Texas A&M vs UMass Prediction Game Preview

Texas A&M vs UMass game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 12 game on Saturday, November 19

Texas A&M vs UMass prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 12, Saturday, November 19


Texas A&M vs UMass Prediction, Game Preview

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Texas A&M vs UMass How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 19
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Kyle Field, College Station, TX
How To Watch: ESPN+/SEC Network
Record: Texas A&M (3-7), UMass (1-9)
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Why UMass Will Win

The fight is still there.

It’s been a rough return for head coach Don Brown, but there’s a lot to build off of even without a win over an FBS team.

The running game is working okay – it’s enough to come up with 150 yards if it commits to the ground game, and the passing attack all of a sudden found something.

After having the saddest air attack in the country for most of the season – just one touchdown pass over the first eight games – UMass stepped it up with QBs Brady Olson and Garrett Dzuro combining for 573 yards and three scores over the last two weeks.

If Texas A&M has checked out after this disaster of a campaign, UMass should be able to score a bit. But …

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Why Texas A&M Will Win

Don’t discount just how much fun it might be for this team to get a win. Any win.

After the embarrassment of being the first SEC team to be knocked out of bowl eligibility this season, and with the brutal pain of four close losses in the last five games games, now it’s time to open it up.

UMass can’t come up with third down conversions, and that’s against a schedule without any games against a Power Five team..

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What’s Going To Happen

It might not be a breeze – the UMass defense isn’t that bad – but the Texas A&M ground game should be able to hit 200 yards with a slew of big runs, and the defense will come up with stop after stop.

It might not be the total obliteration to erase all the problems of 2022, but Texas A&M will get points off its first few drives and cruise from there.

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Texas A&M vs UMass Prediction, Line

Texas A&M 41, UMass 3
Line: Texas A&M -32.5, o/u: 47.5
ATS Confidence out of 5:
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Results So Far
Straight Up 72-23, ATS 54-38, o/u 47-45

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Saturday, November 19

Austin Peay at Alabama

12:00 ESPN+/SEC Network
Line: TBA, o/u: TBA

East Tennessee State at Mississippi State

12:00 ESPN+/SEC Network
Line: TBA, o/u: TBA

UMass at Texas A&M

12:00 ESPN+/SEC Network+
Line: Texas A&M -32.5, o/u: 47.5

Florida at Vanderbilt

12:00 SEC Network
Line: Florida -14.5, o/u: 57.5

Georgia at Kentucky

3:30 CBS
Line: Georgia -22.5, o/u: 49.5

WKU at Auburn

4:00 SEC Network
Line: Auburn -5.5, o/u: 52.5

Tennessee at South Carolina

7:00 ESPN
Line: Tennessee -21.5, o/u: 65.5

Ole Miss at Arkansas

7:30 SEC Network
Line: Ole Miss -2.5, o/u: 60.5

New Mexico State at Missouri

7:30 ESPNU
Line: Missouri -28.5, o/u: 46.5

UAB at LSU

9:00 ESPN2
Line: LSU -14.5, o/u: 52.5

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Results So Far: 67-55-1

A few weeks left and then it’s bowl time, and then I’ll crank it up for NFL – which I’ve shockingly been stronger at this year – and maybe college basketball.

The theme for this week is a simple one that could come back to embarrass me in a big, big way.

My Power Five snobbery is coming out in full force.

I have NOTHING against the Group of Five programs. I love them all. I’m knee-deep in the Mountain West for a variety of reasons, and no one enjoys MACtion more than I do.

Here’s the problem. Now, more than ever, it’s just so hard for the Group of Five programs to hang with the Power Fives thanks to expansion – that’s going to gut the Gof5er conferences over the next few years – the transfer portal, and the difference in resources.

That doesn’t mean we won’t get the occasional Marshall over Notre Dame or Eastern Michigan over Arizona State or Georgia Southern over Nebraska. However, when it comes to picking games between the Power Fives vs. the Group of Fives, the big programs win a whole lot more than you think.

And then there’s this time of year.

It’s one thing when the Group of Fives come up with a stunner early in the season. But at this point it’s a wee bit easier to figure it all out – at least in theory.

Some Power Five programs use the Group of Five game for Senior Day – a paycheck game to make all the fans happy in the final home game. Some need this to improve bowl position, or to get ready for the big rivalry game coming up, or to get shot to stretch the legs a little in a supposedly winnable matchup.

Am I going with all the Power Fives over Group of Fives? I’m not touching Virginia Tech vs Liberty, but you’ll get the idea with the other picks.

But first we start with a tried and true bit that worked out just fine last week.

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10. USC at UCLA

POINT TOTAL 76.5
PICK Under

If you’ve been a part of the program from the start you know what I”m going to say, but for those new to the bit …

If the world gives you a college football total of 70 or more, you say “thank you,” take the under, and move on.

It’s SO hard to get there – any number of things could happen – and over the long haul you’ll hit more than you’ll miss. If it goes over you tip your hat and enjoy the show of offense.

Do I always buy into the bullspit I’m slinging? Obviously not since the pick on the site predicts a shootout, but again, do the same thing every time and you should – if all goes right – be ahead.

Need proof? Welcome to last week. I thought all four of these could’ve and should’ve blown past the total, but …

Arizona vs UCLA. The total was 77.5. Final score: Arizona 34-28 (62 total).

North Carolina and Wake Forest should’ve been a wild and crazy firefight. Point total: 78.5. Final score: North Carolina 36-34 (70).

Washington and Oregon was a terrific offensive thriller – Washington 37-34 (71). The point total was 72.5. And finally …

SMU vs USF. It was 72.5, and everyone wanted in after the historic 77-63 SMU win over Houston the week before.

SMU 41, USF 23 (64).

Four games with 70+ point totals, four unders.

75.5 is a TON of points or the Trojans and Bruins. Root for the over as a fan, even if it doesn’t happen.

Now to the Power Five vs Group of Five theme. Fully prepared to eat it if this doesn’t go right – but it’s not like you’ll be able to hammer me on Twitter for it … maybe.

9. WKU at Auburn

LINE Auburn -5.5
PICK Auburn

Warning: I’m getting way too cute here.

The theory? Auburn is having a bad year, it’s having fun under interim head coach Cadillac Williams, and it’s going to bust it in the final home game of the season with a chance to make it two wins in a row before going to Alabama.

And yeah, there’s still a shot at getting bowl eligible by winning the final two games.

Auburn struggled at home against San Jose State 24-16, but as it turns out, that team from the Mountain West is pretty good. It rocked Mercer 42-16, and that was it for the easy games.

WKU lost to a horrible Indiana 33-30 in the one Power Five meeting. It’s run defense has suddenly become porous, it’s 1-3 against the four likely bowl-bound teams on the slate, and the Auburn pass defense is okay.

And it’s the SEC at home against a Group of Five program. To continue the snob-fest …

8. UMass at Texas A&M

LINE Texas A&M -32.5
PICK Texas A&M

Normally I wouldn’t touch this.

The highly favored SEC team would go through the motions, make sure no one is hurt, get the 2s and 3s out there, and cruise to get ready for the showdown against LSU.

But Texas A&M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY needs a cathartic blowout win.

Start with this. UMass might not score, and if it does, it’s probably not coming up with more than ten.

This is the first game this year against a Power Five program for the Minutemen. It lost by 45 to Toledo and 32 against Tulane, and now it’s about to deal with a team that needs a rainbow.

Texas A&M took it relatively easy in a 31-0 win over Sam Houston State, and it lost to Appalachian State 17-14. After losing six straight, though, look out.

Speaking of beating UMass by double-digits, like New Mexico State did …

7. New Mexico State at Missouri

LINE Missouri -28.5
ATS PICK Missouri

38-0. That’s what Minnesota did to the Aggies in Week 1.

66-7. The Wisconsin thing isn’t working against anyone, but it sure as shoot was just fine in the win over them in mid-September.

New Mexico State hasn’t been awful, and it’s actually coming into this on a three game winning streak. Insanely enough, if it beats Missouri and beats Liberty, it’ll be bowl eligible.

Yeah, no.

Okay, so Mizzou’s 52-24 win over Louisiana Tech was a little worrisome, and only beating Abilene Christian 34-17 isn’t right, but the team is coming off a two game losing streak. It needs this and has to beat Arkansas next week to get to a bowl game.

The D will pitch a gem.

And finally …

6. UAB at LSU

LINE LSU -14.5
ATS PICK LSU

I’ll admit that I’m getting a bit theoretical here than dealing with anything concrete.

As a team, LSU is going to block out the noise, focus on the game at hand, and deal with Texas A&M next week and Georgia the week after for the SEC Championship. However, trust me, they’re hearing it about the College Football Playoff and the possibilities if it wins out.

As is it’s going to be an uphill climb just to win the last two games to be in the discussion. Even if LSU does that, it still needs to look the part – this can’t be a squeaker at this point.

Here’s why to like this.

1. Night game. LSU is a different football program after dark.

2. UAB has been very good at times … at home. It’s 5-1 in Birmingham and 0-4 on the road.

3. Liberty. UTSA. Maybe WKU. Those are the best teams UAB has faced so far – it has yet to deal with a Power Five program.

No one has beaten the Blazers by more than seven, but this is where the snob kicks in. If LSU is good enough to win the SEC West, it should be good enough to win this by more than two touchdowns.

NEXT: College Football Pick Against the Spread No. 5: Texas at Kansas

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SEC schedule and previews for the Week 12 games highlighted by Georgia at Kentucky, Tennessee at South Carolina, Ole Miss at Arkansas


SEC Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 12

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Results So Far
Straight Up 72-23, ATS 54-38, o/u 47-45

Click on each game for the preview and prediction

Saturday, November 19

Austin Peay at Alabama

12:00 ESPN+/SEC Network
Line: TBA, o/u: TBA

East Tennessee State at Mississippi State

12:00 ESPN+/SEC Network
Line: TBA, o/u: TBA

UMass at Texas A&M

12:00 ESPN+/SEC Network+
Line: Texas A&M -32.5, o/u: 47.5

Florida at Vanderbilt

12:00 SEC Network
Line: Florida -14.5, o/u: 57.5

Georgia at Kentucky

3:30 CBS
Line: Georgia -22.5, o/u: 49.5

WKU at Auburn

4:00 SEC Network
Line: Auburn -5.5, o/u: 52.5

Tennessee at South Carolina

7:00 ESPN
Line: Tennessee -21.5, o/u: 65.5

Ole Miss at Arkansas

7:30 SEC Network
Line: Ole Miss -2.5, o/u: 60.5

New Mexico State at Missouri

7:30 ESPNU
Line: Missouri -28.5, o/u: 46.5

UAB at LSU

9:00 ESPN2
Line: LSU -14.5, o/u: 52.5

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