Longhorns vs Rebels NCAA Football Spread/Handicapping
After a couple of rough seasons many are predicting the return of Longhorns football as we used to know it. There has always been lots of highly touted talent and we have been told that this is the year it is fitting back together again.
#12 Texas Longhorns (2-0) vs Ole Miss Rebels (2-0)
Saturday September 15
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium – Oxford, MS
9:15PM
Moneyline: Texas -380, Ole Miss +350 from TopBet.eu
Spread: Texas -10.5
O/U: 47.5
Texas
After a couple of weeks of beating up on FBS weaklings Texas will get a truer test against Ole Miss, a team they have never squared off against. Though not an SEC threat, at least the Rebels can look Texas in the eye.
Texas is going with David Ash at QB and so far so good against Wyoming and New Mexico State. He is completing a high percentage of throws and if that continues than Texas should be OK. The real surprise is that Joe Bergeron is leading in rushing over sophomore Malcolm Brown and touted frosh Jonathan Gray. Bergeron is a power back who has been bowling over people. The defense is doing their thing shutting out the Aggies last weekend.
This week will be a better indicator of the true level of Texas. On defense alone they should be able to cover this number. If they can get the running game going it should be a snap but if they are forced to mix it up more they might make you and your money sweat. Hopefully they might be fired up to take an SEC scalp for comparison down the road and keep their foot on the gas the whole game. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
Ole Miss
New coach Hugh Freeze is perfect so far but wins over Central Arkansas and UTEP are hardly impressive. Playing in the SEC they are going to have a bunch of tough games throughout the year but hosting Texas will be a nice treat for the fans, allowing them to indulge in the night game hysteria that other campuses do. Will there be enough emotion to conquer the Longhorns? Probably not, but an upset is not impossible.
QB Bo Wallace is off to a great start. The transfer from Arkansas State (where Freeze used to be the head coach) is completing 76% of his passes with 5 TDs over two games. He is also the leading rusher, reminding me of Colin Kaepernick from Nevada because he is so long. So far the Rebels are doing a great job running the ball and stopping it on defense. If they keep that up they should be in just about every game.
Is this a trap game for Texas…possibly. Is Ole Miss good enough to win…definitely. Will that happen…not likely. I expect a game that will be close for a while but if Texas just gets one more score than the Rebels per quarter than they should cover relatively easily.
Spread Pick: Texas -10.5
O/U Pick: Over
Score Prediction: Texas 37 – Ole Miss 20
