the Tigers\u2019 last 11 games have gone UNDER the total.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M closed the 2010 season with a phenomenal run both straight-up and against the NCAA football betting<\/a> spread, going 6-0 over their final six games in both regards and winning tough matchups against Oklahoma and Nebraska along the way.<\/p>\n

Strangely enough, while their recent trends are red-hot, their bowl game trends are absolutely ice cold. They\u2019re 0-4 ATS over their last four bowl games, 0-5-1 ATS over their last six against the SEC and 0-7 ATS over their last seven neutral-site games. Four of Texas A&M\u2019s last five bowl games have fallen UNDER the over\/under.<\/p>\n

LSU has the No. 9 defense in the nation and the ninth-ranked pass defense, allowing just 165.9 yards per game. That\u2019s a highly impressive stat for an SEC team; it largely reflects the outstanding play of cornerback Patrick Peterson, who projects as a high first-round NFL pick.<\/p>\n

Offensively, the Tigers did just enough to get by this year. Their running game was solid but their passing game was a mess, ranking 107th<\/sup> in the country with a paltry 155.4 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M\u2019s strength is its passing game, which is 18th<\/sup> in the nation. Jerrod Johnson started the year as the Aggies\u2019 go-to quarterback but the job belongs to Ryan Tannehill now. The two signal callers have combined for 25 touchdown passes this season.<\/p>\n

Defensively, the Aggies are 22nd<\/sup> against the run and surrender only 20.3 points per game but they struggle mightily against the pass, ranking 95th<\/sup> with 240.5 yards allowed per contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One more stop on the bowl betting circuit before we start talking BCS. Next up, it\u2019s the Cotton Bowl, which features the very solid LSU versus Texas A&M. (11) LSU Tigers (10-2) vs (18) Texas A&M Aggies (9-3) Friday, January 7, 2011 Latest odds: LSU -1 Over\/Under: 49 The Louisiana State Tigers were national title … Continue reading LSU vs. Texas A&M Cotton Bowl Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10004,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10002\/revisions\/10004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}