Friday, May 18th, 2012
The Texas Longhorns (7-4) will try to put an end to the momentum of the #18 Baylor Bears (8-3) on Saturday, but they won’t be a favorite to do so.
The Bears are a perfect 7-0 at home and they will once again be in their friendly stadium as 3-point favorites over the visiting Longhorns.
Texas is 3-1 on the road this year and are coming off an upset over Texas A&M in which they were 7.5-point underdogs.
The total opened up at 63 but has been bet up to 64, possibly because of the fact that Baylor has gone over the total in 9 of their 10 lined games this season.
One thing supporting a Texas upset here is the fact that the road team has covered the point spread in 10 of the last 13 head-to-head meetings between these rival schools.
Baylor was a 30-22 winner as 7.5-point underdogs last season, while Texas won 47-14 as 23-point favorites the last time they went on the road in this series.
Baylor’s win last season was their only one out of the 10 games played between these teams since 2001, but the Bears have covered the point spread in 3 of the last 4 meetings.
The over has gone over the total in 5 of the 7 meetings since 2004.
Baylor has won 4 straight heading into this game while dispatching of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech.
They covered the point spread in 3 of those 4 games and have gone over the total in every lined game this year except in their 31-30 overtime win at Kansas.
Texas is coming off a nice upset but they were losers in the 2 previous games.
The Longhorns have gone under the total in 3 straight.
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