EDITORIAL BY GRAYDON FOX

Overview:

On Saturday, November 24^th, the (9-2) LSU Tigers will be on the road to take on the (9-2) Texas A&M Aggies.

The Crowd:

The Crowd projects a final score of LSU 28.3 – Texas A&M 26.1 with an over/under of 54.4.

Lou Holtz and Mark May:

Lou is predicting a final score of LSU 24 – Texas A&M 21.

Mark is predicting a final score of LSU 26 – Texas A&M 21.

2018-19 Statistics (130 total teams):

Passing offense: Texas A&M 259.7 YPG (36^th) > LSU 208.6 YPG (90^th)

Rushing offense: Texas A&M 201.1 YPG (39^th) > LSU 171.0 YPG (62^nd)

Scoring offense: Texas A&M 31.1 PPG (51^st) > LSU 28.1 PPG (75^th)

Scoring defense: LSU 16.1 PPG (8^th) > Texas A&M 22.2 PPG (34^th)

Passing defense: LSU 199.5 YPG (63^rd) > Texas A&M 261.0 YPG (70^th)

Rushing defense: LSU 130.7 YPG (28^th) > Texas A&M 80.8 YPG (42^nd)

Turnover Margin Per Game: LSU +0.9 (9^th) > Texas A&M -0.6 (105^th)

Strength of Schedule:

LSU is (9-2) with wins over #8 Miami, Southeastern Louisiana, #7 Auburn, Louisiana Tech, Ole Miss, #2 Georgia, #22 Mississippi State, Arkansas, and Rice.  They were defeated by #22 Florida and #1 Alabama.

Texas A&M is (7-4) with victories over Northwestern State, UL Monroe, Arkansas, #13 Kentucky, South Carolina, Ole Miss, and UAB.  They were defeated by #2 Clemson, #1 Alabama, Mississippi State, and Auburn.

Betting Trends: 

-LSU is 5-5 against the spread this season while Texas A&M is 6-3-1.

-LSU is 5-4-1 against the over/under this season whereas Texas A&M is 4-6.

Bottom Line:

Kyle Field is certainly one of the toughest places to play in all of college football but LSU is battle tested after gutting their way through a rigorous schedule. LSU has a loaded defense that has allowed only one opponent (Alabama) to score over 20 points in their last seven games.  The Tigers will load up the box to stop Trayveon Williams and their opportunistic defense will capitalize on the turnover prone Aggies.

LSU wins 28-17

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