Texas A&M Opens As Huge Favorite Against Louisiana-Monroe
The Texas A&M Aggies were dismantled by the Miami Hurricanes Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium, and they have a lot to correct on the defensive side of the ball.
However, against the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks, Las Vegas thinks the Aggies are destined to win by 31 points, according to Circa Sports. The over/under is set at 54.5, which will be the highest of any of Texas A&M's three games this year.
The Aggies are 1-1 against the spread this season, covering in their 42-point win against New Mexico while losing outright 48-33 to Miami as three-point favorites. The over has hit in Texas A&M's two games this season.
Louisiana-Monroe is also 1-1 against the spread, winning outright as 8.5-point underdogs against Army but only winning by 10 points against Lamar while favored by 26. Both of the Warhawks' games have gone under by at least 10 points.
Texas A&M had 10 missed tackles against the Hurricanes with one of the more egregious examples coming on a 64-yard touchdown pass from Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke to wide receiver Jacolby George.
George beat cornerback Josh DeBerry in man coverage but his safety help over the top from Jardin Gilbert appeared to be converging to push him out of bounds. George bounced of Gilbert's would-be tackle and won the foot race to the end zone, hammering in the final nail to the Aggies' coffin.
Texas A&M will return to Kyle Field against Louisiana-Monroe at 3 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network.
