4. LSU at Texas A&M
LINE: Texas A&M -15
ATS PICK: Texas A&M
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You’re worried that LSU finds whatever that groove was that cranked up 52 pants on South Carolina a few weeks ago.
You’re worried that the team has found the gut-check thing that led to a good win over Arkansas last week.
You’re worried that Texas A&M hasn’t played since – seemingly – 2016, and there’s going to be a rust factor.
You worry too much.
Yes, there’s a Senior Day factor for A&M, and as Florida found out back in October, there really is a bit of a home field advantage.
This is a team in a College Football Playoff chase – it’s real now. It’s there. There will be an argument for a team whose only loss is at Alabama and who was able to hang with and beat Florida.
Now it’s not just about winning; it’s about beauty points.
LSU doesn’t have the pass defense, it doesn’t move the chains well enough, and the one advantage it does have – the time of possession battle – is going to be owned by the A&M team that does the control-the-tempo thing better.
The 15 is a big number, but this is the third straight road game for LSU and the fifth in six games.
It’s statement time for A&M, and for …