Texas line closes at 3

Texas line closes at 3 Or lower. The sharps will simply pound Texas at anything over 3.

Respectfully disagree. Sharps and the public drive this line up. Texas is a fraud team. Haven't played a good game all year. Outgained by Okl, T Tech and Ok St. Will need to be + 2 in turnovers to cover +4.

i think the public keeps this number well above 3. i dont think there is enough sharp backing to drive it down

[QUOTE=Calsport;12488]Respectfully disagree. Sharps and the public drive this line up. Texas is a fraud team. Haven't played a good game all year. Outgained by Okl, T Tech and Ok St. Will need to be + 2 in turnovers to cover +4.[/QUOTE] Bama of course was outgained by Auburn and Tennessee. Tennessee covered this number while even in turnovers. Auburn lost by 5 points and were -2 in turnovers vs Bama. Bama should be -3 imo. Under is a good play. Texas will be doing a ton of short passes and more running attempts early to protect McCoy after the O-lines disaster vs Nebraska. Bama saw what Nebraska's D can do vs Texas, and they know they have a rookie QB in the national title game. Bama has to believe they can grind out a conservative win with the better running game. No reason to get risky until Texas proves they can move the ball.

I tail OS picks a lot but I disagree too. Just think Big 12 is way down this year and it will be proven in this game. Of course, Bama had some close calls in their SEC schedule - so did Florida each year they won it big time - Texas had some close calls too - nature of the game and a long season. I'm not one of those who thinks SEC walks on water but I don't think Texas goes undefeated in that conference, not the way they played this year. I thought they would be a monster but they were disappointing this year IMO - their lack of a running game will kill them against Bama IMO - Bama doesn't have a Suh but overall they have a better D. And the Bama QB is coming on very strong. And I'll take Saban over Brown any day of the week. I think public bets this up on SEC vs Big 12 angle - a lot will depend on how the Big 12 and SEC teams do in the prior bowl games - if the Big 12 teams get drilled this could go higher IMO.

sorry for all the IMO's.

[QUOTE=lvmike32;12516]sorry for all the IMO's.[/QUOTE] dont let it happen again :o

Brown's Texas team beat Saban's LSU team 35-20 in 2002 in the Cotton Bowl as a 10 point favorite. Alabama has been to two BSC bowls (0-2 SU, 0-2 ATS); Texas has been to three BCS bowls (3-0 SU, 1-2 ATS). Alabama has NEVER defeated Texas (0-7-1) Five of those loses were in bowls. Texas won the BCS title in that great 2005 game vs USC at this SAME SITE! Since 2004, Texas has only lost 8 games, going 5-0 in bowls. Wrong team favored!

[QUOTE=Old School;12529]Brown's Texas team beat Saban's LSU team 35-20 in 2002 in the Cotton Bowl as a 10 point favorite. Alabama has been to two BSC bowls (0-2 SU, 0-2 ATS); Texas has been to three BCS bowls (3-0 SU, 1-2 ATS). Alabama has NEVER defeated Texas (0-7-1) Five of those loses were in bowls. Texas won the BCS title in that great 2005 game vs USC at this SAME SITE! Since 2004, Texas has only lost 8 games, going 5-0 in bowls. Wrong team favored![/QUOTE] Conveniently ignoring Bama's Rose Bowl successes in 1926, 1931, 1935 and 1946...

And don't tell me you've forgotten 'The Game that Changed the South.' I'm sure that left quite an impression on the adolescent Old School.