Forget the recent struggles, because SportsLine’s model just dropped its Week 8 predictions and it’s calling for Texas to bounce back HARD against Ole Miss, projecting a 29-22 win. This isn’t just some random guess, either; the model sees Texas as the value pick against the spread 60% of the time.
Texas Is Buying Low on a ‘Desperate’ Squad
The Longhorns are absolutely in a must-win spot. They had some top-tier wins earlier this season, taking down Ohio State at home and then Tennessee on the road. That felt huge! But man, things have taken a turn, right? They’ve dropped two straight games as favorites, losing to Oklahoma and Florida. Both those games ended 27-24, which just twists the knife even more. The model, though, it’s buying low on this desperate Texas squad. It projects their defense to absolutely shut down Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy, who’s been battling injuries, holding him under 50 yards on the ground. Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss might throw for 266 yards in the simulations, but apparently, that’s just not enough to get the job done. The Under (54.5) on the game total hits 55% of the time, too.
Week 8 Is Shaping Up to Be Pure Chaos
If you thought Week 7 was wild, you weren’t wrong. Five of the top seven teams in the nation went down! That’s just insane and perfectly shows how much parity we’ve got in college football these days. Week 8 looks like it’s bringing even more tests for teams trying to build their playoff cases. Think about this: No. 11 Tennessee, fresh off beating Alabama, is somehow a 2.5-point underdog on the road against South Carolina. What even is that? Then you’ve got two-loss LSU as a -7.5 favorite at Auburn, and Auburn just pulled off a HUGE upset against Georgia. And Indiana, coming off a loss to Ohio State, heads to Michigan as a (+7) underdog. This model has simulated every single FBS game 10,000 times, and it’s been on a tear with a 59-49 run on all its top-rated picks, returning nearly $600 at betting sites.
This Week 8 slate is going to be absolutely wild. Are we really about to see a ‘desperate’ Texas team turn things around with a statement win, or will the losing streak continue? Either way, you gotta love college football, man.
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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