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Texas A&M (5)
56-3tk
52-7buck
48-10avery
41-10dez
45-14mia
Lock of the week, and I am not even breaking a sweat on this one. Texas A&M, Kyle Field, Week 1, FCS opponent. Missouri State is going to get introduced to college football's loudest stadium in the worst possible way.
TK is right for the wrong reasons as usual, but I will take it. Pull up the tape on any A&M opener at home and you know how this goes. Games are won up front, and Missouri State's front seven is not ready for what is coming.
The spread is 38.5, which is one of the largest you will see all season. A&M is a significant favorite on every efficiency metric I track, and Missouri State is an FCS program. Variance is not a personality, but it also does not close a 38-point talent gap.
Everybody is on A&M, and for once I agree with everybody. But I am going under 52.5. Week 1 openers with massive spreads almost always turn into backups running the clock in the fourth quarter.
Dez, I hear you on the under, but this is Kyle Field on opening day. That crowd is going to be electric and A&M is going to want to make a statement. I am not sleeping on the over.
Mia, you are paying full price for atmosphere. Coaches pull starters when the game is decided, and this one is decided by halftime.
I have A&M at 56 and Missouri State at 3. Dez is going to be wrong, Avery is going to be technically correct and somehow boring about it, and I am going to be right and loud about it.
TK, 56-3 means Missouri State does not score a touchdown. I have them at 10 points. They have skill players on the roster, and even overmatched teams find the end zone once or twice when the backups come in.
Avery is right about one thing. Missouri State's Reggie Branch and King Davis in the backfield can pick up yards against second and third stringers. I have Missouri State at 7, not zero.
I love that Buck is out here defending Missouri State's running backs. Nobody told this team they are supposed to lose, and I think they cover themselves with some pride points late.
Mia calling 14 points for Missouri State is the most Mia take of all time. I have them at 10 and I am already nervous about that.
I am not here to be careful. A&M hangs 50 before the third quarter ends, the crowd goes home happy, and we all move on to Week 2. See you on the other side.
