It’s been a nightmarish season for the preseason National Championship favorite, the Texas Longhorns. The Longhorns are 5-2 to start the college football season, and now they hit the road to take on a tough Mississippi State that’s 0-3 in SEC play, but with two of those losses being an overtime defeat at the hands of the Tennessee Volunteers and a two-point road loss against Florida.
Texas still has an outside shot of making the College Football Playoff, but it can ill-afford to suffer another loss. Can they get a win on Saturday? Let’s find out what the oddsmakers think.
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If Texas wants to get hot and make a run at the College Football Playoff, the Longhorns need their star quarterback, Arch Manning, to improve his level of play. The preseason Heisman Trophy favorite has completed just 60.3% of passes for 1,449 yards, 12 touchdowns, and five interceptions.
Mississippi State runs the ball on 56.63% of its plays, which is the 32nd-highest run play rate in college football. That means the Bulldogs are going to be in a tough spot when they face a strong run defense. Unfortunately for them, that’s exactly the Longhorns’ biggest strength.
Texas ranks fifth in opponent yards per carry, giving up just 2.6 yards per rush. It’s also second in the country in opponent EPA per rush. That adds up to this being a terrible stylistic matchup for Mississippi State in this SEC matchup.
It’s time to buy low on the Longhorns.
Pick: Texas -6.5 (-124) via FanDuel
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