Idaho vs #9 Texas A&M Free Week 3 College Football Pick + Betting Preview
Texas A&M is coming off a bye week, but they have been in the news with their possible move to the SEC next season.
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Texas A&M is coming off a bye week, but they have been in the news with their possible move to the SEC next season.
This non-conference game has HUGE BCS implications, as the loser will have a major uphill battle to make it to the BCS title game. NCAAF lines have Oklahoma as a 3-point favorite in this game with a total of 55.
The Falcons have lost 5 straight games to the Bears, but are the away favorites in this game mainly because of an offense that has a chance to by more than dynamic this season. NFL lines have the Falcons as 2.5-point favorites with a total of 40.5.
Nebraska is coming off a 33-point win in their opening game and they face a Bulldogs team that lost their opening game and has lost 6 straight games to teams ranked in the top 10 in the nation.
Texas and QB Garrett Gilbert passed their first test in winning their opening game, as there was a lot of pressure on the Longhorns, who are coming off an embarrassing 5-7 season.
Mizzou is a ranked team coming from the Big 12, but they are underdogs in this game against a ASU team that is ranked in the USA top 25 (#23), has a solid team on both sides of the ball, and is a good dark horse pick to win the new Pac 12.
Man, could there be a better match up for the NFL’s opening game with the top 2 Super Bowl champions facing each other? I think not and in this game NFL lines has the home Packers as 4-point favorites over the Saints with a total of 47 points.
Both Arizona and Oklahoma State played a couple of cream puffs in week 1 of the college season, but this will be the first big test for each team that has legit conference title and BCS hopes.
Clemson plays in the tough SEC and has a good defense and they will be contending with a solid Troy team that has 5 straight seasons with 8 wins.
This is an interesting game not only because each has bowl aspirations and plays in the Lone Star State, but Texas A&M has stated they plan to leave the Big 12 for the SEC, if they accept them, and SMU has already campaigned publicly that they would like to join the Big 12 if the Aggies depart.
The top ranked Sooners are stacked on both sides of the ball and while they are big favorites against a legit Tulsa team that won 10 games last season, was victorious in the Hawaii Bowl, and finished the season ranked in the top 25 for the first time since 1991.
Texas is coming off a disastrous season where they went 5-7 and did not play in a bowl game for the first time since…forever and face a Rice team that was 4-8, but has hope returning most of their starters and will use a new spread offense that may give the Longhorns’ defense nightmares.
In the season opener for both teams Baylor is a dark horse in the Big 12 conference behind their Heisman candidate QB while TCU has National Title hopes, but has to get by Baylor on the road in this game as well as deal with Boise State later in the season.
The NFL preseason has begun baby and I do not know about you, but I am so fired up to see football I was glued to the TV yesterday for preseason games!
Last season Real Madrid came in 2nd in La Liga and made it to the Champions League semifinals, but the big question for them this season is can they beat Barcelona?
You may not think that betting on NFL preseason games is not a great idea, but you can win some money in those games if you keep your eye out for a few key things. We all know the starters will not play all 4 quarters and, typically, the starters will play more the closer the games are to regular season ones.